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FTGS vs OEF: Differences, Returns & Fees

FTGS and OEF hold 16% of their weight in the same names, and OEF returned +16.8% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $1.3bn for First Trust Growth Strength ETF and $20.8bn for iShares S&P 100 ETF.

OEF costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.8 points; OEF is 15.9 times larger.

FTGSOEF
Expense ratio0.60%0.20%
Net assets$1.3bn$20.8bn
Total return, 1 year+7.0%+16.8%
What it tracksnot read by ETFIQS&P 100
Holdings in common16%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund24.9%52.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+7.0%
FTGS total return, 1 year
+16.8%
OEF total return, 1 year
0.60%
FTGS expense ratio
0.20%
OEF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTGS and OEF hold 16% 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 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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16% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FTGS OEF
Microsoft Corporation 2.62% 7.81%
NVIDIA Corporation 2.18% 11.23%
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 2.15% 3.20%
Broadcom Inc. 1.88% 3.45%
Eli Lilly and Company 1.93% 1.88%
Mastercard Incorporated 2.09% 0.94%
Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 3.05% 0.92%
Costco Wholesale Corporation 1.94% 0.85%
Netflix, Inc. 1.97% 0.60%
Arista Networks, Inc. 2.48% 0.44%
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 2.37% 0.30%
Uber Technologies, Inc. 1.91% 0.29%
Only in FTGS
Marvell Technology, Inc. 2.82%
Newmont Corporation 2.54%
Fortinet, Inc. 2.33%
Amphenol Corporation 2.23%
ResMed Inc. 2.23%
CME Group Inc. 2.21%
Target Corporation 2.13%
DexCom, Inc. 2.12%
Only in OEF
APPLE 10.00%
AMAZON.COM INC 5.02%
ALPHABET CLASS A 4.11%
ALPHABET CLASS C 3.30%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 2.36%
TESLA INC 2.13%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 2.04%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.92%

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On the same fields

FTGS
First Trust Growth Strength ETF
OEF
iShares S&P 100 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer First Trust iShares
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +7.0% +16.8%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −10.3 pts −0.5 pts
Expense ratio 0.60% 0.20%
Already in the S&P 500 93.8% 99.9%
Holdings 50 102
Net assets $1.3bn $20.8bn

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

FTGS in plain words

FTGS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +7.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. 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%.

OEF in plain words

OEF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 102 positions, with the top ten at 52.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTGS or OEF?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTGS returned +7.0% and OEF +16.8%.
Which is cheaper, FTGS or OEF?
OEF is cheaper, by 0.40 percentage points a year. That is about $40 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTGS and OEF overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 94% of FTGS and 100% of OEF 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 ↗OEF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗OEF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for OEF ↗

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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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