SPGP vs SPMD: Differences, Returns & Fees

SPGP and SPMD hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and SPMD returned +13.5% over the year. Net assets on Oct 20, 2026: $2.1bn for Invesco S&P 500 GARP ETF and $18.4bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF.

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SPMD costs 0.31 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.5 points; SPMD is 8.8 times larger.

SPGP vs SPMD: Differences, Returns & Fees
SPGPSPMD
Expense ratio0.34%0.03%
Net assets$2.1bn$18.4bn
Total return, 1 year+10.0%+13.5%
What it tracksS&P 500 GARP IndexS&P MidCap 400 Index
Holdings in common0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund20.4%7.1%
Below its high4.0%, high on Aug 13, 20266.8%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 19, 2026.

+10.0%
SPGP total return, 1 year
+13.5%
SPMD total return, 1 year
0.34%
SPGP expense ratio
0.03%
SPMD expense ratio

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SPGP and SPMD are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

  1. What each follows. SPGP follows S&P 500 GARP Index and SPMD follows S&P MidCap 400 Index.
  2. Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 19, 2026).
  3. One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 SPGP returned +10.0% and SPMD +13.5% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 3.5 points.

Data as of Oct 20, 2026. The differences are picked by a fixed rule, in a fixed order; the PDF prints it. Page 2 has the returns, overlap, risks and sources.

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SPGP and SPMD hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 19, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding SPGP SPMD
Only in SPGP
NVIDIA Corp 2.39%
Cincinnati Financial Corp 2.07%
Progressive Corp 2.07%
Arista Networks Inc 2.06%
Eli Lilly & Co 2.02%
Arch Capital Group Ltd 2.00%
Expedia Group Inc 2.00%
Meta Platforms Inc 1.95%
Only in SPMD
OKTA INC 0.93%
TECHNIPFMC PLC 0.81%
ATI INC 0.76%
UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORP 0.69%
NVENT ELECTRIC PLC 0.68%
ENTEGRIS INC 0.65%
US FOODS HOLDING CORP 0.64%
XPO INC 0.64%

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On the same fields

SPGP
Invesco S&P 500 GARP ETF
SPMD
State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +10.0% +13.5%
Its benchmark over the same days +15.9% (VOO) +13.4% (IJH)
Gap to its benchmark −5.9 pts vs VOO +0.1 pts vs IJH
Expense ratio 0.34% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 100.0% 0.0%
Holdings 76 401
Net assets $2.1bn $18.4bn

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

About SPGP

SPGP tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +10.0% with distributions reinvested, against +15.9% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.34% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 76 positions, with the top ten at 20.4%. It sat 4.0% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

About SPMD

SPMD tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the S&P MidCap 400 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 401 positions, with the top ten at 7.1%. It sat 6.8% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SPGP or SPMD?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPGP returned +10.0% and SPMD +13.5%.
Which is cheaper, SPGP or SPMD?
SPMD is cheaper, by 0.31 percentage points a year. That is about $31 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SPGP and SPMD overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 100% of SPGP and 0% of SPMD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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