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QLTY vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees

QLTY and SPYM hold 34% of their weight in the same names, and QLTY returned +19.9% over the year. Net assets: $4.5bn on May 31, 2026 for GMO U.S. Quality ETF, and $178.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF.

SPYM costs 0.48 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.6 points; SPYM is far larger, $96.8bn against $3.0bn.

QLTY vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees
QLTYSPYM
Expense ratio0.50%0.02%
Net assets, as of Dec 31, 2025$3.0bn$96.8bn
Total return, 1 year+19.9%+17.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedS&P 500 Index ?
Holdings in common34%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund48.9%39.0%

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

+19.9%
QLTY total return, 1 year
+17.3%
SPYM total return, 1 year
0.50%
QLTY expense ratio
0.02%
SPYM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QLTY and SPYM hold 34% 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.

half

34% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding QLTY SPYM
Microsoft Corp 7.17% 5.79%
Apple Inc 5.12% 7.42%
Amazon.com Inc 3.90% 3.72%
Alphabet Inc 5.64% 3.05%
Broadcom Inc 4.79% 2.56%
Meta Platforms Inc 4.32% 2.37%
Eli Lilly & Co 2.52% 1.40%
Visa Inc 2.58% 0.95%
Johnson & Johnson 4.22% 0.92%
Mastercard Inc 1.78% 0.69%
Lam Research Corp 5.38% 0.60%
Merck & Co Inc 1.83% 0.53%
Only in QLTY
Aramark 2.48%
Tradeweb Markets Inc 0.72%
Only in SPYM
NVIDIA CORP 8.33%
ALPHABET INC CL C 2.45%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1.75%
TESLA INC 1.58%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.51%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B 1.42%
JPMORGAN CHASE + CO 1.31%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.03%

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On the same fields

QLTY
GMO U.S. Quality ETF
SPYM
State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer GMO State Street
What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year +19.9% +17.3%
Its benchmark over the same days +17.3% (VOO) +17.3% (IVV)
Gap to its benchmark +2.6 pts vs VOO 0.0 pts vs IVV
Expense ratio 0.50% 0.02%
Already in the S&P 500 96.5% 99.8%
Holdings 41 506
Net assets, QLTY as of May 31, 2026 and SPYM as of Oct 8, 2026 $4.5bn $178.5bn
Former ticker none SPLG

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

About QLTY

QLTY is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 41 positions, with the top ten at 48.9%.

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, QLTY or SPYM?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QLTY returned +19.9% and SPYM +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, QLTY or SPYM?
SPYM is cheaper, by 0.48 percentage points a year. That is about $48 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QLTY and SPYM overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 96% of QLTY and 100% of SPYM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
QLTY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QLTY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗GMO website ↗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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