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Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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DIA vs SPYM: how they differ

DIA and SPYM hold 29% of their weight in the same names, and SPYM returned more over the year.

SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust and State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio S&P 500(R) ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DIA and SPYM hold 29% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions DIA and SPYM both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingDIASPYM
MICROSOFT CORP5.61%5.58%
APPLE INC3.72%7.32%
ALPHABET INC CL A3.79%2.98%
AMAZON.COM INC2.87%3.76%
NVIDIA CORP2.49%8.07%
JPMORGAN CHASE + CO4.03%1.45%
JOHNSON + JOHNSON3.03%0.98%
VISA INC CLASS A SHARES4.18%0.93%
WALMART INC1.20%0.71%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC1.22%0.65%
CHEVRON CORP2.42%0.61%
CATERPILLAR INC9.17%0.57%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in DIAOnly in SPYM
BROADCOM INC 2.61%
ALPHABET INC CL C 2.38%
META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.16%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1.68%
TESLA INC 1.56%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B 1.42%
ELI LILLY + CO 1.36%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.25%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 10, 2026.

DIA and SPYM on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
DIA
SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust
SPYM
State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio S&P 500(R) ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerState StreetState Street
What it isDow Jones Industrial AverageS&P 500
Total return, 1 year+15.6%+17.6%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−1.9 pts+0.1 pts
Expense rationot published1.30%
Already in the S&P 50097.1%100.0%
Holdings31507

DIA in plain words

DIA is an index equity fund tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +15.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 31 positions, with the top ten at 55.1%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Aug 5, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

SPYM in plain words

SPYM is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 1.30% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 507 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DIA or SPYM?
In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DIA returned +15.6% and SPYM returned +17.6%, so SPYM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
How much do DIA and SPYM overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of DIA and 100% of SPYM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 29% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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