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LCTU vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees

LCTU and SPYM hold 71% of their weight in the same names, and SPYM returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets: $1.2bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness Aware Active ETF, and $178.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF.

SPYM costs 0.13 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.0 points; SPYM is far larger, $178.5bn against $1.2bn.

LCTU vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees
LCTUSPYM
Expense ratio0.15%0.02%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$1.2bn$178.5bn
Total return, 1 year+15.3%+17.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedS&P 500 Index ?
Holdings in common71%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund35.2%39.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+15.3%
LCTU total return, 1 year
+17.3%
SPYM total return, 1 year
0.15%
LCTU expense ratio
0.02%
SPYM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, LCTU and SPYM 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 Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

71% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding LCTU SPYM
NVIDIA 7.91% 8.33%
APPLE 7.14% 7.42%
MICROSOFT 5.12% 5.79%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.18% 3.72%
ALPHABET CLASS A 2.48% 3.05%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.30% 2.37%
BROADCOM INC 2.05% 2.56%
ALPHABET CLASS C 1.90% 2.45%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.60% 1.75%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.55% 1.51%
TESLA INC 1.49% 1.58%
ELI LILLY 1.33% 1.40%
Only in LCTU
AECOM 0.25%
EAST WEST BANCORP 0.23%
ETSY 0.17%
TOAST CLASS A 0.17%
NATERA 0.16%
ARAMARK 0.15%
OKTA CLASS A 0.15%
TECHNIPFMC PLC 0.15%
Only in SPYM
PROCTER + GAMBLE CO/THE 0.52%
PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 0.47%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC 0.39%
LINDE PLC 0.33%
AMPHENOL CORP CL A 0.31%
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS 0.26%
AT+T INC 0.25%
MCDONALD S CORP 0.25%

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On the same fields

LCTU
iShares U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness Aware Active ETF
SPYM
State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares State Street
What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year +15.3% +17.3%
Its benchmark over the same days +16.6% (IWB) +17.3% (IVV)
Gap to its benchmark −1.4 pts vs IWB 0.0 pts vs IVV
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.02%
Already in the S&P 500 93.4% 99.8%
Holdings 322 506
Net assets, LCTU as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPYM as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.2bn $178.5bn
Former ticker none SPLG

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

About LCTU

LCTU is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 322 positions, with the top ten at 35.2%.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +15.3% with distributions reinvested, against +16.6% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Index.

About SPYM

SPYM 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 Index ?. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.02% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 506 positions, with the top ten at 39.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, LCTU or SPYM?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, LCTU returned +15.3% and SPYM +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, LCTU or SPYM?
SPYM is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do LCTU and SPYM overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 93% of LCTU and 100% of SPYM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
LCTU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗LCTU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for LCTU ↗SPYM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPYM 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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