SPYG vs STXG: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF

SPYGANYSE Arca

Strive 1000 Growth ETF

STXGBNYSE

Overlap

70.2%by weight

Expense ratio

SPYG −0.14pt a year

SPYG0.04%STXG0.18%

Avg volume · 30D

SPYG 416.0×the volume

SPYG2.28MSTXG5.49K

3Y return · a year

SPYG +3.3pt

SPYG+27.1%STXG+23.8%

SPYG vs STXG Performance

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

+8.3%SPYG+6.7%STXG

Expense ratio: SPYG 0.04%, better; STXG 0.18%
Fund size: SPYG $55.5B; STXG $144M
1Y total return: SPYG +8.3%, better; STXG +6.7%
Yield (12M): SPYG 0.50%, better; STXG 0.48%
Holdings: SPYG 154; STXG 705
Avg volume (30D): SPYG 2.28M sh, better; STXG 5.49K sh
NAV per share: SPYG $119.59; STXG $54.83
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for SPYG, STXG, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	SPYG	STXG
Cost30% weight	A96Higher	C49
Mission25% weight	A98	A99Higher
Risk15% weight	B62	A73Higher
Tradability15% weight	A95Higher	D25
Holdings10% weight	D38	B60Higher
Durability5% weight	A79Higher	F22

Rank among US Growth Index funds

How we build Categories ›

Same Category. SPYG and STXG are both graded against the same 35 US Growth Index funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

US Growth Index⁠

Category · 35 funds

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SPYG ranks 1st and STXG 16th of 35 funds in the US Growth Index Category.

Rank 1ASPYGState Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETFScore 84
Rank 2AILCGiShares Morningstar Growth ETFScore 78
Rank 16BIWPiShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETFScore 61
Rank 16BSTXGStrive 1000 Growth ETFScore 61
Rank 18BGGUSGoldman Sachs MarketBeta Russell 1000 Growth Equity ETFScore 60

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

SPYGAState Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF

STXGBStrive 1000 Growth ETF

In short

SPYG The growth half of the S&P 500 for 0.04% a year, running since 2000. No exotic screen, no reinvention: just the index's fastest-growing names, in the cheapest wrapper tracking that index.

STXG Growth with a wider net: STXG follows the Bloomberg US 1000 Growth Index, holding roughly 700 large- and mid-cap growth names rather than just the megacap slice. A challenger fund priced at the middle of its category.

Stated mandate

SPYG The fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the total return of the S&P 500 Growth Index. It provides exposure to S&P 500 companies selected for strong growth characteristics.

STXG The Fund seeks to track the total return of large- and mid-capitalization U.S. equity securities with growth characteristics.

Why people hold it

SPYG Costs 0.04% a year, well under the typical fee in the US growth-ETF group.
The cheapest way to buy the S&P 500 Growth Index: VOOG follows the same benchmark at 0.07%.
Has tracked its index tightly, one of the strongest implementations among growth funds we grade.
Trading since 2000, now a multi-billion-dollar fund that changes hands actively, so spreads stay thin. Pays quarterly.

STXG Casts a broader growth net than the S&P 500 crowd: large- and mid-cap names, roughly 700 of them, so mid-caps ride along with the giants.
Straight index mechanics, no stock-picking discretion: it follows the Bloomberg US 1000 Growth Index and has stayed tight to that mandate.
Fee sits at 0.18%, the median for growth ETFs, and the fund distributes quarterly.
Lands in the upper half of a crowded growth peer group on build quality, with high confidence in the underlying evidence.

Worth knowing

SPYG About 150 stocks, not 500. You get the growth slice, which means heavier single-name and sector concentration than the full index.
The index screens on growth and momentum, so rebalances lean into names that have already run and the ride is bumpier than the broad market.
Large-cap US only. No small caps, no international, no bonds.

STXG The index behemoths (VUG, SCHG, VONG) offer similar large-cap growth exposure for a few basis points, so this one costs more per unit of beta.
Smaller and more lightly traded than the category's household names, so spreads tend to be wider and size matters on entry and exit.
Launched in 2022, so it has no full market cycle behind it, unlike the growth funds it competes with.

Full SPYG profile⁠

Full STXG profile⁠

SPYG vs STXG Holdings

How SPYG and STXG differ

Overlap by weight

70.2%

Shared holdings make up 92.8% of SPYG and 75.8% of STXG.

