PDP vs SPY: Differences, Returns & Fees
PDP and SPY hold 17% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $1.5bn on Oct 9, 2026 for Invesco Dorsey Wright Momentum ETF, and $817.2bn on Oct 8, 2026 for SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust.
SPY costs 0.53 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.1 points; SPY is far larger, $817.2bn against $1.5bn.
| PDP | SPY | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.62% | 0.09% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 | $1.5bn | $817.2bn |
| Total return, 1 year | +17.2% | +17.3% |
| What it tracks | Dorsey Wright Technical Leaders Index | S&P 500 Index |
| Holdings in common | 17% | |
| Holdings dated | Oct 10, 2026 | Oct 8, 2026 |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 24.1% | 39.1% |
| Below its high | 8.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026 | |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, PDP and SPY 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 Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.
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17% in common
On the same fields
PDP and SPY on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
PDP in plain words
PDP tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.62% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 10, 2026, 66% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 102 positions, with the top ten at 24.1%. It sat 8.2% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.
SPY in plain words
SPY 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 0.09% 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 504 positions, with the top ten at 39.1%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, PDP or SPY?
- In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PDP returned +17.2% and SPY +17.3%.
- Which is cheaper, PDP or SPY?
- SPY is cheaper, by 0.53 percentage points a year. That is about $53 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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