Which returned more over the last year, IVV or TSPA?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +17.3% and TSPA +17.4%.

Which is cheaper, IVV or TSPA?

IVV 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 IVV and TSPA overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 100% of IVV and 96% of TSPA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IVV vs TSPA: Differences, Returns & Fees

IVV and TSPA hold 71% of their weight in the same names. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $896.4bn for iShares Core S&P 500 ETF and $4.7bn for T. Rowe Price U.S. Equity Research ETF.

IVV costs 0.31 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.1 points; IVV is far larger, $896.4bn against $4.7bn.

IVV vs TSPA: Differences, Returns & Fees
	IVV	TSPA
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.34%
Net assets	$896.4bn	$4.7bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.3%	+17.4%
What it tracks	S&P 500	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	71%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	39.0%	36.3%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+17.3%

IVV total return, 1 year

+17.4%

TSPA total return, 1 year

0.03%

IVV expense ratio

0.34%

TSPA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IVV and TSPA hold 71% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

50%

half

71% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IVV TSPA

NVIDIA 8.23% 7.39%

APPLE 7.29% 6.50%

MICROSOFT 5.89% 4.28%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.82% 3.71%

ALPHABET CLASS A 3.06% 2.59%

BROADCOM INC 2.55% 2.65%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.45% 3.35%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.35% 2.04%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.72% 2.03%

TESLA INC 1.60% 1.77%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.47% 1.76%

ELI LILLY 1.40% 1.54%

Only in IVV

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.31%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.03%

APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.60%

GE VERNOVA 0.40%

TEXAS INSTRUMENT INC 0.38%

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES 0.32%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 0.26%

MCDONALDS CORP 0.25%

Only in TSPA

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.27%

APPLIED MATERIALS INC 1.11%

EXXON MOBIL CORP 0.77%

MCDONALD S CORP 0.35%

MARSH & MCLENNAN COS 0.34%

SCHWAB (CHARLES) CORP 0.32%

GE VERNOVA LLC 0.32%

TJX COMPANIES INC 0.29%

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On the same fields

IVV

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

TSPA

T. Rowe Price U.S. Equity Research ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares T. Rowe Price

What it is Tracks the S&P 500 Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +17.3% +17.4%

Its benchmark over the same days +17.3% (SPY) not published

Gap to its benchmark +0.1 pts vs SPY not available

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.34%

Already in the S&P 500 99.8% 95.9%

Holdings 505 328

Net assets $896.4bn $4.7bn

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

About IVV

IVV 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. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 505 positions, with the top ten at 39.0%.

About TSPA

TSPA is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.34% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 328 positions, with the top ten at 36.3%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IVV or TSPA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +17.3% and TSPA +17.4%.
Which is cheaper, IVV or TSPA?: IVV 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 IVV and TSPA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 100% of IVV and 96% of TSPA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

IVV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IVV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IVV ↗TSPA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗TSPA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗T. Rowe Price 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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