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FTGS vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees

FTGS and VOO hold 18% of their weight in the same names, and VOO returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets: $1.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for First Trust Growth Strength ETF, and $1.0tn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard S&P 500 ETF.

VOO costs 0.57 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.3 points; VOO is far larger, $1.67tn against $1.3bn.

FTGS vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees
FTGSVOO
Expense ratio0.60%0.03%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026$1.3bn$1.67tn
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%37.8%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+7.0%
FTGS total return, 1 year
+17.3%
VOO total return, 1 year
0.60%
FTGS expense ratio
0.03%
VOO expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTGS and VOO 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 Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

18% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FTGS VOO
Microsoft Corporation 2.62% 5.70%
NVIDIA Corporation 2.18% 8.09%
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 2.15% 1.90%
Broadcom Inc. 1.88% 2.65%
Eli Lilly and Company 1.93% 1.38%
Mastercard Incorporated 2.09% 0.72%
Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 3.05% 0.65%
Costco Wholesale Corporation 1.94% 0.63%
Netflix, Inc. 1.97% 0.52%
Arista Networks, Inc. 2.48% 0.31%
Amphenol Corporation 2.23% 0.29%
Seagate Technology Holdings Plc 1.92% 0.28%
Only in FTGS
United Therapeutics Corporation 1.98%
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. 1.61%
Only in VOO
Apple Inc 7.04%
Amazon.com Inc 3.85%
Alphabet Inc 3.01%
Alphabet Inc 2.40%
Micron Technology Inc 1.64%
Tesla Inc 1.57%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.44%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.40%

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On the same fields

FTGS
First Trust Growth Strength ETF
VOO
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer First Trust Vanguard
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% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 93.8% 99.7%
Holdings 50 507
Net assets, FTGS as of Oct 9, 2026 and VOO as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.3bn $1.0tn

FTGS and VOO 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 VOO

VOO 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 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 507 positions, with the top ten at 37.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTGS or VOO?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTGS returned +7.0% and VOO +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, FTGS or VOO?
VOO is cheaper, by 0.57 percentage points a year. That is about $57 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTGS and VOO overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 94% of FTGS and 100% of VOO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
Other comparisons
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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 ↗VOO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VOO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VOO ↗

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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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