⚡ 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
$768.32
+0.42%
Market open
52-Week Range 92.6% of High
Low: $629.28 High: $779.37
Competitive in valuation & growth
NASDAQ · Equities

QQQ

Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
$768.32
+0.42%
Market open
52-Week Range 92.6% of High
Low: $629.28 High: $779.37
Competitive in valuation & growth
NASDAQ · Equities

QQQ

Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
$711.54
+0.31%
Market open
52-Week Range 80.8% of High
Low: $555.60 High: $748.65
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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)

SPY (State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust) +20.46%
QQQ (Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1) +25.34%
QQQ leads by +4.88%
-6.7%+4.0%+14.8%+25.5%+36.3% Aug '25Nov '25Mar '26Jun '26Sep '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 $768.32 $711.54
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 +3.61% +4.07% 👑 QQQ Higher
6-Month % Return Historical total price return over the past 180 days +12.05% +17.11% 👑 QQQ Higher
1-Year % Return Historical total price return over the past 52 weeks +20.46% +25.34% 👑 QQQ Higher
5-Year % Return Historical total price return over 5 years +80.71% +91.87% 👑 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 – $779.37 $555.60 – $748.65