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QUS vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees

QUS and SPYM hold 62% of their weight in the same names, and SPYM returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets on Oct 8, 2026: $1.6bn for State Street SPDR MSCI USA StrategicFactors ETF and $178.5bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF.

SPYM costs 0.13 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.1 points; SPYM is far larger, $178.5bn against $1.6bn.

QUSSPYM
Expense ratio0.15%0.02%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$1.6bn$178.5bn
Total return, 1 year+15.2%+17.3%
What it tracksMSCI USA Factor Mix A-Series Capped Index ?S&P 500 Index ?
Holdings in common62%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund23.0%39.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+15.2%
QUS total return, 1 year
+17.3%
SPYM total return, 1 year
0.15%
QUS expense ratio
0.02%
SPYM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QUS and SPYM hold 62% 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.

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62% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding QUS SPYM
MICROSOFT CORP 3.77% 5.79%
APPLE INC 3.26% 7.42%
NVIDIA CORP 2.87% 8.33%
META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.62% 2.37%
ELI LILLY + CO 2.21% 1.40%
ALPHABET INC CL A 1.32% 3.05%
ALPHABET INC CL C 1.17% 2.45%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B 1.14% 1.42%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.14% 1.03%
JPMORGAN CHASE + CO 1.02% 1.31%
AMAZON.COM INC 0.99% 3.72%
VISA INC CLASS A SHARES 1.98% 0.95%
Only in QUS
WASTE CONNECTIONS INC 0.40%
SNOWFLAKE INC 0.20%
CLOUDFLARE INC CLASS A 0.20%
FIRST CITIZENS BCSHS CL A 0.19%
UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORP 0.19%
ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS INC 0.17%
LIBERTY MEDIA CORP C 0.17%
NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES INC 0.16%
Only in SPYM
MODERNA INC 0.11%
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO 0.03%
VIATRIS INC 0.03%
ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP CL A 0.03%
REVVITY INC 0.03%
APA CORP 0.02%
HOST HOTELS + RESORTS INC 0.02%
AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.02%

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On the same fields

QUS
State Street SPDR MSCI USA StrategicFactors ETF
SPYM
State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer State Street State Street
What it is Tracks an index Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year +15.2% +17.3%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −2.0 pts +0.1 pts
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.02%
Already in the S&P 500 96.6% 99.8%
Holdings 514 506
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.6bn $178.5bn
Former ticker none SPLG

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

QUS in plain words

QUS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +15.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 514 positions, with the top ten at 23.0%.

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, QUS or SPYM?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QUS returned +15.2% and SPYM +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, QUS or SPYM?
SPYM is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QUS and SPYM overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of QUS and 100% of SPYM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
QUS and SPYM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QUS and 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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