Level by level

Holdings149 in both70.2%
Sector11 Sectors89.9%
Asset classEquity100%
Countryby domicile99.8%

Sector

Sector weights in SPYG and STXG, widest gap first
Sector	More in SPYGMore in STXG	SPYG	STXG
Technology	SPYG +5.5 points	52.9%	47.4%
Communication	SPYG +3.8 points	14.8%	11.0%
Industrials	STXG +3.0 points	5.6%	8.6%
Consumer Discretionary	STXG +1.9 points	8.3%	10.2%
Consumer Staples	STXG +1.9 points	1.2%	3.1%
Real Estate	STXG +1.1 points	0.6%	1.7%
Financials	SPYG +0.9 points	9.2%	8.3%
Materials	STXG +0.9 points	0.3%	1.2%
Health Care	STXG +0.5 points	6.8%	7.4%
Energy	STXG +0.5 points	0.0%	0.5%
Utilities	STXG +0.3 points	0.3%	0.6%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in SPYG and STXG, widest gap first
Country	More in SPYGMore in STXG	SPYG	STXG
United States	SPYG +0.1 points	99.8%	99.7%
China	Same weight	0.1%	0.1%
Mexico	Same weight	0.1%	0.1%
Switzerland	STXG +0.1 points	0.0%	0.1%
United Kingdom	STXG +0.1 points	0.0%	0.1%
Malaysia	Same weight	0.0%	0.0%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

SPYG58.9%
STXG42.8%

Securities held

SPYG152
STXG704

Asset class

SPYG: Equity
STXG: Equity

Holdings

Only in SPYG3
In both149
Only in STXG555

Only in SPYG

3 securities, 7.1% of SPYG by weight

Apple Inc7.11%
Fox Corp Class A0.02%
Fox Corp Class B0.01%

Only in STXG

555 securities, 24.2% of STXG by weight

Walmart Inc1.02%
Costco Wholesale Corp0.95%
Intel Corp0.55%
Linde PLC0.45%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc0.42%
Analog Devices Inc0.38%
Texas Instruments Inc0.36%
Merck & Co Inc0.34%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc0.32%
Procter & Gamble Co/The0.32%
Eaton Corp PLC0.31%
Home Depot Inc/The0.31%
Salesforce Inc0.30%
Western Digital Corp0.28%
Dell Technologies Inc0.27%
UnitedHealth Group Inc0.26%
Union Pacific Corp0.24%
Starbucks Corp0.23%
Blackrock Inc0.23%
Deere & Co0.22%
Equinix Inc0.21%
Snowflake Inc0.21%
Prologis Inc0.21%
Automatic Data Processing Inc0.19%
Synopsys Inc0.19%
Waste Management Inc0.19%
NextEra Energy Inc0.18%
Motorola Solutions Inc0.18%
Space Exploration Technologies Corp0.18%
Spotify Technology SA0.18%
Charles Schwab Corp/The0.18%
Cloudflare Inc0.17%
Ecolab Inc0.17%
Sherwin-Williams Co/The0.17%
Abbott Laboratories0.16%
Cintas Corp0.15%
Intercontinental Exchange Inc0.15%
Arthur J Gallagher & Co0.14%
CSX Corp0.14%
Digital Realty Trust Inc0.14%
Emerson Electric Co0.14%
Aon PLC0.14%
Fastenal Co0.13%
WW Grainger Inc0.13%
Danaher Corp0.13%
Williams Cos Inc/The0.12%
Natera Inc0.12%
Marsh & McLennan Cos Inc0.12%
AMETEK Inc0.12%
Nasdaq Inc0.11%

Weight gaps

The 100 widest of 149 Holdings in both funds.

