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SPY vs. VTV

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

SPY
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Vanguard Value ETF

VTV
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Correlation

SPYSPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
VTVVanguard Value ETF

What is SPY?

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF is a fund that before expenses generally corresponds to the price and yield performance of the S&P 500 Index.

Snapshot
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SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
VTV Vanguard Value ETF
Inception date
Jan 22, 1993
Jan 26, 2004
Expense ratio
0.09%
0.04%
SPY has a higher expense ratio than VTV by 0.04%. This can indicate that it’s more expensive to invest in SPY than VTV.
Type
US Equities
US Equities
SPY targets investing in US Equities, while VTV targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
State Street (SPDR)
Vanguard
SPY is managed by State Street (SPDR), while VTV is managed by Vanguard.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$33,257,618,740
$286,252,231
Both SPY and VTV are considered high-volume assets. They’re less likely to be affected by issues like slippage and failed orders on Composer than low-volume assets.
AUM
$400,404,126,565
$99,087,028,917
SPY has more assets under management than VTV by $301,317,097,648. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
S&P 500 Index
CRSP U.S. Large Cap Value Index
SPY is based off of the S&P 500 Index, while VTV is based off of the CRSP U.S. Large Cap Value Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
SPY and VTV use the same leverage ratio. Inverse and leveraged ETFs can be used to either take an opposite position or amplify returns of a given index.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
SPY and VTV both use a Passive investing strategy. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index.
Dividend
No
No
SPY and VTV may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
SPY may issue a K1, while VTV does not. You can find non-K1 alternatives for SPY in its “Related ETFs” section.

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