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

In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPTM returned +15.7% and VFMO +13.2%.

Which is cheaper, SPTM or VFMO?

SPTM is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 92% of SPTM and 43% of VFMO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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SPTM vs VFMO: Differences, Returns & Fees

SPTM and VFMO hold 24% of their weight in the same names, and SPTM returned +15.7% over the year. Net assets: $14.1bn on Oct 20, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF, and $1.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard U.S. Momentum Factor ETF.

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SPTM costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.5 points; SPTM is 7.4 times larger.

SPTM vs VFMO: Differences, Returns & Fees
	SPTM	VFMO
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.13%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$14.0bn	$1.9bn
Total return, 1 year	+15.7%	+13.2%
What it tracks	S&P Composite 1500 Index	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	24%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	35.8%	9.5%
Below its high		11.5%, high on Jun 30, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

+15.7%

SPTM total return, 1 year

+13.2%

VFMO total return, 1 year

0.03%

SPTM expense ratio

0.13%

VFMO expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SPTM and VFMO hold 24% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding SPTM VFMO

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1.43% 1.36%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.23% 1.12%

ALPHABET INC CL A 2.82% 0.87%

JOHNSON + JOHNSON 0.86% 0.69%

INTEL CORP 0.64% 1.25%

ALPHABET INC CL C 2.26% 0.56%

CHEVRON CORP 0.62% 0.51%

MERCK + CO. INC. 0.50% 0.62%

LAM RESEARCH CORP 0.47% 0.82%

CATERPILLAR INC 0.47% 0.74%

APPLIED MATERIALS INC 0.46% 0.82%

GENERAL ELECTRIC 0.45% 0.51%

Only in SPTM

NVIDIA CORP 7.34%

APPLE INC 6.99%

MICROSOFT CORP 5.54%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.60%

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.17%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B 1.39%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.02%

VISA INC CLASS A SHARES 0.96%

Only in VFMO

Exxon Mobil Corp 0.58%

Southern Copper Corp 0.43%

Millicom International Cellular SA 0.41%

REVOLUTION Medicines Inc 0.41%

Rocket Lab Corp 0.34%

SELLAS Life Sciences Group Inc 0.31%

Applied Digital Corp 0.30%

Freyr Battery Inc 0.26%

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On the same fields

SPTM

State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF

VFMO

Vanguard U.S. Momentum Factor ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +15.7% +13.2%

Its benchmark over the same days +15.8% (IVV) +15.0% (IWV)

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs IVV −1.9 pts vs IWV

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.13%

Already in the S&P 500 92.1% 43.4%

Holdings 1512 704

Net assets, SPTM as of Oct 20, 2026 and VFMO as of Sep 30, 2026 $14.1bn $1.9bn

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

About SPTM

SPTM tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +15.7% with distributions reinvested, against +15.8% 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 Oct 19, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,512 positions, with the top ten at 35.8%.

About VFMO

VFMO is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.13% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 43% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 704 positions, with the top ten at 9.5%. It sat 11.5% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +13.2% with distributions reinvested, against +15.0% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SPTM or VFMO?: In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPTM returned +15.7% and VFMO +13.2%.
Which is cheaper, SPTM or VFMO?: SPTM is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SPTM and VFMO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 92% of SPTM and 43% of VFMO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

SPTM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPTM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗VFMO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VFMO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VFMO ↗

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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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