Which returned more over the last year, SCHM or SPTM?

In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SCHM returned +17.6% and SPTM +15.7%.

Which is cheaper, SCHM or SPTM?

Neither: SCHM and SPTM both charge 0.03% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do SCHM and SPTM overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 30% of SCHM and 92% of SPTM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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SCHM vs SPTM: Differences, Returns & Fees

SCHM and SPTM hold 7% of their weight in the same names, and SCHM returned +17.6% over the year. Net assets: $14.6bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF, and $14.1bn on Oct 20, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF.

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Both cost 0.03% a year; their one-year returns differ by 1.9 points; SCHM is 1.2 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

SCHM vs SPTM: Differences, Returns & Fees
	SCHM	SPTM
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Feb 28, 2025	$11.3bn	$9.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.6%	+15.7%
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Total Stock Market Index	S&P Composite 1500 Index
Holdings in common	7%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	13.3%	35.8%
Below its high	5.8%, high on Jun 30, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

+17.6%

SCHM total return, 1 year

+15.7%

SPTM total return, 1 year

0.03%

SCHM expense ratio

0.03%

SPTM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SCHM and SPTM hold 7% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

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7% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding SCHM SPTM

Sandisk Corp 4.64% 0.28%

Moderna Inc 0.30% 0.11%

Lumentum Holdings Inc 1.13% 0.10%

Bloom Energy Corp 1.36% 0.09%

Ciena Corp 1.51% 0.07%

Coherent Corp 1.26% 0.06%

Twilio Inc 0.54% 0.06%

Centene Corp 0.52% 0.05%

Flex Ltd 1.03% 0.04%

Okta Inc 0.39% 0.04%

Steel Dynamics Inc 0.66% 0.04%

ATI Inc 0.44% 0.04%

Only in SCHM

Revolution Medicines Inc 0.57%

AST SpaceMobile Inc 0.52%

FTAI Aviation Ltd 0.49%

IonQ Inc 0.47%

Royalty Pharma PLC 0.39%

Guardant Health Inc 0.31%

Modine Manufacturing Co 0.27%

Rivian Automotive Inc 0.25%

Only in SPTM

NVIDIA CORP 7.34%

APPLE INC 6.99%

MICROSOFT CORP 5.54%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.60%

ALPHABET INC CL A 2.82%

ALPHABET INC CL C 2.26%

BROADCOM INC 2.22%

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.17%

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On the same fields

SCHM

Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF

SPTM

State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Schwab State Street

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +17.6% +15.7%

Its benchmark over the same days +15.9% (VOO) +15.8% (IVV)

Gap to its benchmark +1.7 pts vs VOO −0.1 pts vs IVV

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 30.3% 92.1%

Holdings 496 1512

Net assets, SCHM as of May 31, 2026 and SPTM as of Oct 20, 2026 $14.6bn $14.1bn

SCHM and SPTM on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About SCHM

SCHM tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +15.9% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 30% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 496 positions, with the top ten at 13.3%. It sat 5.8% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

About SPTM

SPTM tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +15.7% with distributions reinvested, against +15.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,512 positions, with the top ten at 35.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SCHM or SPTM?: In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SCHM returned +17.6% and SPTM +15.7%.
Which is cheaper, SCHM or SPTM?: Neither: SCHM and SPTM both charge 0.03% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SCHM and SPTM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 30% of SCHM and 92% of SPTM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

SCHM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SCHM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Schwab website ↗SPTM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPTM 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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