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FPX vs MDYG: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, FPX returned +2.9% to MDYG's +13.3%; 5% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $1.4bn for First Trust US Equity Opportunities ETF and $2.8bn for State Street SPDR S & P 400 Mid Cap Growth ETF.

At a glance
+2.9%
FPX total return, 1 year
+13.3%
MDYG total return, 1 year
0.57%
FPX expense ratio
0.15%
MDYG expense ratio

Pair scorecard

MDYG costs 0.42 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.4 points; MDYG is 2.0 times larger.

FPX vs MDYG: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureFPXMDYG
Return
Total return, 1 year+2.9%+13.3%
Drawdown
Below its high15.9%, high on Jun 30, 20268.3%, high on Aug 17, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksIPOX -100 U.S. IndexS&P MidCap 400 Growth Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.57%0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$1.4bn$2.8bn
Holdings
Holdings in common5%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund46.4%13.8%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

5%

By the books each fund has filed, FPX and MDYG hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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5% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FPX MDYG
Exelixis, Inc. 1.11% 0.94%
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Plc 0.92% 0.78%
Roivant Sciences Ltd. 1.51% 0.66%
DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. 0.72% 0.60%
BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. 1.19% 0.58%
American Healthcare REIT, Inc. 1.43% 0.39%
MKS, Inc. 0.33% 0.59%
UL Solutions Inc. (Class A) 0.33% 0.33%
DT Midstream, Inc. 0.30% 0.55%
Crane Company 1.02% 0.28%
Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. 0.23% 0.31%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in FPX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (Class A) 9.24%
Eli Lilly and Company 8.28%
GE Vernova Inc. 7.36%
Sandisk Corporation 5.46%
Seagate Technology Holdings Plc 4.17%
HF Sinclair Corp. 3.25%
Lumentum Holdings Inc. 2.67%
Corpay, Inc. 2.09%
Only in MDYG
OKTA INC 2.17%
TECHNIPFMC PLC 1.62%
UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORP 1.47%
ATI INC 1.31%
XPO INC 1.27%
NVENT ELECTRIC PLC 1.26%
TENET HEALTHCARE CORP 1.22%
ROKU INC 1.20%
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Side by side

FPX First Trust US Equity Opportunities ETF MDYG State Street SPDR S & P 400 Mid Cap Growth ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +2.9% +13.3%
Its benchmark over the same days +13.7% (IVV) +13.2% (IJK)
Gap to its benchmark −10.8 pts vs IVV +0.1 pts vs IJK
Expense ratio 0.57% 0.15%
Already in the S&P 500 50.6% 0.0%
Holdings 99 247
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $1.4bn $2.8bn

FPX and MDYG on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-9ADFE79A09

FPX and MDYG do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

  1. What each follows. FPX follows IPOX -100 U.S. Index and MDYG follows S&P MidCap 400 Growth Index.
  2. Holdings in common. 5% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
  3. One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 FPX returned +2.9% and MDYG +13.3% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 10.4 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund
FPX

FPX tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.9% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.57% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 51% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 99 positions, with the top ten at 46.4%. It sat 15.9% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

MDYG

MDYG tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.3% with distributions reinvested, against +13.2% for its benchmark, the S&P MidCap 400 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 247 positions, with the top ten at 13.8%. It sat 8.3% below its high of Aug 17, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FPX or MDYG?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FPX returned +2.9% and MDYG +13.3%.
Which is cheaper, FPX or MDYG?
MDYG is cheaper, by 0.42 percentage points a year. That is about $42 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FPX and MDYG overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 51% of FPX and 0% of MDYG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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