Which returned more over the last year, FTGS or IVV?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTGS returned +7.0% and IVV +17.3%.

Which is cheaper, FTGS or IVV?

IVV is cheaper, by 0.57 percentage points a year. That is about $57 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do FTGS and IVV overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 94% of FTGS and 100% of IVV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FTGS vs IVV: Differences, Returns & Fees

FTGS and IVV hold 18% of their weight in the same names, and IVV returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $1.3bn for First Trust Growth Strength ETF and $896.4bn for iShares Core S&P 500 ETF.

IVV costs 0.57 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.3 points; IVV is far larger, $896.4bn against $1.3bn.

FTGS vs IVV: Differences, Returns & Fees
	FTGS	IVV
Expense ratio	0.60%	0.03%
Net assets	$1.3bn	$896.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+7.0%	+17.3%
What it tracks	Growth Strength Index	S&P 500
Holdings in common	18%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.9%	39.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+7.0%

FTGS total return, 1 year

+17.3%

IVV total return, 1 year

0.60%

FTGS expense ratio

0.03%

IVV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTGS and IVV hold 18% 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.

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18% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FTGS IVV

Microsoft Corporation 2.62% 5.89%

NVIDIA Corporation 2.18% 8.23%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 2.15% 2.35%

Broadcom Inc. 1.88% 2.55%

Eli Lilly and Company 1.93% 1.40%

Mastercard Incorporated 2.09% 0.71%

Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 3.05% 0.71%

Costco Wholesale Corporation 1.94% 0.62%

Netflix, Inc. 1.97% 0.43%

Marvell Technology, Inc. 2.82% 0.36%

Arista Networks, Inc. 2.48% 0.34%

Amphenol Corporation 2.23% 0.32%

Only in FTGS

United Therapeutics Corporation 1.98%

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. 1.61%

Only in IVV

APPLE 7.29%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.82%

ALPHABET CLASS A 3.06%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.45%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.72%

TESLA INC 1.60%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.47%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.42%

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On the same fields

FTGS

First Trust Growth Strength ETF

IVV

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks the S&P 500

Total return, 1 year +7.0% +17.3%

Its benchmark over the same days not published +17.3% (SPY)

Gap to its benchmark not available +0.1 pts vs SPY

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 93.8% 99.8%

Holdings 50 505

Net assets $1.3bn $896.4bn

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

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%.

About IVV

IVV tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for its benchmark, the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 505 positions, with the top ten at 39.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTGS or IVV?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTGS returned +7.0% and IVV +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, FTGS or IVV?: IVV is cheaper, by 0.57 percentage points a year. That is about $57 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTGS and IVV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 94% of FTGS and 100% of IVV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

FTGS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FTGS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FTGS ↗IVV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IVV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IVV ↗

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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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