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RECS vs SPY: Differences, Returns & Fees

RECS and SPY hold 39% of their weight in the same names, and SPY returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets: $5.8bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Columbia Research Enhanced Core ETF, and $817.2bn on Oct 8, 2026 for SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust.

SPY costs 0.06 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.5 points; SPY is far larger, $795.3bn against $5.8bn.

RECS vs SPY: Differences, Returns & Fees
RECSSPY
Expense ratio0.15%0.09%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$5.8bn$795.3bn
Total return, 1 year+14.8%+17.3%
What it tracksBeta Advantage Research Enhanced U.S. Equity IndexS&P 500 Index
Holdings in common39%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund40.4%39.1%

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

+14.8%
RECS total return, 1 year
+17.3%
SPY total return, 1 year
0.15%
RECS expense ratio
0.09%
SPY expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, RECS and SPY hold 39% 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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39% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding RECS SPY
NVIDIA Corp 11.41% 8.34%
Apple Inc 11.50% 7.42%
Meta Platforms Inc 4.17% 2.38%
Micron Technology Inc 1.99% 1.75%
Mastercard Inc 2.46% 0.69%
Palantir Technologies Inc 0.71% 0.68%
Cisco Systems Inc 1.12% 0.68%
AbbVie Inc 0.64% 0.72%
Chevron Corp 1.52% 0.62%
Applied Materials Inc 0.78% 0.60%
Lam Research Corp 0.74% 0.60%
Bank of America Corp 2.09% 0.52%
Only in RECS
State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF 1.85%
Vanguard Communication Services ETF 1.79%
Electronic Arts Inc 0.33%
Snowflake Inc 0.24%
Restaurant Brands International Inc 0.24%
Anglogold Ashanti Plc 0.21%
Tenet Healthcare Corp 0.17%
Fidelity MSCI Communication Services Index ETF 0.15%
Only in SPY
MICROSOFT CORP 5.80%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.73%
ALPHABET INC CL A 3.06%
BROADCOM INC 2.56%
ALPHABET INC CL C 2.45%
TESLA INC 1.58%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.51%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B 1.42%

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On the same fields

RECS
Columbia Research Enhanced Core ETF
SPY
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Columbia State Street
What it is Tracks an index Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year +14.8% +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 0.15% 0.09%
Already in the S&P 500 86.1% 99.8%
Holdings 356 504
Net assets, RECS as of Jul 31, 2026 and SPY as of Oct 8, 2026 $5.8bn $817.2bn

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

About RECS

RECS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% 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 356 positions, with the top ten at 40.4%.

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, RECS or SPY?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, RECS returned +14.8% and SPY +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, RECS or SPY?
SPY is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do RECS and SPY overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 86% of RECS and 100% of SPY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
RECS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗RECS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Columbia website ↗SPY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗State Street website ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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