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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPSB returned +2.2% and SPYM +13.7%.

Which is cheaper, SPSB or SPYM?

SPYM is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 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 SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SPSB returned +2.2% to SPYM's +13.7%; 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 $185.0bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF.

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At a glance

+2.2%

SPSB total return, 1 year

+13.7%

SPYM total return, 1 year

0.04%

SPSB expense ratio

0.02%

SPYM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPYM costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.5 points; SPYM is 16.4 times larger.

SPSB vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SPSB	SPYM
Return
Measure	SPSB	SPYM
Total return, 1 year	+2.2%	+13.7%
Benchmark
Measure	SPSB	SPYM
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Year Corporate Bond Index	S&P 500 Index
Cost and size
Measure	SPSB	SPYM
Expense ratio	0.04%	0.02%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$11.3bn	$185.0bn
Holdings
Measure	SPSB	SPYM
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 SPYM 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 SPYM

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 SPYM

NVIDIA CORP 7.92%

APPLE INC 7.61%

MICROSOFT CORP 5.92%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.73%

ALPHABET INC CL A 2.83%

BROADCOM INC 2.44%

ALPHABET INC CL C 2.26%

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.05%

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Side by side

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

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% +13.7%

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

Gap to its benchmark +3.6 pts vs AGG 0.0 pts vs IVV

Expense ratio 0.04% 0.02%

Holdings 1684 506

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $11.3bn $185.0bn

Former ticker none SPLG

SPSB and SPYM 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.

SPYM

SPYM tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.02% 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 506 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SPSB or SPYM?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPSB returned +2.2% and SPYM +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, SPSB or SPYM?: SPYM is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

SPSB and SPYM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPSB and SPYM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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