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

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SMMD returned +22.4% and SPTM +15.2%.

Which is cheaper, SMMD or SPTM?

SPTM is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 10% of SMMD and 92% of SPTM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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SMMD vs SPTM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SMMD returned +22.4% to SPTM's +15.2%; 5% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $4.2bn for iShares Russell 2500 ETF and $14.0bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF.

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At a glance

+22.4%

SMMD total return, 1 year

+15.2%

SPTM total return, 1 year

0.15%

SMMD expense ratio

0.03%

SPTM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPTM costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.2 points; SPTM is 3.3 times larger.

SMMD vs SPTM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SMMD	SPTM
Return
Measure	SMMD	SPTM
Total return, 1 year	+22.4%	+15.2%
Drawdown
Measure	SMMD	SPTM
Below its high	5.3%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SMMD	SPTM
What it tracks	Russell 2500 Index	S&P Composite 1500 Index
Cost and size
Measure	SMMD	SPTM
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$4.2bn	$14.0bn
Holdings
Measure	SMMD	SPTM
Holdings in common	5%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	43.4%	34.4%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, SMMD and SPTM hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

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5% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SMMD SPTM

ATI 0.34% 0.04%

PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA 0.31% 0.04%

VIATRIS 0.31% 0.03%

SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS 0.27% 0.03%

NVENT ELECTRIC PLC 0.29% 0.03%

RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM 0.31% 0.03%

TENET HEALTHCARE CORP 0.30% 0.03%

US FOODS HOLDING 0.31% 0.03%

ROKU CLASS A 0.29% 0.03%

SNAP ON INC 0.26% 0.03%

WOODWARD 0.28% 0.03%

EAST WEST BANCORP 0.25% 0.03%

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Only in SMMD

ISHARES RUSSELL 2000 ETF 40.62%

GUARDANT HEALTH 0.31%

SOFI TECHNOLOGIES 0.30%

AFFIRM HOLDINGS CLASS A 0.28%

RUBRIK CLASS A 0.25%

GFL ENVIRONMENTAL SUBORDINATE VOTI 0.22%

UNITY SOFTWARE 0.20%

ASCENDIS PHARMA 0.19%

Only in SPTM

NVIDIA CORP 7.08%

APPLE INC 6.85%

MICROSOFT CORP 5.47%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.48%

ALPHABET INC CL A 2.32%

BROADCOM INC 2.23%

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 1.93%

ALPHABET INC CL C 1.87%

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Side by side

SMMD iShares Russell 2500 ETF SPTM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +22.4% +15.2%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.8% (IWV) +14.8% (IVV)

Gap to its benchmark +7.6 pts vs IWV +0.4 pts vs IVV

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 10.3% 92.1%

Holdings 516 1513

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $4.2bn $14.0bn

SMMD and SPTM on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

SMMD

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +22.4% with distributions reinvested, against +14.8% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

SMMD tracks an index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026, 10% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 516 positions, with the top ten at 43.4%. It sat 5.3% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Nov 4, 2026.

SPTM

SPTM tracks an index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +15.2% with distributions reinvested, against +14.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,513 positions, with the top ten at 34.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SMMD or SPTM?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SMMD returned +22.4% and SPTM +15.2%.
Which is cheaper, SMMD or SPTM?: SPTM is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SMMD and SPTM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 10% of SMMD and 92% of SPTM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

SMMD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SMMD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for SMMD ↗

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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