Which returned more over the last year, SPSB or SPY?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPSB returned +2.2% and SPY +13.6%.

Which is cheaper, SPSB or SPY?

SPSB is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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SPSB vs SPY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SPSB returned +2.2% to SPY's +13.6%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $11.3bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF and $814.8bn for SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust.

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At a glance

+2.2%

SPSB total return, 1 year

+13.6%

SPY total return, 1 year

0.04%

SPSB expense ratio

0.09%

SPY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPSB costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.4 points; SPY is far larger, $814.8bn against $11.3bn.

SPSB vs SPY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SPSB	SPY
Return
Measure	SPSB	SPY
Total return, 1 year	+2.2%	+13.6%
Benchmark
Measure	SPSB	SPY
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Year Corporate Bond Index	S&P 500 Index
Cost and size
Measure	SPSB	SPY
Expense ratio	0.04%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$11.3bn	$814.8bn
Holdings
Measure	SPSB	SPY
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		38.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, SPSB and SPY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SPSB SPY

Only in one fund ↓

Only in SPSB

SALESFORCE INC SR UNSECURED 03/29 4.65 0.66%

AERCAP IRELAND CAP/GLOBA COMPANY GUAR 10/28 3 0.47%

PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER COMPANY GUAR 05/28 4.45 0.45%

AMAZON.COM INC SR UNSECURED 03/29 4 0.45%

BANK OF AMERICA CORP SR UNSECURED 12/28 VAR 0.45%

NVIDIA CORP SR UNSECURED 06/29 4.35 0.43%

GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC SR UNSECURED 05/29 VAR 0.38%

ORACLE CORP SR UNSECURED 02/29 4.55 0.37%

Only in SPY

NVIDIA CORP 7.92%

APPLE INC 7.61%

MICROSOFT CORP 5.93%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.73%

ALPHABET INC CL A 2.83%

BROADCOM INC 2.45%

ALPHABET INC CL C 2.26%

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.06%

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Side by side

SPSB State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street State Street

What it is Tracks an index of Short Term Corporate Bond Tracks the S&P 500

Total return, 1 year +2.2% +13.6%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) +13.7% (VOO)

Gap to its benchmark +3.6 pts vs AGG −0.1 pts vs VOO

Expense ratio 0.04% 0.09%

Holdings 1684 504

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $11.3bn $814.8bn

SPSB and SPY on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

SPSB

SPSB tracks an index of Short Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.2% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year.

SPY

SPY tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.6% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% 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 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 504 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SPSB or SPY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPSB returned +2.2% and SPY +13.6%.
Which is cheaper, SPSB or SPY?: SPSB is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

SPSB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPSB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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SPY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

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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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