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Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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SPHQ vs SPSB: how they differ

SPHQ and SPSB hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and SPHQ returned more over the year.

Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF and State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SPHQ and SPSB hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in SPHQOnly in SPSB
Mastercard Inc 5.78%SALESFORCE INC 0.59%
Visa Inc 5.68%AERCAP IRELAND CAP/GLOBA 0.46%
Apple Inc 5.60%BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.44%
Lam Research Corp 4.10%CITIGROUP INC 0.44%
Netflix Inc 4.00%MORGAN STANLEY 0.40%
GE Vernova Inc 3.92%JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.39%
Costco Wholesale Corp 3.85%PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER 0.39%
General Electric Co 3.62%SPRINT CAPITAL CORP 0.39%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

SPHQ and SPSB on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
SPHQ
Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF
SPSB
State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerInvescoState Street
What it isS&P 500 QualitySPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year+17.4%+2.5%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−0.1 pts−15.1 pts
Expense ratio0.15%0.04%
Holdings1001599

SPHQ in plain words

SPHQ is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500 Quality. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 100 positions, with the top ten at 43.4%. It sat 6.1% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

SPSB in plain words

SPSB is a bond fund tracking the SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +2.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SPHQ or SPSB?
In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPHQ returned +17.4% and SPSB returned +2.5%, so SPHQ returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, SPHQ or SPSB?
SPHQ charges 0.15% a year and SPSB charges 0.04%, so SPSB is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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SPHQ against SPSB, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 13, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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