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Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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RSP vs SPYM: how they differ

RSP and SPYM hold 44% of their weight in the same names, and SPYM returned more over the year.

Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF and State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio S&P 500(R) ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, RSP and SPYM hold 44% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions RSP and SPYM both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingRSPSPYM
Salesforce Inc0.28%0.30%
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc0.25%0.32%
Palo Alto Networks Inc0.25%0.42%
Palantir Technologies Inc0.25%0.58%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc0.24%0.34%
Arista Networks Inc0.24%0.30%
Microsoft Corp0.24%5.58%
Merck & Co Inc0.24%0.55%
Deere & Co0.23%0.26%
Charles Schwab Corp/The0.23%0.27%
Gilead Sciences Inc0.23%0.27%
Abbott Laboratories0.23%0.28%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in RSPOnly in SPYM
ONEOK Inc/OK 0.20%US DOLLAR 0.28%
E-mini S&P 500 Equal Weight Futures 0.20%FALCON TOPCO INC 0.09%
Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio 0.13%SSI US GOV MONEY MARKET CLASS 0.07%
CASH COLLATERAL 0.01%CONTRA HOLOGIC INCORPO 0.00%
CONTRA WALGREENS BOOTS 0.00%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 10, 2026.

RSP and SPYM on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
RSP
Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF
SPYM
State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio S&P 500(R) ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerInvescoState Street
What it isS&P 500 equal weightS&P 500
Total return, 1 year+14.8%+17.6%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−2.7 pts+0.1 pts
Expense ratio0.20%1.30%
Already in the S&P 50099.1%100.0%
Holdings506507

RSP in plain words

RSP is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500 equal weight. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +14.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 506 positions, with the top ten at 3.2%. It sat 3.5% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

SPYM in plain words

SPYM is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 1.30% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 507 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, RSP or SPYM?
In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, RSP returned +14.8% and SPYM returned +17.6%, so SPYM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, RSP or SPYM?
RSP charges 0.20% a year and SPYM charges 1.30%, so RSP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do RSP and SPYM overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 99% of RSP and 100% of SPYM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 44% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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