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DYNF vs FTGS: Differences, Returns & Fees

DYNF and FTGS hold 17% of their weight in the same names, and DYNF returned +19.6% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $42.9bn for iShares U.S. Equity Factor Rotation Active ETF and $1.3bn for First Trust Growth Strength ETF.

DYNF costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.6 points; DYNF is far larger, $42.9bn against $1.3bn.

DYNF vs FTGS: Differences, Returns & Fees
DYNFFTGS
Expense ratio0.26%0.60%
Net assets$42.9bn$1.3bn
Total return, 1 year+19.6%+7.0%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedGrowth Strength Index
Holdings in common17%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund41.0%24.9%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+19.6%
DYNF total return, 1 year
+7.0%
FTGS total return, 1 year
0.26%
DYNF expense ratio
0.60%
FTGS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DYNF and FTGS hold 17% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

half

17% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DYNF FTGS
MICROSOFT 5.08% 2.62%
NVIDIA 8.39% 2.18%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.65% 2.15%
BROADCOM INC 2.55% 1.88%
ELI LILLY 1.21% 1.93%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 0.79% 3.05%
NETFLIX 0.77% 1.97%
AMPHENOL CORP CLASS A 0.73% 2.23%
NEWMONT 0.65% 2.54%
CME GROUP CLASS A 0.63% 2.21%
TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC 0.57% 1.96%
CORNING 0.40% 1.96%
Only in DYNF
APPLE 7.73%
AMAZON.COM INC 4.18%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 3.20%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.74%
ALPHABET CLASS A 2.48%
ALPHABET CLASS C 2.05%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1.96%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.89%
Only in FTGS
ResMed Inc. 2.23%
Garmin Ltd. 2.08%
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 2.06%
Baker Hughes Company (Class A) 1.96%
Delta Air Lines, Inc. 1.89%
Ralph Lauren Corporation 1.88%
Chubb Limited 1.87%
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (Class A) 1.87%

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On the same fields

DYNF
iShares U.S. Equity Factor Rotation Active ETF
FTGS
First Trust Growth Strength ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares First Trust
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +19.6% +7.0%
Its benchmark over the same days +16.9% (PBUS) not published
Gap to its benchmark +2.6 pts vs PBUS not available
Expense ratio 0.26% 0.60%
Already in the S&P 500 94.8% 93.8%
Holdings 261 50
Net assets $42.9bn $1.3bn

DYNF and FTGS on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About DYNF

DYNF is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.6% with distributions reinvested, against +16.9% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.26% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 261 positions, with the top ten at 41.0%.

About FTGS

FTGS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +7.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 50 positions, with the top ten at 24.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DYNF or FTGS?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DYNF returned +19.6% and FTGS +7.0%.
Which is cheaper, DYNF or FTGS?
DYNF is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DYNF and FTGS overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 95% of DYNF and 94% of FTGS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
DYNF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DYNF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for DYNF ↗FTGS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FTGS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FTGS ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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