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

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTGS returned +8.8% and JHMM +18.0%.

Which is cheaper, FTGS or JHMM?

JHMM is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. That is about $19 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 94% of FTGS and 52% of JHMM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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FTGS vs JHMM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTGS returned +8.8% to JHMM's +18.0%; 4% of their weight is in the same names.

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

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At a glance

+8.8%

FTGS total return, 1 year

+18.0%

JHMM total return, 1 year

0.60%

FTGS expense ratio

0.41%

JHMM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

JHMM costs 0.19 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.2 points.

FTGS vs JHMM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FTGS	JHMM
Return
Measure	FTGS	JHMM
Total return, 1 year	+8.8%	+18.0%
Drawdown
Measure	FTGS	JHMM
Below its high	4.0%, high on Aug 13, 2026	3.5%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	FTGS	JHMM
What it tracks	Growth Strength Index	John Hancock Dimensional Mid Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	FTGS	JHMM
Expense ratio	0.60%	0.41%
Net assets, FTGS as of Nov 3, 2026 and JHMM as of Jun 30, 2026	$1.3bn	$5.8bn
Holdings
Measure	FTGS	JHMM
Holdings in common	4%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	22.1%	6.1%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, FTGS and JHMM hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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4% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FTGS JHMM

Comfort Systems USA, Inc. 1.79% 0.64%

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 2.20% 0.52%

United Therapeutics Corporation 2.27% 0.32%

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (Class A) 1.88% 0.31%

Tapestry, Inc. 2.02% 0.31%

CBRE Group, Inc. 2.05% 0.29%

Garmin Ltd. 1.91% 0.28%

Arch Capital Group Ltd. 2.14% 0.27%

Expedia Group, Inc. 1.99% 0.24%

ResMed Inc. 1.91% 0.23%

Cincinnati Financial Corporation 2.16% 0.23%

DexCom, Inc. 1.94% 0.21%

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Only in FTGS

Vertiv Holdings Co (Class A) 2.30%

Eli Lilly and Company 2.25%

Blackstone Inc. 2.23%

General Dynamics Corporation 2.19%

S&P Global Inc. 2.18%

Amphenol Corporation 2.13%

Intuit Inc. 2.13%

Stryker Corporation 2.12%

Only in JHMM

Flex Ltd. 0.85%

Coherent Corp. 0.65%

Teradyne Inc. 0.64%

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company 0.60%

Keysight Technologies Inc. 0.58%

MKS Inc. 0.54%

Ciena Corporation 0.53%

Targa Resources Corp. 0.51%

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Side by side

FTGS First Trust Growth Strength ETF 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 +8.8% +18.0%

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

Gap to its benchmark −6.0 pts vs VOO +3.2 pts vs IWV

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.41%

Already in the S&P 500 93.8% 52.5%

Holdings 50 662

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

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

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About each fund

FTGS

FTGS tracks an index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +8.8% with distributions reinvested, against +14.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 50 positions, with the top ten at 22.1%. It sat 4.0% below its high of Aug 13, 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, FTGS or JHMM?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTGS returned +8.8% and JHMM +18.0%.
Which is cheaper, FTGS or JHMM?: JHMM is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. That is about $19 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTGS and JHMM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 94% of FTGS and 52% of JHMM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

FTGS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FTGS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for FTGS ↗

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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