SPY vs. WGLD: Head-To-Head ETF Comparison

Overview

Some important comparison metrics here are expense ratio, issuer, AUM, and shares outstanding, among others. Furthermore, ADV in the 11th and 12th row, which stands for Average Daily Volume, can help investors avoid illiquid ETFs.

	SPY	WGLD
Name	State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF	wShares Enhanced Gold ETF
ETF Database Category	Large Cap Growth Equities	Precious Metals
Index	S&P 500 Index	wShares Gold Index
Index Description	View Index	View Index
Expense Ratio	0.09%	0.65%
Issuer	State Street	Wilshire Phoenix Funds LLC
Structure	UIT	ETF
Inception Date	1993-01-22	2021-02-17
AUM	$787B	$488K
Shares Outstanding	1.04B	30K
ADV(1 month)	46,896,692.0	164.0
ADV(3 month)	67,128,512.0	197.0
ETF Home Page	View Page	View Page
Fact Sheet Link	Fact Sheet	Fact Sheet

Holdings

Compare the number of holdings, all ETF holdings, asset allocation, and much more. Each asset class has unique holdings data. For instance, only equity ETFs will display sector and market cap breakdown, among other equity fields. Bond ETFs on the other hand, will display the type of bond, coupon breakdown, credit quality, and more bond specific metrics.

Holdings data for these ETFs could not be compared.

ESG Scores

ESG Scores represent how an ETF's constituents, in aggregate, manage ESG risks and opportunities. Compare ESG metrics across multiple themes including environmental, social, governance and morality.

	SPY	WGLD
ESG Score	6.43	N/A
ESG Score Peer Percentile (%)	46.260%	N/A
ESG Score Global Percentile (%)	45.400%	N/A
Revenue Exposure to Environmental Impact (%)
Severe Environment Controversies (%)
Sustainable Impact Solutions (%)	10.330%	N/A
Revenue Exposure to Social Impact (%)
SRI Exclusion Criteria (%)	12.150%	N/A
Severe Governance Controversies (%)

Environmental Responsible Scores

	SPY	WGLD
Weighted Average Carbon Intensity (Tons of CO2e / $M Sales)	94.43	N/A
Fossil Fuel Reserves (%)
High Impact Fossil Fuel Reserves (%)
Water Stress High Risk Business Segment (%)
Water Stress High Risk Geography (%)
Water Stress Exposure Moderate (%)
Water Stress Exposure High (%)
Water Stress Exposure Low (%)
Revenue Exposure to Energy Efficiency (%)
Revenue Exposure to Alternative Energy (%)
Revenue Exposure to Green Building (%)
Revenue Exposure to Pollution Prevention (%)
Revenue Exposure to Water Sustainability (%)

Socially Responsible Scores

	SPY	WGLD
Revenue Exposure to Affordable Real Estate (%)
Revenue Exposure to Education (%)
Revenue Exposure to Major Disease Treatment (%)
Revenue Exposure to Nutrition (%)
Revenue Exposure to Sanitation (%)
Revenue Exposure to SME Finance (%)
Human Rights Norms Violation (%)
Human Rights Norms Violation OR Watch List (%)
Severe Human Rights Controversies (%)
Labor Norms Violation (%)
Labor Norms Violation OR Watch List (%)
Severe Labor Controversies (%)
Severe Customer Controversies (%)
Global Compact Compliance Violation (%)
Global Compact Compliance Violation OR Watch List (%)
Catholic Values Fail (%)
Islamic Non-Compliant (%)
Adult Entertainment Involvement (%)
Alcohol Involvement (%)
Gambling Involvement (%)
Nuclear Power Involvement (%)
Tobacco Involvement (%)
Weapons Involvement (%)
Controversies Weapons Involvement (%)
Civilian Firearms Involvement (%)
Civilian Firearms Retailer (%)
Civilian Firearms Producer (%)
Direct Predatory Lending Involvement (%)
Genetic Engineering Involvement (%)

