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US Large Cap Blend

Is SPY a good investment?

Updated October 27, 2026

State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) is a US large-cap blend ETF. As of October 27, 2026, ETF Copilot scores SPY 7.1 out of 10 — highest on Quality (8.6), lowest on Value (3.6). It trades at 24.7 times earnings, against its own median of 22.8. Its ten largest holdings are 38% of the fund.

What stands out in SPY's data

A core index of the largest U.S. publicly traded companies.

Its valuation sits slightly above the typical large-cap blend fund.

Trailing EBITDA multiple of 18.9x, above the category median of 18.7x.

Functions as the broad-market anchor of a U.S. equity allocation.

How is SPY rated? ETF Copilot scores State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) 7.1 out of 10

As of October 27, 2026, ETF Copilot scores State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) 7.1 out of 10 overall.

ETF Copilot scores (0–10 scale, higher is better):

  • Overall: 7.1 / 10
  • Growth: 7.8 / 10
  • Value: 3.6 / 10
  • Risk: 6.8 / 10
  • Quality: 8.6 / 10
  • Return: 8.0 / 10

Is SPY expensive right now? It trades at 24.7 times earnings, against its own median of 22.8

As of October 27, 2026, SPY is more expensive than 61% of its own last 9 years.

Trailing 12 months, built from SPY's holdings. How we calculate this →

What's inside SPY? 44% Tech

What's inside SPY: Size (Large 93%, Mid 5%, Small 2%); Geography (International 3%, US 98%); Tech 43.6%; Magnificent 7 34.0%; AI 23.3%; Semiconductors 16.8%; Memory 14.2%.

What are SPY's top holdings? The ten largest are 38% of the fund

Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon.com, Alphabet, Broadcom, Facebook, Tesla and Eli Lilly are SPY's largest holdings, in that order.

More concentrated than 50% of US Large Cap Blend ETFs.

Half of SPY's weight sits in its 22 largest positions, and once those weights are taken into account it behaves like 45 equally weighted holdings.

What is SPY's expense ratio? 0.09% a year

As of October 27, 2026, SPY charges 0.09% a year, yields 0.99% and holds $810.0B in assets across 504 positions.

State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) — cost, income and size
MeasureSPY
Expense ratio0.09%
Dividend yield0.99%
Assets under management$810.0B
Holdings504

Expense ratio, dividend yield and assets under management are reported by the fund and refreshed daily. Every other figure on this page is computed by ETF Copilot.

Cite this

ETF Copilot, “State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) scores and holdings analysis”, as of October 27, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/etf/spy

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