Best ETFs
Schwab and Vanguard charge the same 0.03%. Their small-cap funds are 3.7 percentage points apart
State Street SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Growth ETF
$108.07−0.26 (−0.24%)
- 0.15%
- $4.8B
- +19.9%
- 0.72%
- 0.1M sh
- $108.54
- low $88.67high $119.84
The ETF.net SLYG Grade
B
Score 64 out of 100
- 5 of 13
Score 64 of 100 falls in the B band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.B58 out of 100Rank 5 of 13Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A83 out of 100Rank 5 of 13Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C50 out of 100Rank 6 of 13Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B66 out of 100Rank 6 of 13Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B60 out of 100Rank 6 of 13Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B66 out of 100Rank 6 of 13
Our read on SLYG
BLive since 2000, SLYG splits the S&P SmallCap 600 in two and keeps the growth half: roughly 400 small companies screened on growth and momentum. An old, plain wrapper around a sharp style tilt.
The fund seeks to deliver, before fees and expenses, total returns that generally correspond to the S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index.
Why people hold it
- Running since 2000 and now a multi-billion-dollar fund: one of the original ways to own the growth half of the S&P SmallCap 600.
- Cheap for a style fund at 0.15%, under the 0.18% median of its S&P 600 peer group, and the portfolio hews closely to its index rather than drifting.
- Roughly 400 stocks, cash paid quarterly, and a matching value sibling (SLYV) for the other half of the same index family.
Worth knowing
- Vanguard's VIOG tracks the same declared index for 0.10%. Same shopping list, lower sticker.
- Growth is half the S&P 600 by construction, so it behaves differently from full-index funds like SPSM and IJR, and sits at the jumpier end of small caps.
- Moderately traded rather than a firehose. The broad S&P 600 funds see heavier volume, which can show up in spreads on big or hurried orders.
SLYG Holdings
- Stocks
- 349
- 9%
- VSAT
Sectors
- Technology18.5%
- Industrials18.3%
- Health Care15.5%
- Financials14.4%
- Consumer Discretionary10.2%
- Real Estate6.9%
- Energy5.2%
- Consumer Staples3.5%
- Materials3.2%
- Communication2.8%
- Utilities1.6%
Geography
- United States97.50%
- Ireland0.86%
- Puerto Rico0.61%
- Bermuda0.49%
- Bahamas0.29%
- Israel0.15%
- United Kingdom0.10%
SLYG Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
SLYG$11,994
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | SLYG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +15.7% |
| 1 month | −2.3% |
| 3 months | −6.6% |
| 1 year | +19.9% |
| 3 years | +15.5% |
| 5 years | +5.4% |
| 10 years | +10.2% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | SLYG |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +15.7% | |
| 2025 | +5.2% | |
| 2024 | +9.4% | |
| 2023 | +17.3% | |
| 2022 | −21.3% | |
| 2021 | +22.4% | |
| 2020 | +19.5% |
SLYG in the news
SLYG Dividends
- 0.72%
- $0.78
- $0.25 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
SLYG Risk
- 19.4%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.57
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −29.2%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 1.06
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SLYG Cost
0.15%
SLYG0.15%
- The middle half of S&P SmallCap 600 funds
- Median 0.15%
4 of the 13 S&P SmallCap 600 funds charge less.
Other funds in S&P SmallCap 600
- BVIOGVanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETFExpense ratio 0.10%1 year return +20.0%
- BIJTiShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETFExpense ratio 0.18%1 year return +19.8%
- BSLYVState Street SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Value ETFExpense ratio 0.15%1 year return +23.9%
- BQVMSInvesco S&P SmallCap 600 QVM Multi-factor ETFExpense ratio 0.15%1 year return +22.1%
- BIJSiShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETFExpense ratio 0.18%1 year return +23.8%