SEIM vs SPY: Differences, Returns & Fees

SEIM and SPY hold 29% of their weight in the same names, and SEIM returned +22.3% over the year. Net assets: $1.5bn on Jun 30, 2026 for SEI Enhanced U.S. Large Cap Momentum Factor 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 5.0 points; SPY is far larger, $781.2bn against $1.5bn.

SEIMSPY
Expense ratio0.15%0.09%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026$1.5bn$781.2bn
Total return, 1 year+22.3%+17.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedS&P 500 Index
Holdings in common29%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.6%39.1%

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

+22.3%
SEIM total return, 1 year
+17.3%
SPY total return, 1 year
0.15%
SEIM expense ratio
0.09%
SPY expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SEIM and SPY hold 29% 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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29% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding SEIM SPY
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.24% 8.34%
ALPHABET INC. 7.00% 3.06%
APPLE INC. 2.90% 7.42%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 2.66% 5.80%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2.98% 1.75%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 1.05% 3.73%
VISA INC. 2.84% 0.96%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.48% 0.92%
WALMART INC. 0.69% 0.74%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0.72% 0.68%
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 1.81% 0.68%
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 3.37% 0.60%
Only in SEIM
NVENT ELECTRIC PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1.77%
WOODWARD, INC. 1.70%
TD SYNNEX CORPORATION 1.40%
ITT INC. 1.18%
CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION 0.94%
MASTEC, INC. 0.73%
FIVE BELOW, INC. 0.65%
Astera Labs, Inc 0.62%
Only in SPY
META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.38%
TESLA INC 1.58%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.51%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B 1.42%
ELI LILLY + CO 1.40%
JPMORGAN CHASE + CO 1.32%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.04%
INTEL CORP 0.80%

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On the same fields

SEIM
SEI Enhanced U.S. Large Cap Momentum Factor ETF
SPY
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year +22.3% +17.3%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +5.0 pts 0.0 pts
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.09%
Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 99.8%
Holdings 71 504
Net assets, SEIM as of Jun 30, 2026 and SPY as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.5bn $817.2bn

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

SEIM in plain words

SEIM is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +22.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 89% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 71 positions, with the top ten at 37.6%.

SPY in plain words

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, SEIM or SPY?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SEIM returned +22.3% and SPY +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, SEIM 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 SEIM and SPY overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 89% of SEIM and 100% of SPY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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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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