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SPYG vs. SPYD

SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF

SPYG
$
Today’s Change
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vs

SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF

SPYD
$
Today’s Change
()

Correlation

1M
3M
6M
YTD
1Y
3Y
Max

Performance Measures**

for the time period Sep 29, 2000 to Dec 16, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

SPYG

1.8%

2.1%

SPYD

2.9%

-0.1%

Diff.

-1.1%

+2.2%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

SPYG

-69.2%

21.7%

SPYD

-46.4%

19.9%

Diff.

-22.8%

+1.8%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

SPYG

0.42

0.10

SPYD

0.51

0.18

Diff.

-0.09

-0.08

SPYGSPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF
SPYDSPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF

What is SPYG?

The SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the total return performance of the S&P 500 Growth Index (the "Index"). The S&P 500 Growth Index measures the performance of the large-capitalization growth sector in the U.S. equity market. The selection universe for the S&P 500 Index includes all U.S. common equities listed on the NYSE, NASDAQ Global Select Market, NASDAQ Select Market and NASDAQ Capital Market with market capitalizations of $5.3 billion or more. The Index is market capitalization weighted.

Snapshot
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SPYG SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF
SPYD SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF
Inception date
Sep 25, 2000
Oct 21, 2015
Expense ratio
0.04%
0.07%
SPYG has a lower expense ratio than SPYD by 0.03%. This can indicate that it’s cheaper to invest in SPYG than SPYD.
Type
US Equities
US Equities
SPYG targets investing in US Equities, while SPYD targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
State Street (SPDR)
State Street (SPDR)
SPYG is managed by State Street (SPDR), while SPYD is managed by State Street (SPDR).
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$94,041,426
$31,341,265
Both SPYG and SPYD 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
$18,568,081,481
$6,188,814,848
SPYG has more assets under management than SPYD by $12,379,266,633. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
S&P 500 Growth Index
S&P 500 High Dividend Index
SPYG is based off of the S&P 500 Growth Index, while SPYD is based off of the S&P 500 High Dividend Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither SPYG nor SPYD use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
SPYG and SPYD 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
Yes
SPYD may offer dividends, while SPYG does not. The frequency and yield of the dividend for SPYD may vary.
Prospectus
Neither SPYG nor SPYD require a K1.

Trading Strategies
Related toSPYG

slowloss5

Category

Leveraged ETFs, tactical market timing, momentum and mean‑reversion, U.S. equities, tech/growth tilt, daily rebalanced, risk‑on/risk‑off

OOS Cumulative Return

199.95%

Trading Strategies
Related toSPYD

Dividend ETFs

Category

Dividend income, equity factors, multi-ETF, buy-and-hold, global equities, value tilt, low-volatility tilt

OOS Cumulative Return

28.56%

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Disclaimers

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