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FTGS vs SPHQ: Differences, Returns & Fees

FTGS and SPHQ hold 20% of their weight in the same names, and SPHQ returned +19.7% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $1.3bn for First Trust Growth Strength ETF and $19.1bn for Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF.

SPHQ costs 0.45 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.6 points; SPHQ is 14.6 times larger.

FTGS vs SPHQ: Differences, Returns & Fees
FTGSSPHQ
Expense ratio0.60%0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 9, 2026$1.3bn$19.1bn
Total return, 1 year+9.1%+19.7%
What it tracksGrowth Strength IndexS&P 500 Quality Index
Holdings in common20%
Holdings datedOct 9, 2026Oct 10, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund24.9%43.7%
Below its high3.4%, high on Aug 13, 20264.9%, high on Jun 30, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+9.1%
FTGS total return, 1 year
+19.7%
SPHQ total return, 1 year
0.60%
FTGS expense ratio
0.15%
SPHQ expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTGS and SPHQ hold 20% 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.

half

20% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FTGS SPHQ
Mastercard Incorporated 2.09% 5.90%
Netflix, Inc. 1.97% 3.62%
Costco Wholesale Corporation 1.94% 3.96%
Newmont Corporation 2.54% 1.81%
Fortinet, Inc. 2.33% 1.73%
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 2.37% 1.47%
Seagate Technology Holdings Plc 1.92% 1.37%
Applovin Corp. (Class A) 1.26% 1.44%
Adobe Incorporated 1.97% 1.16%
Trane Technologies plc 1.96% 0.96%
Moody's Corporation 1.75% 0.94%
Ross Stores, Inc. 1.84% 0.67%
Only in FTGS
Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 3.05%
Marvell Technology, Inc. 2.82%
Microsoft Corporation 2.62%
Arista Networks, Inc. 2.48%
Amphenol Corporation 2.23%
CME Group Inc. 2.21%
NVIDIA Corporation 2.18%
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 2.15%
Only in SPHQ
Visa Inc 5.84%
Apple Inc 5.65%
Lam Research Corp 4.30%
GE Vernova Inc 4.17%
Cisco Systems Inc 3.81%
General Electric Co 3.37%
Sandisk Corp 3.08%
Procter & Gamble Co/The 2.96%

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On the same fields

FTGS
First Trust Growth Strength ETF
SPHQ
Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer First Trust Invesco
What it is Tracks an index Tracks the S&P 500 Quality
Total return, 1 year +9.1% +19.7%
Expense ratio 0.60% 0.15%
Already in the S&P 500 93.8% 100.0%
Holdings 50 102
Net assets, as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.3bn $19.1bn

FTGS and SPHQ on the fields both publish, as of Oct 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About FTGS

FTGS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 12, 2026 it returned +9.1% 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%. It sat 3.4% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 12, 2026.

About SPHQ

SPHQ tracks the S&P 500 Quality. Over the year to Oct 12, 2026 it returned +19.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 10, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 102 positions, with the top ten at 43.7%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Oct 12, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTGS or SPHQ?
In the year to Oct 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTGS returned +9.1% and SPHQ +19.7%.
Which is cheaper, FTGS or SPHQ?
SPHQ 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 SPHQ overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 94% of FTGS and 100% of SPHQ 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 ↗SPHQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPHQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Invesco page for SPHQ ↗

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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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