ETF comparison
QUALvsSPYM
Quality Factor vs US Large Cap.
iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF
Holdings overlap
115 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of QUAL and SPYM would leave roughly44.4%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.
Cost difference
SPYM is 13 bps cheaper than QUAL. On a $100,000 position that's about $130/yr more in fees for QUAL.
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 QUAL vs SPYM.
Top shared holdings
115 shared in total| # | Holding | In QUAL | In SPYM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 6.50% | 7.51% | 6.50% |
| 2 | APPLE INC. | 6.27% | 6.59% | 6.27% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 5.04% | 4.29% | 4.29% |
| 4 | ALPHABET INC. | 2.53% | 3.25% | 2.53% |
| 5 | ALPHABET INC. | 2.11% | 2.59% | 2.11% |
| 6 | META PLATFORMS, INC. | 3.49% | 1.92% | 1.92% |
| 7 | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY | 2.92% | 1.47% | 1.47% |
| 8 | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. | 2.11% | 1.42% | 1.42% |
| 9 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 1.92% | 0.95% | 0.95% |
| 10 | APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. | 2.45% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
| 11 | VISA INC. | 3.08% | 0.88% | 0.88% |
| 12 | LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION | 3.22% | 0.84% | 0.84% |
Only in QUAL
6 total- Oklo Inc0.71%
- CARLISLE COMPANIES INCORPORATED0.10%
- UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION0.09%
- GRACO INC.0.09%
- TRADEWEB MARKETS INC.0.05%
- RPM INTERNATIONAL INC.0.04%
Only in SPYM
392 total- Amazon.com Inc3.62%
- Broadcom Inc2.77%
- Micron Technology Inc2.02%
- Tesla Inc1.83%
- Advanced Micro Devices Inc1.47%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co1.36%
- Intel Corp1.02%
- Exxon Mobil Corp0.88%
- Cisco Systems Inc0.72%
- AbbVie Inc0.69%
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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.