Which returned more over the last year, QDF or SPYM?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QDF returned +17.4% and SPYM +17.3%.

Which is cheaper, QDF or SPYM?

SPYM is cheaper, by 0.37 percentage points a year. That is about $37 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do QDF and SPYM overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 86% of QDF and 100% of SPYM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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QDF vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees

QDF and SPYM hold 38% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $2.2bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Northern Trust Quality Dividend ETF, and $178.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF.

SPYM costs 0.37 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.1 points; SPYM is far larger, $161.6bn against $2.2bn.

QDF vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees
	QDF	SPYM
Expense ratio	0.39%	0.02%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$2.2bn	$161.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.4%	+17.3%
What it tracks	Northern Trust Quality Dividend Index	S&P 500 Index ?
Holdings in common	38%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	39.4%	39.0%

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

+17.4%

QDF total return, 1 year

+17.3%

SPYM total return, 1 year

0.39%

QDF expense ratio

0.02%

SPYM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QDF and SPYM hold 38% 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 Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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38% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding QDF SPYM

Apple, Inc. 8.67% 7.42%

NVIDIA Corp. 6.33% 8.33%

Microsoft Corp. 3.97% 5.79%

Broadcom, Inc. 4.01% 2.56%

Alphabet, Inc. 2.40% 3.05%

Alphabet, Inc. 1.95% 2.45%

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.56% 1.31%

Johnson & Johnson 2.81% 0.92%

AbbVie, Inc. 2.94% 0.72%

Eli Lilly & Co. 0.71% 1.40%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 2.96% 0.68%

Lam Research Corp. 2.57% 0.60%

Only in QDF

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. 0.63%

Bath & Body Works, Inc. 0.60%

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. 0.60%

H&R Block, Inc. 0.56%

Electronic Arts, Inc. 0.56%

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The) 0.55%

Corebridge Financial, Inc. 0.55%

East West Bancorp, Inc. 0.53%

Only in SPYM

AMAZON.COM INC 3.72%

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.37%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1.75%

TESLA INC 1.58%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.51%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B 1.42%

INTEL CORP 0.79%

WALMART INC 0.74%

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On the same fields

QDF

Northern Trust Quality Dividend ETF

SPYM

State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Northern Trust State Street

What it is Tracks an index Tracks the S&P 500

Total return, 1 year +17.4% +17.3%

Its benchmark over the same days not published +17.3% (IVV)

Gap to its benchmark not available 0.0 pts vs IVV

Expense ratio 0.39% 0.02%

Already in the S&P 500 85.9% 99.8%

Holdings 123 506

Net assets, QDF as of Jul 31, 2026 and SPYM as of Oct 8, 2026 $2.2bn $178.5bn

Former ticker none SPLG

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

About QDF

QDF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 123 positions, with the top ten at 39.4%.

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, QDF or SPYM?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QDF returned +17.4% and SPYM +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, QDF or SPYM?: SPYM is cheaper, by 0.37 percentage points a year. That is about $37 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QDF and SPYM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 86% of QDF and 100% of SPYM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

QDF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QDF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗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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