KOMP vs SPMD: Differences, Returns & Fees

KOMP and SPMD hold 9% of their weight in the same names, and SPMD returned +13.5% over the year. Net assets on Oct 20, 2026: $2.5bn for State Street SPDR S&P Kensho New Economies Composite ETF and $18.4bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF.

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SPMD costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.3 points; SPMD is 7.4 times larger.

KOMP vs SPMD: Differences, Returns & Fees
KOMPSPMD
Expense ratio0.20%0.03%
Net assets$2.5bn$18.4bn
Total return, 1 year−0.8%+13.5%
What it tracksS&P Kensho New Economies Composite IndexS&P MidCap 400 Index
Holdings in common9%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund10.9%7.1%
Below its high16.1%, high on Jun 2, 20266.8%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 19, 2026.

−0.8%
KOMP total return, 1 year
+13.5%
SPMD total return, 1 year
0.20%
KOMP expense ratio
0.03%
SPMD expense ratio

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KOMP and SPMD 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 SPMD 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 SPMD +13.5% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 14.3 points.

Data as of Oct 20, 2026. The differences are picked by a fixed rule, in a fixed order; the PDF prints it. Page 2 has the returns, overlap, risks and sources.

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, KOMP and SPMD 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 SPMD
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% 0.46%
OKTA INC 0.30% 0.93%
CNH INDUSTRIAL NV 0.36% 0.29%
SANMINA CORP 0.33% 0.28%
COGNEX CORP 0.45% 0.27%
ROKU INC 0.27% 0.61%
MOOG INC CLASS A 0.26% 0.31%
VALMONT INDUSTRIES 0.33% 0.26%
FLOWSERVE CORP 0.24% 0.27%
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 SPMD
UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORP 0.69%
NVENT ELECTRIC PLC 0.68%
ENTEGRIS INC 0.65%
US FOODS HOLDING CORP 0.64%
XPO INC 0.64%
TENET HEALTHCARE CORP 0.63%
RELIANCE INC 0.63%
PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP CL A 0.61%

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On the same fields

KOMP
State Street SPDR S&P Kensho New Economies Composite ETF
SPMD
State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year −0.8% +13.5%
Its benchmark over the same days +15.9% (VOO) +13.4% (IJH)
Gap to its benchmark −16.7 pts vs VOO +0.1 pts vs IJH
Expense ratio 0.20% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 24.8% 0.0%
Holdings 503 401
Net assets $2.5bn $18.4bn

KOMP and SPMD 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 SPMD

SPMD tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the S&P MidCap 400 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% 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 7.1%. It sat 6.8% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, KOMP or SPMD?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, KOMP returned −0.8% and SPMD +13.5%.
Which is cheaper, KOMP or SPMD?
SPMD is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do KOMP and SPMD overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 25% of KOMP and 0% of SPMD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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