MOAT vs SPTM: Differences, Returns & Fees
MOAT and SPTM hold 16% of their weight in the same names, and SPTM returned +15.7% over the year. Net assets: $11.6bn on Oct 19, 2026 for VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF, and $14.1bn on Oct 20, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF.
SPTM costs 0.43 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.1 points; SPTM is 1.2 times larger.
| MOAT | SPTM | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.46% | 0.03% |
| Net assets | $11.8bn | $14.1bn |
| Total return, 1 year | +11.6% | +15.7% |
| What it tracks | Morningstar Wide Moat Focus Index | S&P Composite 1500 Index |
| Holdings in common | 16% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 26.6% | 35.8% |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 19, 2026.
MOAT and SPTM are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?
- What each follows. MOAT follows Morningstar Wide Moat Focus Index and SPTM follows S&P Composite 1500 Index.
- Holdings in common. 16% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 19, 2026).
- One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 MOAT returned +11.6% and SPTM +15.7% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 4.1 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, MOAT and SPTM hold 16% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 19, 2026.
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16% in common
On the same fields
MOAT and SPTM on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
About MOAT
MOAT tracks the Morningstar Wide Moat. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +11.6% with distributions reinvested, against +15.9% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.46% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 54 positions, with the top ten at 26.6%.
About SPTM
SPTM tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +15.7% with distributions reinvested, against +15.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,512 positions, with the top ten at 35.8%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, MOAT or SPTM?
- In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MOAT returned +11.6% and SPTM +15.7%.
- Which is cheaper, MOAT or SPTM?
- SPTM is cheaper, by 0.43 percentage points a year. That is about $43 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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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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