ETF comparison
MOATvsSPY
Quality Factor vs US Large Cap.
VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF · State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Holdings overlap
48 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of MOAT and SPY would leave roughly14.3%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SPY is 37 bps cheaper than MOAT. On a $100,000 position that's about $366/yr more in fees for MOAT.
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 MOAT vs SPY.
Top shared holdings
48 shared in total| # | Holding | In MOAT | In SPY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA Corp | 2.45% | 8.29% | 2.45% |
| 2 | Broadcom Inc | 2.43% | 2.53% | 2.43% |
| 3 | Microsoft Corp | 2.20% | 5.68% | 2.20% |
| 4 | Amazon.com Inc | 1.33% | 3.80% | 1.33% |
| 5 | Meta Platforms Inc | 1.17% | 2.01% | 1.17% |
| 6 | Applied Materials Inc | 2.34% | 0.52% | 0.52% |
| 7 | Palo Alto Networks Inc | 2.51% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 8 | Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc | 1.18% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 9 | Amphenol Corp | 1.50% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 10 | PepsiCo Inc | 1.17% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 11 | Walt Disney Co/The | 1.19% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 12 | Charles Schwab Corp/The | 2.45% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
Only in MOAT
8 total- LPL Financial Holdings Inc2.30%
- Entegris Inc1.73%
- NXP Semiconductors NV1.60%
- MercadoLibre Inc1.28%
- Guidewire Software Inc1.18%
- TransUnion1.16%
- MarketAxess Holdings Inc0.74%
- State Street Global Advisors0.01%
Only in SPY
456 total- APPLE INC7.22%
- ALPHABET INC CL A3.01%
- ALPHABET INC CL C2.40%
- MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC1.62%
- TESLA INC1.59%
- JPMORGAN CHASE + CO1.45%
- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B1.40%
- ELI LILLY + CO1.37%
- ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES1.11%
- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP1.01%
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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.