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SPYG vs XLI: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SPYG returned +12.2% to XLI's +10.2%; 6% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $55.9bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF and $30.8bn for State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF.

SPYG on its own →XLI on its own →
At a glance
+12.2%
SPYG total return, 1 year
+10.2%
XLI total return, 1 year
0.04%
SPYG expense ratio
0.08%
XLI expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPYG costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.0 points; SPYG is 1.8 times larger.

SPYG vs XLI: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureSPYGXLI
Return
Total return, 1 year+12.2%+10.2%
Drawdown
Below its high4.1%, high on Oct 6, 20269.4%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksS&P 500 Growth IndexIndustrial Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.04%0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$55.9bn$30.8bn
Holdings
Holdings in common6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund59.6%37.8%

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

What they share

6%

By the books each fund has filed, SPYG and XLI hold 6% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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6% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SPYG XLI
CATERPILLAR INC 0.91% 6.14%
RTX CORP 0.73% 4.91%
GE VERNOVA INC 0.66% 4.47%
GENERAL ELECTRIC 0.45% 5.79%
UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.37% 2.52%
QUANTA SERVICES INC 0.24% 1.63%
VERTIV HOLDINGS CO A 0.22% 1.50%
HOWMET AEROSPACE INC 0.21% 1.43%
BLOOM ENERGY CORP A 0.18% 1.21%
PARKER HANNIFIN CORP 0.18% 2.13%
JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATION 0.17% 1.77%
TRANSDIGM GROUP INC 0.17% 1.17%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in SPYG
NVIDIA CORP 14.61%
MICROSOFT CORP 10.93%
APPLE INC 7.01%
ALPHABET INC CL A 5.21%
BROADCOM INC 4.51%
ALPHABET INC CL C 4.17%
META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 3.79%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.65%
Only in XLI
UNION PACIFIC CORP 3.34%
DEERE + CO 3.01%
EATON CORP PLC 2.79%
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP 2.37%
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING 2.18%
CSX CORP 1.81%
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO 1.74%
3M CO 1.66%
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Side by side

SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF XLI State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer State Street State Street
What it is Tracks the S&P 500 Growth Tracks an index of Industrials
Total return, 1 year +12.2% +10.2%
Its benchmark over the same days +12.1% (IVW) +13.6% (SPY)
Gap to its benchmark +0.1 pts vs IVW −3.4 pts vs SPY
Expense ratio 0.04% 0.08%
Already in the S&P 500 100.0% 99.9%
Holdings 152 84
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $55.9bn $30.8bn

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

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About each fund
SPYG

SPYG tracks the S&P 500 Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.2% with distributions reinvested, against +12.1% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% 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 152 positions, with the top ten at 59.6%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

XLI

XLI tracks an index of Industrials. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +10.2% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% 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 84 positions, with the top ten at 37.8%. It sat 9.4% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SPYG or XLI?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPYG returned +12.2% and XLI +10.2%.
Which is cheaper, SPYG or XLI?
SPYG is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SPYG and XLI overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 100% of SPYG and 100% of XLI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Sources and dates
SPYG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
SPYG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
State Street website ↗
XLI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
XLI 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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