Holding weights in SPYG and STXG, widest gap first
Holding	More in SPYGMore in STXG	SPYG	STXG
NVIDIA CorpNVDA	SPYG +4.40 points	14.44%	10.04%
Microsoft CorpMSFT	SPYG +2.82 points	10.99%	8.17%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class BBRK.B	SPYG +1.67 points	2.82%	1.15%
Amazon.com IncAMZN	STXG +1.46 points	3.54%	5.00%
Broadcom IncAVGO	SPYG +1.37 points	4.58%	3.21%
Alphabet Inc Class AGOOGL	SPYG +1.23 points	4.65%	3.42%
Micron Technology IncMU	SPYG +1.17 points	2.95%	1.78%
Meta Platforms Inc Class AMETA	SPYG +1.10 points	3.85%	2.75%
Tesla IncTSLA	STXG +1.01 points	1.97%	2.98%
Alphabet Inc Class CGOOG	SPYG +0.94 points	3.75%	2.81%
Advanced Micro DevicesAMD	SPYG +0.85 points	2.58%	1.73%
Sandisk CorpSNDK	SPYG +0.52 points	0.54%	0.02%
Eli Lilly & CoLLY	SPYG +0.53 points	3.07%	2.54%
Visa Inc Class A SharesV	STXG +0.41 points	1.07%	1.48%
Palantir Technologies Inc APLTR	SPYG +0.38 points	1.26%	0.88%
Applied Materials IncAMAT	SPYG +0.27 points	0.93%	0.66%
Newmont CorpNEM	SPYG +0.26 points	0.33%	0.07%
Lam Research CorpLRCX	SPYG +0.25 points	0.89%	0.64%
Rtx CorpRTX	SPYG +0.24 points	0.75%	0.51%
Caterpillar IncCAT	SPYG +0.22 points	0.83%	0.61%
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc ACRWD	SPYG +0.21 points	0.74%	0.53%
Coca Cola Co/TheKO	STXG +0.21 points	0.42%	0.63%
General ElectricGE	STXG +0.20 points	0.47%	0.67%
Progressive CorpPGR	SPYG +0.20 points	0.21%	<0.01%
Netflix IncNFLX	SPYG +0.18 points	0.72%	0.54%
Intl Business Machines CorpIBM	SPYG +0.18 points	0.35%	0.17%
Ge Vernova IncGEV	SPYG +0.18 points	0.66%	0.48%
Kla CorpKLAC	SPYG +0.18 points	0.61%	0.43%
Amgen IncAMGN	SPYG +0.16 points	0.47%	0.31%
Arista Networks IncANET	SPYG +0.16 points	0.54%	0.38%
Hca Healthcare IncHCA	SPYG +0.16 points	0.20%	0.04%
JPMorgan Chase & CoJPM	STXG +0.16 points	1.73%	1.89%
Amphenol Corp Class AAPH	SPYG +0.15 points	0.57%	0.42%
Palo Alto Networks IncPANW	STXG +0.13 points	0.48%	0.62%
S+p Global IncSPGI	STXG +0.13 points	0.17%	0.30%
Mastercard Inc AMA	STXG +0.12 points	0.96%	1.08%
Boeing Co/TheBA	STXG +0.12 points	0.17%	0.29%
Marvell Technology IncMRVL	STXG +0.12 points	0.25%	0.37%
Welltower IncWELL	SPYG +0.11 points	0.47%	0.36%
Intuitive Surgical IncISRG	SPYG +0.10 points	0.44%	0.34%
Stryker CorpSYK	STXG +0.10 points	0.13%	0.23%
Tjx Companies IncTJX	STXG +0.10 points	0.24%	0.34%
Johnson & JohnsonJNJ	SPYG +0.09 points	1.09%	1.00%
Lumentum Holdings IncLITE	SPYG +0.09 points	0.23%	0.14%
Uber Technologies IncUBER	SPYG +0.08 points	0.37%	0.29%
Transdigm Group IncTDG	SPYG +0.09 points	0.18%	0.09%
Datadog Inc Class ADDOG	SPYG +0.08 points	0.25%	0.17%
Vertiv Holdings Co AVRT	SPYG +0.07 points	0.26%	0.19%
Cisco Systems IncCSCO	STXG +0.08 points	0.63%	0.71%
Parker Hannifin CorpPH	STXG +0.07 points	0.18%	0.25%
Gilead Sciences IncGILD	SPYG +0.07 points	0.31%	0.24%
Booking Holdings IncBKNG	SPYG +0.07 points	0.32%	0.25%
Quanta Services IncPWR	SPYG +0.07 points	0.27%	0.20%
Bloom Energy Corp ABE	SPYG +0.06 points	0.18%	0.12%
Trane Technologies PLCTT	STXG +0.07 points	0.14%	0.21%
American Express CoAXP	SPYG +0.06 points	0.32%	0.26%
Bank of New York Mellon CorpBNY	SPYG +0.06 points	0.18%	0.12%
Robinhood Markets Inc AHOOD	SPYG +0.06 points	0.20%	0.14%
Morgan StanleyMS	SPYG +0.06 points	0.38%	0.32%
Philip Morris InternationalPM	STXG +0.06 points	0.51%	0.57%
Royal Caribbean Cruises LtdRCL	SPYG +0.06 points	0.22%	0.16%
Applovin Corp Class AAPP	SPYG +0.05 points	0.19%	0.14%
Marriott International Class AMAR	SPYG +0.06 points	0.24%	0.18%
Moody’s CorpMCO	STXG +0.05 points	0.10%	0.15%
Te Connectivity PLCTEL	SPYG +0.05 points	0.12%	0.07%
Howmet Aerospace IncHWM	SPYG +0.05 points	0.23%	0.18%
Ross Stores IncROST	STXG +0.05 points	0.10%	0.15%
Airbnb Inc Class AABNB	STXG +0.05 points	0.09%	0.14%
Edwards Lifesciences CorpEW	STXG +0.05 points	0.07%	0.12%
Doordash Inc ADASH	SPYG +0.05 points	0.19%	0.14%
Msci IncMSCI	STXG +0.04 points	0.07%	0.11%
Everpure Inc AP	SPYG +0.05 points	0.13%	0.08%
Coherent CorpCOHR	SPYG +0.05 points	0.13%	0.08%
Mettler Toledo InternationalMTD	STXG +0.04 points	0.05%	0.09%
Flex LtdFLEX	SPYG +0.05 points	0.10%	0.05%
Workday Inc Class AWDAY	STXG +0.04 points	0.05%	0.09%
Servicenow IncNOW	STXG +0.05 points	0.19%	0.24%
Vistra CorpVST	SPYG +0.04 points	0.12%	0.08%
Goldman Sachs Group IncGS	STXG +0.04 points	0.49%	0.53%
O Reilly Automotive IncORLY	SPYG +0.04 points	0.20%	0.16%
Monster Beverage CorpMNST	SPYG +0.04 points	0.19%	0.15%
Twilio Inc ATWLO	SPYG +0.03 points	0.10%	0.07%
General Dynamics CorpGD	SPYG +0.04 points	0.14%	0.10%
Carnival Corp LtdCCL	SPYG +0.04 points	0.10%	0.06%
Hilton Worldwide Holdings InHLT	SPYG +0.03 points	0.22%	0.19%
Cincinnati Financial CorpCINF	SPYG +0.04 points	0.05%	<0.01%
Yum Brands IncYUM	STXG +0.03 points	0.06%	0.09%
Ciena CorpCIEN	SPYG +0.04 points	0.14%	0.10%
Monolithic Power Systems IncMPWR	SPYG +0.03 points	0.16%	0.13%
Autodesk IncADSK	STXG +0.04 points	0.08%	0.12%
Rockwell Automation IncROK	STXG +0.03 points	0.08%	0.11%
Cadence Design Sys IncCDNS	STXG +0.03 points	0.17%	0.20%
Incyte CorpINCY	SPYG +0.04 points	0.06%	0.02%
Kkr & Co IncKKR	STXG +0.03 points	0.10%	0.13%
Simon Property Group IncSPG	STXG +0.03 points	0.08%	0.11%
Comfort Systems Usa IncFIX	SPYG +0.03 points	0.13%	0.10%
Interactive Brokers Gro Class AIBKR	SPYG +0.03 points	0.10%	0.07%
First Solar IncFSLR	SPYG +0.03 points	0.05%	0.02%
Intuit IncINTU	SPYG +0.03 points	0.14%	0.11%
Take Two Interactive SoftwreTTWO	STXG +0.03 points	0.05%	0.08%

