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ILOW vs SPDW: Differences, Returns & Fees

ILOW and SPDW hold 18% of their weight in the same names, and SPDW returned +19.7% over the year. Net assets on Oct 8, 2026: $1.8bn for AB International Low Volatility Equity ETF and $40.5bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF.

SPDW costs 0.47 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.7 points; SPDW is far larger, $40.5bn against $1.8bn.

ILOWSPDW
Expense ratio0.50%0.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$1.8bn$40.5bn
Total return, 1 year+9.0%+19.7%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedS&P Developed Ex-U.S. BMI Index ?
Holdings in common18%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund20.7%12.9%
Below its high4.9%, high on Aug 25, 20264.5%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+9.0%
ILOW total return, 1 year
+19.7%
SPDW total return, 1 year
0.50%
ILOW expense ratio
0.03%
SPDW expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ILOW and SPDW hold 18% 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.

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18% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ILOW SPDW
ASML Holding NV 2.87% 2.15%
Roche Holding AG 1.78% 0.90%
Shell PLC 1.33% 0.88%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 1.51% 0.82%
Royal Bank of Canada 0.80% 0.81%
Novartis AG 1.95% 0.79%
AstraZeneca PLC 1.67% 0.74%
SAP SE 0.95% 0.64%
Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 1.57% 0.57%
TotalEnergies SE 1.08% 0.55%
Schneider Electric SE 2.10% 0.50%
Hitachi Ltd 1.34% 0.49%
Only in ILOW
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 2.50%
Ryanair Holdings PLC 0.92%
Philip Morris International Inc 0.59%
Only in SPDW
SAMSUNG ELECTR GDR REG S 2.68%
SK HYNIX INC 2.21%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.95%
NESTLE SA REG 0.72%
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP 0.67%
BHP GROUP LTD 0.66%
SIEMENS AG REG 0.66%
SHOPIFY INC CLASS A 0.61%

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On the same fields

ILOW
AB International Low Volatility Equity ETF
SPDW
State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer AllianceBernstein State Street
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +9.0% +19.7%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −8.2 pts +2.4 pts
Expense ratio 0.50% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 0.6% 0.0%
Holdings 84 2448
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.8bn $40.5bn

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

ILOW in plain words

ILOW is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +9.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 1% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 84 positions, with the top ten at 20.7%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

SPDW in plain words

SPDW tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,448 positions, with the top ten at 12.9%. It sat 4.5% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ILOW or SPDW?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ILOW returned +9.0% and SPDW +19.7%.
Which is cheaper, ILOW or SPDW?
SPDW is cheaper, by 0.47 percentage points a year. That is about $47 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ILOW and SPDW overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 1% of ILOW and 0% of SPDW by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
ILOW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ILOW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗SPDW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPDW 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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