SNPE vs STNC

SNPEAXtrackers S&P 500 Scored & Screened ETF

STNCDHennessy Sustainable ETF

In short

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.

STNC Most ESG funds are a screened S&P 500 index for a few basis points. STNC takes the other road: an active, roughly 70-stock book built from a sustainability ranking, a machine-learning screen and a tail-risk optimizer, at 0.95%.

Stated mandate

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

STNC The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation. It is an actively managed ETF investing at least 80% of net assets plus investment borrowings in exchange-traded equity securities of U.S. issuers meeting sustainability and fundamental financial standards.

Why people hold it

• 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.

• STNC Three steps, not one: a rules-based sustainability ranking, a machine-learning screen, then an optimizer targeting tail risk and diversification. Positions target a 3.5% max, rebalanced quarterly.sec.gov
• Hennessy retired the fund's semi-transparent wrapper and renamed it in 2025, so holdings are now disclosed like any ordinary ETF.sec.gov
• Measures itself against the S&P 500 Equal Weight Index alongside the cap-weighted S&P 500, a fair yardstick for a position-capped portfolio of about 70 names.

Worth knowing

• 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.

• STNC At 0.95%, the fee sits above the category's typical cost; index rivals XVV (0.08%) and EFIV (0.10%) screen the S&P 500 for a sliver of that.
• Thinly traded, so spreads and order size matter more here than with the category's household names.
• Active and model-driven: the prospectus flags model risk, and a 70-stock portfolio can drift a long way from broad ESG index funds.sec.gov

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