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FTGS vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees

FTGS and SPYM hold 18% of their weight in the same names, and SPYM returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets: $1.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for First Trust Growth Strength ETF, and $178.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF.

SPYM costs 0.58 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.3 points; SPYM is far larger, $178.5bn against $1.3bn.

FTGS vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees
FTGSSPYM
Expense ratio0.60%0.02%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$1.3bn$178.5bn
Total return, 1 year+7.0%+17.3%
What it tracksGrowth Strength IndexS&P 500 Index ?
Holdings in common18%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund24.9%39.0%

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

+7.0%
FTGS total return, 1 year
+17.3%
SPYM total return, 1 year
0.60%
FTGS expense ratio
0.02%
SPYM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTGS and SPYM 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 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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18% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FTGS SPYM
Microsoft Corporation 2.62% 5.79%
NVIDIA Corporation 2.18% 8.33%
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 2.15% 2.37%
Broadcom Inc. 1.88% 2.56%
Eli Lilly and Company 1.93% 1.40%
Mastercard Incorporated 2.09% 0.69%
Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 3.05% 0.68%
Costco Wholesale Corporation 1.94% 0.63%
Netflix, Inc. 1.97% 0.45%
Marvell Technology, Inc. 2.82% 0.36%
Arista Networks, Inc. 2.48% 0.33%
Amphenol Corporation 2.23% 0.31%
Only in FTGS
United Therapeutics Corporation 1.98%
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. 1.61%
Only in SPYM
APPLE INC 7.42%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.72%
ALPHABET INC CL A 3.05%
ALPHABET INC CL C 2.45%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1.75%
TESLA INC 1.58%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.51%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B 1.42%

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On the same fields

FTGS
First Trust Growth Strength ETF
SPYM
State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer First Trust State Street
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% (IVV)
Gap to its benchmark not available 0.0 pts vs IVV
Expense ratio 0.60% 0.02%
Already in the S&P 500 93.8% 99.8%
Holdings 50 506
Net assets, FTGS as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPYM as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.3bn $178.5bn
Former ticker none SPLG

FTGS and SPYM 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 SPYM

SPYM 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 Index ?. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.02% 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 506 positions, with the top ten at 39.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTGS or SPYM?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTGS returned +7.0% and SPYM +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, FTGS or SPYM?
SPYM is cheaper, by 0.58 percentage points a year. That is about $58 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTGS and SPYM overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 94% of FTGS and 100% of SPYM 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 ↗SPYM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPYM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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