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QQQE vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees

QQQE and SPYM hold 24% of their weight in the same names, and QQQE returned +19.2% over the year. Net assets on Oct 8, 2026: $1.5bn for Direxion NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index ETF and $178.5bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF.

SPYM costs 0.33 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.9 points; SPYM is far larger, $178.5bn against $1.5bn.

QQQESPYM
Expense ratio0.35%0.02%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$1.5bn$178.5bn
Total return, 1 year+19.2%+17.3%
What it tracksnot read by ETFIQS&P 500 Index ?
Holdings in common24%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund12.4%39.0%

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

+19.2%
QQQE total return, 1 year
+17.3%
SPYM total return, 1 year
0.35%
QQQE expense ratio
0.02%
SPYM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QQQE and SPYM hold 24% 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

24% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding QQQE SPYM
MICROSOFT CORP 1.05% 5.79%
AMAZON.COM INC 1.02% 3.72%
APPLE INC 1.01% 7.42%
NVIDIA CORP 0.97% 8.33%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 0.94% 1.51%
META PLATFORMS INC 0.90% 2.37%
BROADCOM INC 0.89% 2.56%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 0.86% 1.75%
INTEL CORP 0.80% 0.79%
WALMART INC 0.98% 0.74%
TESLA INC 0.73% 1.58%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.80% 0.68%
Only in QQQE
COCA-COLA EUROPACIFIC PARTNERS PLC 1.23%
THOMSON REUTERS CORP 1.16%
MERCADOLIBRE INC 1.13%
PDD HOLDINGS INC 1.07%
ELECTRONIC ARTS INC 1.06%
ASML HOLDING NV 1.03%
SHOPIFY INC 1.00%
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY INC 0.99%
Only in SPYM
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B 1.42%
ELI LILLY + CO 1.40%
JPMORGAN CHASE + CO 1.31%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.03%
VISA INC CLASS A SHARES 0.95%
JOHNSON + JOHNSON 0.92%
ABBVIE INC 0.72%
MASTERCARD INC A 0.69%

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On the same fields

QQQE
Direxion NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index ETF
SPYM
State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Direxion State Street
What it is Tracks an index Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year +19.2% +17.3%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +1.9 pts +0.1 pts
Expense ratio 0.35% 0.02%
Already in the S&P 500 86.8% 99.8%
Holdings 103 506
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.5bn $178.5bn
Former ticker none SPLG

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

QQQE in plain words

QQQE tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 87% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 103 positions, with the top ten at 12.4%.

SPYM in plain words

SPYM tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. 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, QQQE or SPYM?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QQQE returned +19.2% and SPYM +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, QQQE or SPYM?
SPYM is cheaper, by 0.33 percentage points a year. That is about $33 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QQQE and SPYM overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 87% of QQQE and 100% of SPYM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
QQQE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QQQE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Direxion 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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