All 152 SPYG holdings⁠All 699 STXG holdings⁠

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

SPYG vs STXG Cost

Overpaying STXG vs SPYG

$2,900

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

SPYG 0.04%
$849
STXG 0.18%
$3,749

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

SPYG 0.04%
STXG 0.18%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	SPYG	STXG	Overpaying
10	$73	$328	$255
20	$288	$1,281	$993
30	$849	$3,749	$2,900

Expense ratio

0.04%SPYG, cheaper
0.18%STXG

SPYG0.04%STXG0.18%

0.03%0.70%

Middle half of US Growth Index funds
Median 0.18%

SPYG 2nd cheapest of 35 funds

STXG 17th cheapest of 35 funds

SPYG vs STXG Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Yield (12M): SPYG 0.50%, better; STXG 0.48%
Payout (12M): SPYG $0.59; STXG $0.27
Last payment: SPYG $0.15; STXG $0.06
Ex-dividend: SPYG Sep 21, 2026; STXG Sep 28, 2026
Paid on: SPYG Sep 23, 2026; STXG Sep 30, 2026
Frequency: SPYG Quarterly; STXG Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

SPYGQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll SPYG payments⁠

STXGQuarterly · 16 paymentsAll STXG payments⁠

SPYG vs STXG Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: SPYG 16.5%STXG 14.9%, better
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: SPYG 1.28, betterSTXG 1.22
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: SPYG −32.7%STXG −21.2%since Nov 2022
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: SPYG 1.17STXG 1.15; Market = 1

SPYG and STXG in the news

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SPYG vs STXG

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it