SPDR S&P 500 ESG ETF

The SPDR S&P 500 ESG ETF (EFIV), from State Street, tracks the S&P 500 Scored & Screened Index. The index starts with the S&P 500 and removes companies tied to tobacco, controversial weapons, thermal coal and oil sands, along with the weakest scorers on ESG (environmental, social and governance) measures. It keeps industry weights close to the S&P 500. It charges 0.10% a year. That is below the 0.14% average of similar funds but above the 0.03% of iShares Core S&P 500 ETF.

• Over the year to Oct 27, 2026, EFIV returned +14.2%, 2nd of 9 among similar funds.
• Its 5-year annualized return was +13.0%.
• Its worst full calendar year was 2022 (-17.8%); its best was 2023 (+27.9%).
• The deepest fall in its price history was 24.5% (Jan 3, 2022 to Sep 30, 2022), recovered by Jul 31, 2023.

As of Jun 30, 2026, the fund held 329 securities; the ten largest made up 40.02% of assets.

By sector

• Over the three months to Jun 30, 2026, investors added a net $36.0M (creations minus redemptions, per the N-PORT report).
• Monthly total returns reported for that quarter: +10.23%, +4.32%, +0.79%.

The fund tracks the S&P 500 Scored & Screened Index. Its prospectus calls it the State Street SPDR S&P 500 Scored and Screened ETF. The index starts with every S&P 500 company and then removes some. A company is out if it earns any revenue from making tobacco, controversial weapons such as cluster munitions or chemical weapons, or small arms. It is also out at 5% or more of revenue from oil sands, thermal coal mining or coal power, or 10% or more from military weapons and support. Companies that Sustainalytics flags for severe breaches of UN Global Compact principles on human rights, labor, the environment or business ethics are dropped. So are those in the worst 25% of S&P Global ESG Scores within their industry group.

The index aims to keep overall industry group weights similar to the S&P 500's, so the fund still looks much like the broad market. As of June 30, 2026, it had 329 holdings. The 10 largest made up about 40% of assets, led by NVIDIA at 12.1%. Technology made up 33.7%.

The adviser, SSGA Funds Management, uses sampling. This means it may hold only some of the index's stocks or nearly all of them, as long as the fund behaves like the index. At least 80% of assets must be in index stocks. The fund uses small futures positions and cash to manage money coming in and out. Portfolio turnover was 16%, which is low.

• EFIV charges 0.1% a year, versus an average of 0.14% for the similar funds below (5th of 9, cheapest first).
• Using the prospectus's standard example, $10,000 invested would cost about $10 in the first year and $128 over 10 years (assuming a 5% annual return).

It holds about 329 large US companies across every major industry for a low fee, so it can serve as the main US stock holding for investors who want ESG screens.

EFIV launched in July 2020, after the 2008 crisis and the 2020 COVID crash, so neither episode tested it. In the 2022 bear market it fell 24.5% from January 3 to September 30, 2022. It took 10 months to get back to its peak, on July 31, 2023. Its worst calendar year was 2022, at −17.75%. A retiree who sold shares near that low to cover spending would have locked in losses. This is why many plans keep cash or bonds to draw on in bad years.

Income is small: the yield was 0.98% for the 12 months to October 27, 2026, paid quarterly. Costs are low. In the SEC's standard example on $10,000, costs are $10 in the first year and $128 over 10 years. Past results don't predict the future, and a plan should look at the whole portfolio, not one fund.

Matched by holdings overlap from the latest N-PORT reports.