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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTGS returned +7.0% and MTUM +25.8%.

Which is cheaper, FTGS or MTUM?

MTUM is cheaper, by 0.45 percentage points a year. That is about $45 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 94% of FTGS and 93% of MTUM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FTGS vs MTUM: Differences, Returns & Fees

FTGS and MTUM hold 10% of their weight in the same names, and MTUM returned +25.8% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $1.3bn for First Trust Growth Strength ETF and $20.3bn for iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF.

MTUM costs 0.45 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.8 points; MTUM is 15.5 times larger.

FTGS vs MTUM: Differences, Returns & Fees
	FTGS	MTUM
Expense ratio	0.60%	0.15%
Net assets	$1.3bn	$20.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+7.0%	+25.8%
What it tracks	Growth Strength Index	MSCI USA Momentum SR Variant Index
Holdings in common	10%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.9%	36.1%
Below its high		7.1%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+7.0%

FTGS total return, 1 year

+25.8%

MTUM total return, 1 year

0.60%

FTGS expense ratio

0.15%

MTUM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTGS and MTUM hold 10% 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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10% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FTGS MTUM

Marvell Technology, Inc. 2.82% 2.13%

Seagate Technology Holdings Plc 1.92% 2.02%

Fortinet, Inc. 2.33% 1.03%

Arista Networks, Inc. 2.48% 0.90%

Amphenol Corporation 2.23% 0.78%

Corning Incorporated 1.96% 0.71%

Howmet Aerospace Inc. 1.60% 0.50%

Ross Stores, Inc. 1.84% 0.49%

Comfort Systems USA, Inc. 1.98% 0.39%

Target Corporation 2.13% 0.38%

Monster Beverage Corporation 1.73% 0.32%

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 2.04% 0.29%

Only in FTGS

Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 3.05%

Microsoft Corporation 2.62%

Newmont Corporation 2.54%

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 2.37%

ResMed Inc. 2.23%

CME Group Inc. 2.21%

NVIDIA Corporation 2.18%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 2.15%

Only in MTUM

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 6.16%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 5.19%

INTEL CORPORATION 4.09%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 3.63%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 3.14%

APPLIED MATERIAL INC 3.03%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS 2.81%

SANDISK 2.74%

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On the same fields

FTGS

First Trust Growth Strength ETF

MTUM

iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks the MSCI USA Momentum Factor

Total return, 1 year +7.0% +25.8%

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 93.8% 93.2%

Holdings 50 126

Net assets $1.3bn $20.3bn

FTGS and MTUM 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 MTUM

MTUM tracks the MSCI USA Momentum Factor. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +25.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 126 positions, with the top ten at 36.1%. It sat 7.1% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTGS or MTUM?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTGS returned +7.0% and MTUM +25.8%.
Which is cheaper, FTGS or MTUM?: MTUM is cheaper, by 0.45 percentage points a year. That is about $45 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTGS and MTUM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 94% of FTGS and 93% of MTUM 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 ↗MTUM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗MTUM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for MTUM ↗

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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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