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SPMDSPDR

SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF

$67.27+0.52% today
556952-WK

Under normal market conditions, the fund generally invests substantially all, but at least 80%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index is designed to measure the performance of the mid-capitalization segment of the U.S. equity market.

Price & daily flows
66.563.260.067.27DAILY NET FLOWFeb 19Apr 21Jun 22Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN · NET +$1.1B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$282M of net buying over the past month, about 1.5% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +14.6% so far this year. At 0.030% a year, nothing comparable on our shelf runs cheaper.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$18.8Bassets under management
0.030%expense ratio · $3 per $10,000 a year
+$282Mnet flow, trailing month
1.4Mavg daily volume, 30 days
401holdings · US-domiciled
2005listed November 7, 2005 · beta 0.99
The book at a glance
P-1.3%TWLO+2.5%ILMN+2.9%FTI-0.2%ATI-1.1%NVT-1.5%CRS+0.7%THC+3.0%USFD+1.1%CW-2.1%XPO+0.5%OKTA+0.7%ENTG-0.7%UTHR-1.5%CDE-0.7%RGLD+2.6%ROKU+0.2%BURL-2.0%WWD+0.3%RS+2.0%MKSI-1.0%SNX-0.3%PR-0.5%ITT-0.0%OVV+0.2%JLL+0.8%NTNX+2.0%EWBC+0.1%MTSI+0.2%TOST+3.7%WCC+3.3%NLY-0.6%PFGC+1.0%MTZ-2.1%ROIV-1.5%TRU-0.6%RBA-0.4%LSCC+0.1%GWRE+4.1%JAZZ+2.2%

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS TODAY’S MOVE · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1PEverpure0.96%$108.55-1.3%
2TWLOTWILIO0.92%$225.30+2.5%
3ILMNILLUMINA0.89%$219.40+2.9%
4FTITECHNIPFMC0.86%$77.45-0.2%
5ATIATI0.79%$207.01-1.1%
6NVTNVENT ELECTRIC0.69%$151.98-1.5%
7CRSCARPENTER TECHNOLOGY0.67%$492.38+0.7%
8THCTENET HEALTHCARE0.65%$280.77+3.0%
9USFDUS FOODS HOLDING0.66%$109.62+1.1%
10CWCURTISS WRIGHT0.66%$634.99-2.1%
11XPOXPO0.64%$197.74+0.5%
12OKTAOKTA0.62%$135.14+0.7%
13ENTGENTEGRIS0.61%$143.66-0.7%
14UTHRUNITED THERAPEUTICS0.61%$513.12-1.5%
15CDECOEUR MINING0.60%$20.97-0.7%

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Sector weights
Finance22.91%
Industrials20.99%
Consumer Discretionary19.38%
Financial Services15.89%
Financials15.56%
Consumer Cyclical15.09%
Producer Manufacturing11.17%
Technology11.02%
Information Technology10.9%
Healthcare10%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States98.48%
Bermuda1.04%
Ireland0.59%
Canada0.54%
United Kingdom0.52%
Sweden0.26%
India0.2%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-2.2%
1 month+1.3%
3 months+4.4%
6 months+7.0%
YTD+14.6%
1 year+17.7%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$112M
1 month+$282M
3 months+$881M
YTD+$1.4B
1 year+$2B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
14%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
15%realized volatility, 1 year
-9.1%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-2.4%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 1.0% of the book; the top ten carry 8%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 211 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
2calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
1.2Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
HIMS HIMS & HERS HEALTH$13M$10M
MP MP MATERIALS$9M$7M
TLN Talen$8M$6M
MTZ MASTEC$11M$604,780
CG CARLYLE GROUP$284,677$11M

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The case against SPMD

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat SPMD on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M7× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IMCB iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF0.04%$1.7B+$15M+$15M in over the monthHead-to-head
VO Vanguard Mid Cap Index Fund0.04%$68.1B4× the assetsHead-to-head
IMCG iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF0.06%$4.2B+$69M+$69M in over the monthHead-to-head
IMCV iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF0.06%$1.2B+$20M+$20M in over the monthHead-to-head
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