Which returned more over the last year, FTC or JHMM?

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTC returned +6.6% and JHMM +18.0%.

Which is cheaper, FTC or JHMM?

JHMM is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do FTC and JHMM overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 75% of FTC and 52% of JHMM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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FTC vs JHMM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTC returned +6.6% to JHMM's +18.0%; 20% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $1.3bn on Nov 3, 2026 for First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund, and $5.8bn on Jun 30, 2026 for John Hancock Multifactor Mid Cap ETF.

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At a glance

+6.6%

FTC total return, 1 year

+18.0%

JHMM total return, 1 year

0.58%

FTC expense ratio

0.41%

JHMM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

JHMM costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.4 points.

FTC vs JHMM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FTC	JHMM
Return
Measure	FTC	JHMM
Total return, 1 year	+6.6%	+18.0%
Drawdown
Measure	FTC	JHMM
Below its high	12.4%, high on Jun 22, 2026	3.5%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	FTC	JHMM
What it tracks	Nasdaq AlphaDEX Large Cap Growth Index	John Hancock Dimensional Mid Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	FTC	JHMM
Expense ratio	0.58%	0.41%
Net assets, FTC as of Nov 3, 2026 and JHMM as of Jun 30, 2026	$1.3bn	$5.8bn
Holdings
Measure	FTC	JHMM
Holdings in common	20%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	9.9%	6.1%

Method

What they share

20%

By the books each fund has filed, FTC and JHMM hold 20% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FTC JHMM

Comfort Systems USA, Inc. 0.73% 0.64%

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company 0.78% 0.60%

Keysight Technologies, Inc. 0.79% 0.58%

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 0.74% 0.52%

Targa Resources Corp. 0.61% 0.51%

Teradyne, Inc. 0.51% 0.64%

AMETEK, Inc. 0.55% 0.47%

Rockwell Automation, Inc. 0.56% 0.47%

eBay Inc. 0.84% 0.46%

MKS, Inc. 0.43% 0.54%

Jabil Inc. 0.52% 0.42%

Cardinal Health, Inc. 0.43% 0.42%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FTC

Workday, Inc. (Class A) 0.98%

Quanta Services, Inc. 0.96%

Wabtec Corporation 0.96%

Amphenol Corporation 0.94%

Ross Stores, Inc. 0.93%

Eli Lilly and Company 0.92%

Newmont Corporation 0.88%

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (Class A) 0.87%

Only in JHMM

Flex Ltd. 0.85%

Fifth Third Bancorp 0.46%

Entergy Corporation 0.45%

State Street Corporation 0.43%

Devon Energy Corporation 0.41%

The Hartford Insurance Group Inc. 0.41%

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation 0.40%

Edison International 0.36%

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Side by side

FTC First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund JHMM John Hancock Multifactor Mid Cap ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust John Hancock

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +6.6% +18.0%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.8% (IVV) +14.8% (IWV)

Gap to its benchmark −8.2 pts vs IVV +3.2 pts vs IWV

Expense ratio 0.58% 0.41%

Already in the S&P 500 75.0% 52.5%

Holdings 187 662

Net assets, FTC as of Nov 3, 2026 and JHMM as of Jun 30, 2026 $1.3bn $5.8bn

FTC and JHMM on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

FTC

FTC tracks an index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +6.6% with distributions reinvested, against +14.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.58% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026, 75% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 187 positions, with the top ten at 9.9%. It sat 12.4% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Nov 4, 2026.

JHMM

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested, against +14.8% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

JHMM tracks an index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.41% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 52% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 662 positions, with the top ten at 6.1%. It sat 3.5% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Nov 4, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTC or JHMM?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTC returned +6.6% and JHMM +18.0%.
Which is cheaper, FTC or JHMM?: JHMM is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTC and JHMM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 75% of FTC and 52% of JHMM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FTC on its own →JHMM on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →FTC dividend history →FTC holdings →JHMM dividend history →JHMM holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

FTC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FTC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for FTC ↗

JHMM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JHMM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

John Hancock website ↗

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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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