QDPL vs SPY: Differences, Returns & Fees

QDPL and SPY hold 89% of their weight in the same names, and SPY returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets: $1.8bn on Oct 2, 2026 for Pacer Metaurus US Large Cap Dividend Multiplier 400 ETF, and $817.2bn on Oct 8, 2026 for SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust.

SPY costs 0.51 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.0 point; SPY is far larger, $815.3bn against $1.8bn.

QDPL vs SPY: Differences, Returns & Fees
QDPLSPY
Expense ratio0.60%0.09%
Net assets, as of Oct 2, 2026$1.8bn$815.3bn
Total return, 1 year+16.3%+17.3%
What it tracksMetaurus US Large Cap Dividend Multiplier Index Series 400S&P 500 Index
Holdings in common89%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.2%39.1%

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

+16.3%
QDPL total return, 1 year
+17.3%
SPY total return, 1 year
0.60%
QDPL expense ratio
0.09%
SPY expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QDPL and SPY hold 89% 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.

half

89% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding QDPL SPY
NVIDIA Corp 6.87% 8.34%
Apple Inc 6.41% 7.42%
Microsoft Corp 4.88% 5.80%
Amazon.com Inc 3.75% 3.73%
Alphabet Inc 2.95% 3.06%
Broadcom Inc 2.60% 2.56%
Alphabet Inc 2.38% 2.45%
Meta Platforms Inc 1.73% 2.38%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.32% 1.42%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.33% 1.32%
Micron Technology Inc 1.31% 1.75%
Eli Lilly & Co 1.28% 1.40%
Only in QDPL
US TREASURY N/B 0.88%
US TREASURY N/B 0.85%
US TREASURY N/B 0.83%
US TREASURY N/B 0.82%
US TREASURY N/B 0.82%
US TREASURY N/B 0.82%
US TREASURY N/B 0.81%
US TREASURY N/B 0.81%
Only in SPY
BLOOM ENERGY CORP A 0.12%
ONEOK INC 0.09%
EVERPURE INC A 0.07%
VYLOR INC 0.07%
TWILIO INC A 0.06%
FERGUSON ENTERPRISES INC 0.06%
ILLUMINA INC 0.06%
REDDIT INC CL A 0.03%

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On the same fields

QDPL
Pacer Metaurus US Large Cap Dividend Multiplier 400 ETF
SPY
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Tracks an index Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year +16.3% +17.3%
Its benchmark over the same days not published +17.3% (VOO)
Gap to its benchmark not available −0.1 pts vs VOO
Expense ratio 0.60% 0.09%
Already in the S&P 500 89.9% 99.8%
Holdings 513 504
Net assets, QDPL as of Oct 2, 2026 and SPY as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.8bn $817.2bn

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

About QDPL

QDPL tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 513 positions, with the top ten at 34.2%.

About SPY

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, QDPL or SPY?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QDPL returned +16.3% and SPY +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, QDPL or SPY?
SPY is cheaper, by 0.51 percentage points a year. That is about $51 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QDPL and SPY overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 90% of QDPL and 100% of SPY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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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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