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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPYM returned +13.7% and XHB −8.6%.

Which is cheaper, SPYM or XHB?

SPYM is cheaper, by 0.33 percentage points a year. That is about $33 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do SPYM and XHB overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 100% of SPYM and 46% of XHB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

SPYM vs XHB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SPYM returned +13.7% to XHB's −8.6%; 1% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $185.0bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF and $1.5bn for State Street SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF.

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At a glance

+13.7%

SPYM total return, 1 year

−8.6%

XHB total return, 1 year

0.02%

SPYM expense ratio

0.35%

XHB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPYM costs 0.33 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 22.3 points; SPYM is far larger, $185.0bn against $1.5bn.

SPYM vs XHB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SPYM	XHB
Return
Measure	SPYM	XHB
Total return, 1 year	+13.7%	−8.6%
Drawdown
Measure	SPYM	XHB
Below its high		20.5%, high on Oct 18, 2024
Benchmark
Measure	SPYM	XHB
What it tracks	S&P 500 Index	S&P Homebuilders Select Industry Index
Cost and size
Measure	SPYM	XHB
Expense ratio	0.02%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$185.0bn	$1.5bn
Holdings
Measure	SPYM	XHB
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	38.1%	35.4%

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

Risk and return

Feb 17, 2006 to Oct 23, 2026 · 1,079 weekly returns

SPYM XHB

Return

Total return edge SPYM +778.1% +167.9%

Annualized edge SPYM +11.0% +4.9%

Price return edge SPYM +506.0% +119.5%

Risk

Volatility edge SPYM 17.2% 32.4%

Max drawdown edge SPYM −53.9% −81.4%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge SPYM 0.59 0.25

Sortino edge SPYM 0.84 0.38

Calmar edge SPYM 0.20 0.06

Reading

SPYM returned more: +778.1% to +167.9%. SPYM swung less: 17.2% to 32.4%. SPYM fell less at its worst: −53.9% to −81.4%.

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Risk and return: SPYM vs XHB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SPYM	XHB	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+778.1%	+167.9%	SPYM	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+11.0%	+4.9%	SPYM	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+506.0%	+119.5%	SPYM	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	17.2%	32.4%	SPYM	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	12.2%	21.8%	SPYM	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−53.9%	−81.4%	SPYM	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.59	0.25	SPYM	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.84	0.38	SPYM	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.20	0.06	SPYM	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 1,079 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, SPYM and XHB hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SPYM XHB

HOME DEPOT INC 0.48% 3.30%

LOWE S COS INC 0.17% 3.21%

TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC 0.15% 3.34%

JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATION 0.14% 3.46%

CARRIER GLOBAL CORP 0.07% 3.21%

DR HORTON INC 0.06% 3.41%

WILLIAMS SONOMA INC 0.04% 3.54%

PULTEGROUP INC 0.03% 3.29%

LENNAR CORP A 0.03% 3.37%

ALLEGION PLC 0.02% 3.83%

MASCO CORP 0.02% 3.49%

NVR INC 0.02% 3.02%

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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 XHB

SHARKNINJA INC 3.76%

WAYFAIR INC CLASS A 3.63%

SIMPSON MANUFACTURING CO INC 3.49%

TOLL BROTHERS INC 3.38%

CARLISLE COS INC 3.33%

MERITAGE HOMES CORP 3.23%

CAVCO INDUSTRIES INC 3.22%

ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN 3.20%

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Side by side

SPYM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF XHB State Street SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street State Street

What it is Tracks the S&P 500 Tracks the S&P Homebuilders

Total return, 1 year +13.7% −8.6%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.7% (IVV) not measured

Gap to its benchmark 0.0 pts vs IVV not measured

Expense ratio 0.02% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 99.8% 45.7%

Holdings 506 34

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $185.0bn $1.5bn

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

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SPYM and XHB do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. SPYM follows S&P 500 Index and XHB follows S&P Homebuilders Select Industry Index.
Holdings in common. 1% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 SPYM returned +13.7% and XHB −8.6% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 22.3 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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%.

XHB

XHB tracks the S&P Homebuilders. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −8.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 46% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 34 positions, with the top ten at 35.4%. It sat 20.5% below its high of Oct 18, 2024 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SPYM or XHB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPYM returned +13.7% and XHB −8.6%.
Which is cheaper, SPYM or XHB?: SPYM is cheaper, by 0.33 percentage points a year. That is about $33 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SPYM and XHB overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 100% of SPYM and 46% of XHB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

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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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