Responsible Governance Scores

	SPY	WGLD
Board Flag (%)
Lack of Independent Board Majority (%)
Board Independence (0-25%) (%)
Board Independence (25-50%) (%)
Board Independence (50-75%) (%)
Board Independence (75-100%) (%)
No Female Directors (%)
Three OR More Female Directors (%)
Females Represent 30% of Directors (%)
Entrenched Board (%)
Overboarding (%)
Negative Director Votes (%)
Ownership AND Control Flag (%)
One Share One Vote (%)
No Annual Director Elections (%)
Does Not Use Majority Voting (%)
Significant Votes Against Pay Practices (%)
Controlling Shareholder (%)
Controlling Shareholder Concerns (%)
Cross Shareholdings (%)
Poison Pill (%)
Pay Flag (%)
No Pay Performance Link (%)
Lack of Internal Pay Equity (%)
Executive Pay Non-Disclosure (%)
Accounting Flag (%)

Performance

In addition to weekly, YTD and yearly returns, this section features the ETF’s beta, P/E ratio, dividend data, and risk metrics. Risk adjusted return comparisons can be made with the help of beta and standard deviation on this page.

	SPY	WGLD
1 Week Return	0.33%	-2.96%
2 Week Return	1.93%	-3.44%
1 Month Return	5.06%	0.20%
3 Month Return	11.59%	-6.56%
26 Week Return	11.25%	-10.24%
YTD Return	11.33%	-10.56%
1 Year Return	28.50%	-9.94%
3 Year Return	22.51%	N/A
Beta	1.0	-0.96
P/E Ratio	22.61	0.0
Annual Dividend Rate	$7.38	$0.00
Dividend Date	2026-03-20	N/A
Dividend	$1.80	N/A
Annual Dividend Yield %	0.98%	0.00%
5 Day Volatility	114.75%	28.44%
20 Day Volatility	8.63%	12.75%
50 Day Volatility	13.28%	12.96%
200 Day Volatility	13.34%	13.04%
Standard Deviation	37.78%	0.63%

Technicals

Most of the main technical indicators are available to compare here. This includes moving averages, MACD, RSI, bollinger bands, support and resistance levels, and more. Compare these to figure out the best entry points from a technical setup perspective.

	SPY	WGLD
20 Day MA	$745.99	$16.48
60 Day MA	$703.42	$16.68
MACD 15 Period	8.36	-0.43
MACD 100 Period	60.88	-1.01
Williams % Range 10 Day	14.16	98.97
Williams % Range 20 Day	10.8	93.93
RSI 10 Day	69.25	32.5
RSI 20 Day	68.82	39.38
RSI 30 Day	66.39	40.87
Ultimate Oscillator	63.2	28.03
Lower Bollinger Band (10 Day)	$742.12	$16.12
Upper Bollinger Band (10 Day)	$763.00	$16.92
Lower Bollinger Band (20 Day)	$728.55	$16.08
Upper Bollinger Band (20 Day)	$762.34	$16.87
Lower Bollinger Band (30 Day)	$704.61	$15.80
Upper Bollinger Band (30 Day)	$767.23	$16.87
Support Level 1	$752.94	$16.06
Support Level 2	$748.78	$16.03
Resistance Level 1	$759.78	$16.15
Resistance Level 2	$762.46	$16.21
Stochastic Oscillator %D - 1 Day	61.27	35.93
Stochastic Oscillator %D - 5 Days	70.35	7.97
Stochastic Oscillator %K - 1 Day	61.21	45.31
Stochastic Oscillator %K - 5 Days	77.32	22.27

Database

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SPY	SPY is one of the largest and most heavily-traded ETFs in the world, offering exposure to one of the most well known equity benchmarks. While SPY certainly may have appeal to investors seeking to build a long-term portfolio and include large...
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Realtime Ratings

The ETF Database Realtime Ratings allow advisors and investors to objectively compare ETFs based on ratings of six key metrics as well as an Overall Rating.

	SPY	WGLD
Name	State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF	wShares Enhanced Gold ETF
Liquidity	N/A	N/A
Expenses	N/A	N/A
Returns
Volatility
Dividend
Concentration
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