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FTXR vs IJJ: how they differ

FTXR and IJJ hold 5% of their weight in the same names, and FTXR returned +21.2% over the year. First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF and iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF.

IJJ costs 0.42 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.7 points; IJJ is 8.5 times larger.

FTXRIJJ
Expense ratio0.60%0.18%
Net assets$999m$8.4bn
Total return, 1 year+21.2%+10.5%
Holdings in common5%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund58.3%11.0%
Below its high9.0%, high on Aug 4, 20267.1%, high on Aug 14, 2026

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

+21.2%
FTXR total return, 1 year
+10.5%
IJJ total return, 1 year
0.60%
FTXR expense ratio
0.18%
IJJ expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTXR and IJJ hold 5% 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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5% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FTXR IJJ
BorgWarner Inc. 2.02% 0.76%
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. 1.58% 0.64%
Saia, Inc. 0.72% 0.55%
Ryder System, Inc. 2.91% 0.55%
American Airlines Group Inc. 3.90% 0.51%
Lear Corporation 1.66% 0.35%
Landstar System, Inc. 0.50% 0.35%
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. 0.95% 0.28%
Oshkosh Corporation 1.26% 0.26%
Kirby Corporation 0.81% 0.24%
Gentex Corporation 0.64% 0.16%
Only in FTXR
Tesla, Inc. 8.55%
General Motors Company 7.88%
Union Pacific Corporation 7.60%
Ford Motor Company 7.17%
FedEx Corporation 6.73%
Delta Air Lines, Inc. 4.32%
United Rentals, Inc. 4.21%
United Airlines Holdings, Inc. 4.08%
Only in IJJ
TD SYNNEX 1.30%
US FOODS HOLDING 1.27%
RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM 1.23%
PERMIAN RESOURCES CLASS A 1.16%
HF SINCLAIR 1.13%
OVINTIV 1.06%
WESCO INTERNATIONAL 1.05%
REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA 1.01%

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On the same fields

FTXR
First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF
IJJ
iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value 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 +21.2% +10.5%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +4.0 pts −6.7 pts
Expense ratio 0.60% 0.18%
Already in the S&P 500 72.8% 0.0%
Holdings 42 303
Net assets $999m $8.4bn

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

FTXR in plain words

FTXR tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +21.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 73% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 42 positions, with the top ten at 58.3%. It sat 9.0% below its high of Aug 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

IJJ in plain words

IJJ tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +10.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 303 positions, with the top ten at 11.0%. It sat 7.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTXR or IJJ?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTXR returned +21.2% and IJJ +10.5%.
Which is cheaper, FTXR or IJJ?
IJJ is cheaper, by 0.42 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $42. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTXR and IJJ overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 73% of FTXR and 0% of IJJ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
FTXR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FTXR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FTXR ↗IJJ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IJJ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IJJ ↗

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How this is computed

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

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ETFIQ, FTXR against IJJ, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/ftxr-vs-ijj

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