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SPYM vs VLUE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SPYM returned +13.7% to VLUE's +54.7%; 13% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $185.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF, and $9.4bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF.

SPYM on its own →VLUE on its own →
At a glance
+13.7%
SPYM total return, 1 year
+54.7%
VLUE total return, 1 year
0.02%
SPYM expense ratio
0.15%
VLUE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPYM costs 0.13 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 41.0 points; SPYM is 19.9 times larger.

SPYM vs VLUE: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureSPYMVLUE
Return
Total return, 1 year+13.7%+54.7%
Benchmark
What it tracksS&P 500 IndexMSCI USA Enhanced Value Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.02%0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$185.0bn$9.3bn
Holdings
Holdings in common13%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund38.1%42.8%

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

What they share

13%

By the books each fund has filed, SPYM and VLUE hold 13% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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13% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SPYM VLUE
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1.57% 20.94%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.66% 4.37%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.49% 1.77%
WELLS FARGO + CO 0.38% 1.17%
CITIGROUP INC 0.31% 1.47%
SALESFORCE INC 0.30% 1.27%
QUALCOMM INC 0.29% 1.73%
WALT DISNEY CO 0.29% 1.71%
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 0.27% 2.72%
PFIZER INC 0.26% 1.86%
DELL TECHNOLOGIES C 0.23% 1.72%
ACCENTURE PLC CL A 0.22% 1.31%
Only in one fund ↓
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%
Only in VLUE
STRATEGY INC CLASS A 0.54%
ZOOM COMMUNICATIONS CLASS A 0.40%
OKTA CLASS A 0.34%
SS AND C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS 0.32%
ROYALTY PHARMA PLC CLASS A 0.30%
UNITED THERAPEUTICS 0.17%
W. P. CAREY REIT 0.14%
FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES CLASS A 0.12%
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Side by side

SPYM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF VLUE iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer State Street iShares
What it is Tracks the S&P 500 Tracks the MSCI USA Value Factor
Total return, 1 year +13.7% +54.7%
Its benchmark over the same days +13.7% (IVV) +13.6% (MLRG)
Gap to its benchmark 0.0 pts vs IVV +41.1 pts vs MLRG
Expense ratio 0.02% 0.15%
Already in the S&P 500 99.8% 96.6%
Holdings 506 148
Net assets, SPYM as of Oct 27, 2026 and VLUE as of Oct 28, 2026 $185.0bn $9.4bn
Former ticker SPLG none

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

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About each fund
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%.

VLUE

VLUE tracks the MSCI USA Value Factor. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +54.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 148 positions, with the top ten at 42.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SPYM or VLUE?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPYM returned +13.7% and VLUE +54.7%.
Which is cheaper, SPYM or VLUE?
SPYM is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SPYM and VLUE overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 100% of SPYM and 97% of VLUE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where to next
SPYM on its own →VLUE on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →SPYM dividend history →SPYM holdings →VLUE dividend history →VLUE holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
SPYM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
SPYM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
State Street website ↗
VLUE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
VLUE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for VLUE ↗

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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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