Which returned more over the last year, SEIE or SPDW?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SEIE returned +18.9% and SPDW +19.7%.

Which is cheaper, SEIE or SPDW?

SPDW is cheaper, by 0.47 percentage points a year. That is about $47 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do SEIE and SPDW overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of SEIE and 0% of SPDW by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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SEIE vs SPDW: Differences, Returns & Fees

SEIE and SPDW hold 33% of their weight in the same names, and SPDW returned +19.7% over the year. Net assets: $1.1bn on Jun 30, 2026 for SEI Select International Equity ETF, and $40.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF.

SPDW costs 0.47 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.8 points; SPDW is far larger, $40.3bn against $1.1bn.

	SEIE	SPDW
Expense ratio	0.50%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026	$1.1bn	$40.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.9%	+19.7%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	S&P Developed Ex-U.S. BMI Index ?
Holdings in common	33%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	13.0%	12.9%
Below its high	5.2%, high on Aug 25, 2026	4.5%, high on Sep 4, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+18.9%

SEIE total return, 1 year

+19.7%

SPDW total return, 1 year

0.50%

SEIE expense ratio

0.03%

SPDW expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SEIE and SPDW hold 33% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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33% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding SEIE SPDW

ASML Holding N.V. 1.61% 2.15%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 2.00% 0.95%

Roche Holding AG 0.93% 0.90%

Novartis AG 1.17% 0.79%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.97% 0.74%

Banco Santander, S.A. 0.83% 0.61%

SHELL PLC 0.59% 0.88%

TOTALENERGIES SE 0.72% 0.55%

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.76% 0.46%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.45% 0.82%

UBS Group AG 0.52% 0.45%

UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI 0.92% 0.42%

Only in SEIE

Fresenius Medical Care AG 0.36%

International Consolidated Airlines Group, S.A. 0.35%

YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS) LTD. 0.23%

Koninklijke BAM Groep N.V. 0.19%

SITC International Holdings Co Ltd 0.19%

STMicroelectronics N.V. 0.19%

Koninklijke Heijmans N.V. 0.18%

COVIVIO SA 0.15%

Only in SPDW

SAMSUNG ELECTR GDR REG S 2.68%

SK HYNIX INC 2.21%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.81%

TOYOTA MOTOR CORP 0.67%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.66%

SIEMENS AG REG 0.66%

SHOPIFY INC CLASS A 0.61%

TORONTO DOMINION BANK 0.57%

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On the same fields

SEIE

SEI Select International Equity ETF

SPDW

State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer SEI State Street

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +18.9% +19.7%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +1.7 pts +2.4 pts

Expense ratio 0.50% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 342 2448

Net assets, SEIE as of Jun 30, 2026 and SPDW as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.1bn $40.5bn

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

SEIE in plain words

SEIE is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 342 positions, with the top ten at 13.0%. It sat 5.2% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

SPDW in plain words

SPDW tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,448 positions, with the top ten at 12.9%. It sat 4.5% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SEIE or SPDW?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SEIE returned +18.9% and SPDW +19.7%.
Which is cheaper, SEIE or SPDW?: SPDW is cheaper, by 0.47 percentage points a year. That is about $47 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SEIE and SPDW overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of SEIE and 0% of SPDW by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

SEIE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SEIE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗SEI website ↗SPDW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPDW 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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