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CGUS vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGUS and SPYM hold 44% of their weight in the same names, and SPYM returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets on Oct 8, 2026: $12.2bn for Capital Group Core Equity ETF and $178.5bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF.

SPYM costs 0.31 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.4 points; SPYM is 14.6 times larger.

CGUS vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees
CGUSSPYM
Expense ratio0.33%0.02%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$12.2bn$178.5bn
Total return, 1 year+14.9%+17.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedS&P 500 Index ?
Holdings in common44%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund43.1%39.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+14.9%
CGUS total return, 1 year
+17.3%
SPYM total return, 1 year
0.33%
CGUS expense ratio
0.02%
SPYM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGUS and SPYM hold 44% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

half

44% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CGUS SPYM
NVIDIA Corp 6.85% 8.33%
Microsoft Corp 5.75% 5.79%
Amazon.com Inc 5.04% 3.72%
Alphabet Inc 3.22% 3.05%
Apple Inc 2.75% 7.42%
Broadcom Inc 6.33% 2.56%
Meta Platforms Inc 3.79% 2.37%
Alphabet Inc 1.93% 2.45%
Eli Lilly & Co 3.92% 1.40%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.79% 1.31%
Mastercard Inc 1.82% 0.69%
Cisco Systems Inc 1.95% 0.68%
Only in CGUS
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 2.89%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 2.44%
British American Tobacco PLC 1.87%
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 1.33%
Entegris Inc 1.07%
XPO Inc 0.97%
GFL Environmental Inc 0.78%
Honeywell International Inc 0.70%
Only in SPYM
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1.75%
TESLA INC 1.58%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.51%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B 1.42%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.03%
JOHNSON + JOHNSON 0.92%
WALMART INC 0.74%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC A 0.68%

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On the same fields

CGUS
Capital Group Core Equity ETF
SPYM
State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Capital Group State Street
What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year +14.9% +17.3%
Its benchmark over the same days +17.3% (VOO) +17.3% (IVV)
Gap to its benchmark −2.4 pts vs VOO 0.0 pts vs IVV
Expense ratio 0.33% 0.02%
Already in the S&P 500 86.3% 99.8%
Holdings 66 506
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $12.2bn $178.5bn
Former ticker none SPLG

CGUS and SPYM on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About CGUS

CGUS is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.33% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 66 positions, with the top ten at 43.1%.

About SPYM

SPYM tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index ?. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.02% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 506 positions, with the top ten at 39.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGUS or SPYM?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGUS returned +14.9% and SPYM +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, CGUS or SPYM?
SPYM is cheaper, by 0.31 percentage points a year. That is about $31 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGUS and SPYM overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 86% of CGUS and 100% of SPYM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
CGUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CGUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Capital Group page for CGUS ↗SPYM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPYM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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