BIBL vs SNPE

BIBLCInspire 100 ETF

SNPEAXtrackers S&P 500 Scored & Screened ETF

In short

BIBL A faith-first pick in an aisle of best-in-class ESG rankings: roughly 100 large US companies that clear Inspire's biblical values screen, which cuts any firm touching abortion, gambling, alcohol, tobacco or pornography.

SNPE The S&P 500 with roughly 200 names screened out, for 0.10% a year. SNPE keeps the plumbing of a plain core index fund and lets S&P's rules, not a stock picker, decide who stays in the basket.

Stated mandate

BIBL The Fund seeks to track the performance of the Inspire 100 Index before fees and expenses. It generally invests at least 80% of assets in the Index's component securities.

SNPE The fund seeks investment results that generally correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of its underlying index.

Why people hold it

• BIBL Bright line, not a ranking: any degree of participation in abortion, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, pornography or rights violations removes a company from the universe outright.sec.gov
• Built as a core sleeve, not a satellite: roughly 100 large US companies, market-cap weighted, with at least 80% of assets in the index's own components.inspireetf.com
• Running since 2017, making it one of the longer-tenured biblically screened US large-cap ETFs and the flagship of the Inspire Impact Score lineup.sec.gov

• SNPE A 0.10% expense ratio puts it in the cheap seats of the screened-index crowd, alongside XVV (0.08%) and ESGV (0.09%) and well under the group's typical fee.
• Plain index plumbing: it aims to match the S&P 500 Scored & Screened Index before fees, and it has hugged that mandate closely.
• Roughly 300 stocks, so the screen actually bites. Around 200 S&P 500 members are cut outright rather than quietly trimmed.
• A multi-billion-dollar Xtrackers fund running since 2019 with steady daily volume and quarterly payouts. Not a thin, untested launch.

Worth knowing

• BIBL Costs 0.35% (0.41% gross, net of a waiver through March 31, 2027), above the category median; broad ESG trackers like XVV at 0.08% and ESGU at 0.15% sit far lower.
• Thinly traded next to the category's giants, so spreads and order type matter more than with the mega-funds.
• Screening out companies that fail the values test means sector mix and results can drift well away from a plain S&P 500 fund, in either direction.sec.gov

• SNPE Cutting ~200 names concentrates what's left. The megacap leaders of the parent index end up carrying even more weight here.
• The screens are S&P's, not yours. They are rules-based and reapplied at each rebalance, so the roster can shift without warning.
• Not the outright cheapest option in the group: XVV and ESGV shave a basis point or two off the fee.

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