⚡ Asset Showdown Engine

SPY vs QQQ

Head-to-head financial comparison for State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) and Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 (QQQ).

🏆 Showdown Verdict

QQQ leads SPY in 4 of 4 key financial metrics.

SPY: 0 wins · QQQ: 4 wins
ARCA · Equities

SPY

State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
$773.13
+0.53%
After hours
52-Week Range 94.4% of High
Low: $629.28 High: $781.62
Competitive in valuation & growth
NASDAQ · Equities

QQQ

Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
$773.13
+0.53%
🌆 After hours
🌆 After-Hours: $770.40 (-0.35%)
52-Week Range 94.4% of High
Low: $629.28 High: $781.62
Competitive in valuation & growth
NASDAQ · Equities

QQQ

Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
$725.25
+1.12%
🌆 After hours
🌆 After-Hours: $721.10 (-0.57%)
52-Week Range 81.9% of High
Low: $555.60 High: $762.86
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Performance Winner Higher Historical Returns

Normalized % Return Comparison

Both assets indexed to 0.0% at the period start: ((Price_t - Price_0) / Price_0 * 100)

Benchmark:
SPY (State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust) +18.27%
QQQ (Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1) +21.43%
QQQ leads by +3.16%
-11.8%-0.8%+10.2%+21.3%+32.3% Oct '25Jan '26Apr '26Jul '26Oct '26

Metric-by-Metric Breakdown

Direct quantitative comparison across valuation, margins, growth, and returns.

Financial Metric SPY QQQ Showdown Advantage
Valuation & Multiples
Price Current market price per share / unit $773.13 $725.25 —
Market Capitalization Total aggregate market value of equity — — —
P/E Ratio (Trailing TTM) Price-to-earnings multiple (lower positive is cheaper) — — —
Forward P/E Price-to-projected next year earnings multiple — — —
PEG Ratio P/E divided by earnings growth rate (<1.0 considered undervalued) — — —
Price to Sales (P/S) Price relative to trailing revenue — — —
Price to Book (P/B) Stock price relative to book equity per share — — —
Profitability & Margins
Gross Profit Margin Gross revenue retained after cost of goods sold — — —
Operating Margin Operating income generated per dollar of revenue — — —
Net Profit Margin Net bottom-line profit generated per dollar of revenue — — —
Return on Equity (ROE) Net income earned per dollar of shareholders' equity — — —
Historical Performance & Growth
Revenue Growth (YoY) Year-over-year top-line revenue expansion rate — — —
1-Month % Return Historical total price return over the past 30 days +2.79% +3.02% 👑 QQQ Higher
6-Month % Return Historical total price return over the past 180 days +14.29% +19.14% 👑 QQQ Higher
1-Year % Return Historical total price return over the past 52 weeks +18.27% +21.43% 👑 QQQ Higher
5-Year % Return Historical total price return over 5 years +82.45% +100.19% 👑 QQQ Higher
Dividends & Risk
Dividend Yield Annual dividend distributions relative to current price — — —
Beta (Volatility vs S&P 500) Market sensitivity (1.0 = equal to market, <1.0 = lower volatility) 1.02 1.24 —
52-Week High & Low Extreme trading boundaries over trailing year $629.28 – $781.62 $555.60 – $762.86 —