KOMP vs MDY: Differences, Returns & Fees

KOMP and MDY hold 9% of their weight in the same names, and MDY returned +13.1% over the year. Net assets on Oct 20, 2026: $2.5bn for State Street SPDR S&P Kensho New Economies Composite ETF and $25.8bn for SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust.

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KOMP costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.9 points; MDY is 10.3 times larger.

KOMP vs MDY: Differences, Returns & Fees
KOMPMDY
Expense ratio0.20%0.23%
Net assets$2.5bn$25.8bn
Total return, 1 year−0.8%+13.1%
What it tracksS&P Kensho New Economies Composite IndexS&P MidCap 400 Index
Holdings in common9%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund10.9%7.4%
Below its high16.1%, high on Jun 2, 20266.7%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 19, 2026.

−0.8%
KOMP total return, 1 year
+13.1%
MDY total return, 1 year
0.20%
KOMP expense ratio
0.23%
MDY expense ratio

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KOMP and MDY are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

  1. What each follows. KOMP follows S&P Kensho New Economies Composite Index and MDY follows S&P MidCap 400 Index.
  2. Holdings in common. 9% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 19, 2026).
  3. One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 KOMP returned −0.8% and MDY +13.1% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 13.9 points.

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, KOMP and MDY hold 9% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 19, 2026.

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9% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding KOMP MDY
CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY 0.38% 0.55%
ATI INC 0.37% 0.76%
APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECH INC 0.42% 0.36%
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORP 0.32% 0.45%
OKTA INC 0.30% 0.92%
CNH INDUSTRIAL NV 0.36% 0.28%
SANMINA CORP 0.33% 0.28%
COGNEX CORP 0.45% 0.27%
ROKU INC 0.27% 0.60%
MOOG INC CLASS A 0.26% 0.31%
VALMONT INDUSTRIES 0.33% 0.26%
FLOWSERVE CORP 0.24% 0.26%
Only in KOMP
TWIST BIOSCIENCE CORP 1.58%
PTC INC 1.44%
3D SYSTEMS CORP 1.21%
ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD 1.07%
UNITY SOFTWARE INC 1.04%
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES INC ADR 0.96%
AMBARELLA INC 0.88%
NVIDIA CORP 0.84%
Only in MDY
U.S. Dollar 0.97%
United Therapeutics Corporation 0.68%
nVent Electric plc 0.67%
Entegris Inc. 0.65%
US Foods Holding Corp. 0.64%
XPO Inc. 0.64%
Tenet Healthcare Corporation 0.63%
Reliance Inc. 0.62%

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On the same fields

KOMP
State Street SPDR S&P Kensho New Economies Composite ETF
MDY
SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Tracks an index Tracks the S&P MidCap 400
Total return, 1 year −0.8% +13.1%
Its benchmark over the same days +15.9% (VOO) +13.4% (IJH)
Gap to its benchmark −16.7 pts vs VOO −0.3 pts vs IJH
Expense ratio 0.20% 0.23%
Already in the S&P 500 24.8% 0.0%
Holdings 503 401
Net assets $2.5bn $25.8bn

KOMP and MDY on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About KOMP

KOMP tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned −0.8% with distributions reinvested, against +15.9% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 25% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 503 positions, with the top ten at 10.9%. It sat 16.1% below its high of Jun 2, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

About MDY

MDY tracks the S&P MidCap 400. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +13.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the S&P MidCap 400 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.23% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 401 positions, with the top ten at 7.4%. It sat 6.7% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, KOMP or MDY?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, KOMP returned −0.8% and MDY +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, KOMP or MDY?
KOMP is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do KOMP and MDY overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 25% of KOMP and 0% of MDY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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