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SPYM vs XLSR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SPYM returned +14.8% to XLSR's +9.5%; 21% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $181.7bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF and $1.1bn for State Street US Sector Rotation ETF.

SPYM on its own →XLSR on its own →
At a glance
+14.8%
SPYM total return, 1 year
+9.5%
XLSR total return, 1 year
0.02%
SPYM expense ratio
0.70%
XLSR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPYM costs 0.68 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.3 points; SPYM is far larger, $181.7bn against $1.1bn.

SPYM vs XLSR: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureSPYMXLSR
Return
Total return, 1 year+14.8%+9.5%
Benchmark
What it tracksS&P 500 IndexNo index, actively managed
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.02%0.70%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$181.7bn$1.1bn
Holdings
Holdings in common21%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.3%90.9%

Method

What they share

21%

By the books each fund has filed, SPYM and XLSR hold 21% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

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21% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SPYM XLSR
NVIDIA CORP 7.66% 3.84%
APPLE INC 7.42% 3.71%
MICROSOFT CORP 5.92% 2.79%
ALPHABET INC CL A 2.52% 3.62%
META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.10% 2.37%
ALPHABET INC CL C 2.02% 2.85%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.77% 1.81%
BROADCOM INC 2.42% 1.17%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1.48% 0.45%
NETFLIX INC 0.41% 0.30%
TESLA INC 1.72% 0.20%
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 0.29% 0.12%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in SPYM
ELI LILLY + CO 1.73%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B 1.59%
JPMORGAN CHASE + CO 1.38%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.12%
VISA INC CLASS A SHARES 1.10%
JOHNSON + JOHNSON 0.98%
WALMART INC 0.85%
MASTERCARD INC A 0.80%
Only in XLSR
STATE STREET TECHNOLOGY SELECT 26.80%
STATE STREET HEALTH CARE SELEC 24.28%
STATE STREET FINANCIAL SELECT 11.54%
STATE STREET CONSUMER DISCRETI 6.50%
STATE STREET COMMUNICATION SER 4.97%
STATE STREET INDUSTRIAL SELECT 1.38%
STATE STREET ENERGY SELECT SEC 1.16%
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Side by side

SPYM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF XLSR State Street US Sector Rotation ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer State Street State Street
What it is Tracks the S&P 500 Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +14.8% +9.5%
Its benchmark over the same days +14.8% (IVV) +14.8% (VOO)
Gap to its benchmark 0.0 pts vs IVV −5.3 pts vs VOO
Expense ratio 0.02% 0.70%
Already in the S&P 500 99.8% 34.4%
Holdings 506 21
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $181.7bn $1.1bn
Former ticker SPLG none

SPYM and XLSR on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund
SPYM

SPYM tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +14.8% with distributions reinvested, against +14.8% 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 Nov 3, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 506 positions, with the top ten at 37.3%.

XLSR

XLSR is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +9.5% with distributions reinvested, against +14.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.70% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026, 34% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 21 positions, with the top ten at 90.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SPYM or XLSR?
In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPYM returned +14.8% and XLSR +9.5%.
Which is cheaper, SPYM or XLSR?
SPYM is cheaper, by 0.68 percentage points a year. That is about $68 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SPYM and XLSR overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 100% of SPYM and 34% of XLSR by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where to next
SPYM on its own →XLSR on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →SPYM dividend history →SPYM holdings →XLSR dividend history →XLSR holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
SPYM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
SPYM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
State Street website ↗
XLSR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
XLSR 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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