Are IBB and SPMO in the same category?

IBB is a thematic ETF and SPMO is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

Which returned more over the last year, IBB or SPMO?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IBB returned +37.5% and SPMO +18.4%.

Which is cheaper, IBB or SPMO?

SPMO 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 IBB and SPMO overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 40% of IBB and 100% of SPMO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IBB vs SPMO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IBB returned +37.5% to SPMO's +18.4%, and SPMO charges 0.13% to IBB's 0.44%.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $11.0bn for iShares Biotechnology ETF and $22.3bn for Invesco S&P 500 Momentum ETF.

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At a glance

+37.5%

IBB total return, 1 year

+18.4%

SPMO total return, 1 year

0.44%

IBB expense ratio

0.13%

SPMO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPMO costs 0.31 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 19.1 points; SPMO is 2.0 times larger.

IBB vs SPMO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IBB	SPMO
Return
Measure	IBB	SPMO
Total return, 1 year	+37.5%	+18.4%
Drawdown
Measure	IBB	SPMO
Below its high		10.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IBB	SPMO
What it tracks	Biotech	S&P 500 Momentum Index
Cost and size
Measure	IBB	SPMO
Expense ratio	0.44%	0.13%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$11.0bn	$22.3bn
Active share vs the S&P 500	99%
Holdings
Measure	IBB	SPMO
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	50%	50.7%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IBB and SPMO hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IBB SPMO

BIOGEN 2.58% 0.17%

INCYTE CORP 1.63% 0.10%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IBB

GILEAD SCIENCES 8.56%

AMGEN INC 8.20%

VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS 7.53%

REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS 5.64%

MODERNA 5.29%

NATERA 3.85%

ARGENX SE ADR 3.42%

ILLUMINA INC 2.93%

Only in SPMO

Apple Inc 9.95%

Micron Technology Inc 8.80%

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 5.48%

Johnson & Johnson 4.86%

Alphabet Inc 4.76%

Intel Corp 4.60%

Alphabet Inc 3.82%

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 3.57%

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Side by side

IBB iShares Biotechnology ETF SPMO Invesco S&P 500 Momentum ETF

Where it sits Thematic ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Invesco

What it is Biotech Tracks the S&P 500 Momentum

Total return, 1 year +37.5% +18.4%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.7% (VOO)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +4.7 pts vs VOO

Expense ratio 0.44% 0.13%

Already in the S&P 500 40.2% 100.0%

Holdings 245 101

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $11.0bn $22.3bn

IBB and SPMO on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

IBB

By weight, 40% of IBB's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 99%. The top ten holdings are 50% of the fund across 245 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +37.5% with distributions reinvested.

SPMO

SPMO tracks the S&P 500 Momentum. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.4% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.13% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 101 positions, with the top ten at 50.7%. It sat 10.2% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Are IBB and SPMO in the same category?: IBB is a thematic ETF and SPMO is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which returned more over the last year, IBB or SPMO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IBB returned +37.5% and SPMO +18.4%.
Which is cheaper, IBB or SPMO?: SPMO 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 IBB and SPMO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 40% of IBB and 100% of SPMO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IBB on its own →SPMO on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →IBB dividend history →IBB holdings →SPMO dividend history →SPMO holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

IBB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IBB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IBB ↗

SPMO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPMO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Invesco page for SPMO ↗

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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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