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

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
44.4%

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.

QUAL only 55.5%Shared 44.4%SPYM only 55.5%
In QUAL only
6 positions
Shared
115 positions
In SPYM only
392 positions

Side by side

QUAL

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF

iShares · Quality Factor

85composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.15%
Net assets
$47.69B
TTM yield
0.86%
Top-10 conc.
39.0%
SPYM

State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF

State Street · US Large Cap

91composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.020%
Net assets
$171.26B
TTM yield
1.02%
Top-10 conc.
36.4%

Sub-score comparison

85
Cost
98
86
Tax efficiency
88
100
Liquidity
100
59
Concentration
62
Tracking quality
QUALsub-scoreSPYM

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
#HoldingIn QUALIn SPYMOverlap
1NVIDIA CORPORATION6.50%7.51%6.50%
2APPLE INC.6.27%6.59%6.27%
3MICROSOFT CORPORATION5.04%4.29%4.29%
4ALPHABET INC.2.53%3.25%2.53%
5ALPHABET INC.2.11%2.59%2.11%
6META PLATFORMS, INC.3.49%1.92%1.92%
7ELI LILLY AND COMPANY2.92%1.47%1.47%
8BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.2.11%1.42%1.42%
9JOHNSON & JOHNSON1.92%0.95%0.95%
10APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.2.45%0.89%0.89%
11VISA INC.3.08%0.88%0.88%
12LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION3.22%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%

Open QUAL or SPYM at a brokerage

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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.