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MFSI vs SPDW: Differences, Returns & Fees

MFSI and SPDW hold 17% of their weight in the same names, and SPDW returned +19.7% over the year. Net assets: $1.1bn on May 31, 2026 for MFS Active International ETF, and $40.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF.

SPDW costs 0.56 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.4 points.

MFSISPDW
Expense ratio0.59%0.03%
Net assets, MFSI as of May 31, 2026 and SPDW as of Oct 8, 2026$1.1bn$40.5bn
Total return, 1 year+11.3%+19.7%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedS&P Developed Ex-U.S. BMI Index ?
Holdings in common17%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund27.9%12.9%
Below its high3.4%, high on Aug 10, 20264.5%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+11.3%
MFSI total return, 1 year
+19.7%
SPDW total return, 1 year
0.59%
MFSI expense ratio
0.03%
SPDW expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, MFSI and SPDW hold 17% 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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17% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding MFSI SPDW
Roche Holding AG 1.87% 0.90%
Novartis AG 1.80% 0.79%
Royal Bank of Canada 0.66% 0.81%
SAP SE 1.25% 0.64%
Nestle SA 0.60% 0.72%
Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 1.74% 0.57%
TotalEnergies SE 1.69% 0.55%
Schneider Electric SE 1.99% 0.50%
Hitachi Ltd 1.99% 0.49%
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc 1.26% 0.49%
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 1.78% 0.49%
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 0.53% 0.46%
Only in MFSI
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 7.86%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 2.26%
AIA Group Ltd 1.41%
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 1.17%
British American Tobacco PLC 1.12%
Credicorp Ltd 0.85%
Banco Bradesco SA 0.80%
HDFC Bank Ltd 0.80%
Only in SPDW
SAMSUNG ELECTR GDR REG S 2.68%
SK HYNIX INC 2.21%
ASML HOLDING NV 2.15%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.95%
SHELL PLC 0.88%
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GRO 0.82%
ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.74%
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP 0.67%

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On the same fields

MFSI
MFS Active International ETF
SPDW
State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer MFS State Street
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +11.3% +19.7%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −6.0 pts +2.4 pts
Expense ratio 0.59% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 93 2448
Net assets, MFSI as of May 31, 2026 and SPDW as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.1bn $40.5bn

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

MFSI in plain words

MFSI is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +11.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.59% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 93 positions, with the top ten at 27.9%. It sat 3.4% below its high of Aug 10, 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, MFSI or SPDW?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MFSI returned +11.3% and SPDW +19.7%.
Which is cheaper, MFSI or SPDW?
SPDW is cheaper, by 0.56 percentage points a year. That is about $56 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do MFSI and SPDW overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of MFSI and 0% of SPDW by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
MFSI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗MFSI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗MFS website ↗SPDW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPDW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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