ETF comparison
IVVvsSPY
Both US Large Cap.
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF · State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Holdings overlap
472 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IVV and SPY would leave roughly89.8%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IVV is 6 bps cheaper than SPY. On a $100,000 position that's about $64/yr more in fees for SPY.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with IVV vs SPY.
Top shared holdings
472 shared in total| # | Holding | In IVV | In SPY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA Corp. | 7.51% | 8.29% | 7.51% |
| 2 | Apple, Inc. | 6.58% | 7.22% | 6.58% |
| 3 | Microsoft Corp. | 4.29% | 5.68% | 4.29% |
| 4 | Amazon.com, Inc. | 3.61% | 3.80% | 3.61% |
| 5 | Alphabet, Inc. | 3.25% | 3.01% | 3.01% |
| 6 | Broadcom, Inc. | 2.77% | 2.53% | 2.53% |
| 7 | Alphabet, Inc. | 2.59% | 2.40% | 2.40% |
| 8 | Meta Platforms, Inc. | 1.92% | 2.01% | 1.92% |
| 9 | Micron Technology, Inc. | 2.02% | 1.62% | 1.62% |
| 10 | Tesla, Inc. | 1.83% | 1.59% | 1.59% |
| 11 | Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. | 1.42% | 1.40% | 1.40% |
| 12 | Eli Lilly & Co. | 1.47% | 1.37% | 1.37% |
Only in IVV
34 total- Exxon Mobil Corp.0.88%
- Linde plc0.37%
- Seagate Technology Holdings plc0.34%
- Eaton Corp. plc0.26%
- Chubb Ltd.0.19%
- Trane Technologies plc0.17%
- Medtronic plc0.16%
- Johnson Controls International plc0.14%
- Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.0.12%
- Accenture plc0.12%
Only in SPY
32 total- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP1.01%
- LINDE PLC0.33%
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS0.27%
- EATON CORP PLC0.23%
- CHUBB LTD0.19%
- MEDTRONIC PLC0.18%
- ACCENTURE PLC CL A0.18%
- TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC0.15%
- JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATION0.13%
- AON PLC CLASS A0.10%
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see/methodology/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.