Which returned more over the last year, FTXR or IWS?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTXR returned +21.2% and IWS +20.2%.

Which is cheaper, FTXR or IWS?

IWS is cheaper, by 0.37 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $37. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do FTXR and IWS overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 73% of FTXR and 66% of IWS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FTXR vs IWS: how they differ

FTXR and IWS hold 4% of their weight in the same names, and FTXR returned +21.2% over the year. First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF and iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF.

IWS costs 0.37 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.0 point; IWS is 15.3 times larger.

	FTXR	IWS
Expense ratio	0.60%	0.23%
Net assets	$999m	$15.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+21.2%	+20.2%
Holdings in common	4%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	58.3%	7.0%
Below its high	9.0%, high on Aug 4, 2026	4.6%, 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

+20.2%

IWS total return, 1 year

0.60%

FTXR expense ratio

0.23%

IWS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTXR and IWS hold 4% 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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4% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FTXR IWS

United Rentals, Inc. 4.21% 0.50%

Ford Motor Company 7.17% 0.48%

Delta Air Lines, Inc. 4.32% 0.47%

Wabtec Corporation 2.35% 0.47%

United Airlines Holdings, Inc. 4.08% 0.33%

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. 1.54% 0.27%

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 1.13% 0.25%

Genuine Parts Company 1.31% 0.18%

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. 1.64% 0.17%

Southwest Airlines Co. 3.35% 0.17%

BorgWarner Inc. 2.02% 0.13%

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. 1.58% 0.10%

Only in FTXR

Tesla, Inc. 8.55%

General Motors Company 7.88%

Union Pacific Corporation 7.60%

FedEx Corporation 6.73%

American Airlines Group Inc. 3.90%

CSX Corporation 3.85%

United Parcel Service, Inc. (Class B) 3.73%

PACCAR Inc 3.57%

Only in IWS

PHILLIPS 66 1.06%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 0.94%

MODERNA 0.72%

MARATHON PETROLEUM 0.67%

DIGITAL REALTY TRUST REIT 0.65%

KINDER MORGAN 0.63%

ALLSTATE CORP 0.59%

AMETEK INC 0.57%

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On the same fields

FTXR

First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF

IWS

iShares Russell Mid-Cap 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% +20.2%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +4.0 pts +3.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.23%

Already in the S&P 500 72.8% 66.1%

Holdings 42 719

Net assets $999m $15.3bn

FTXR and IWS 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.

IWS in plain words

IWS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.23% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 66% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 719 positions, with the top ten at 7.0%. It sat 4.6% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTXR or IWS?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTXR returned +21.2% and IWS +20.2%.
Which is cheaper, FTXR or IWS?: IWS is cheaper, by 0.37 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $37. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTXR and IWS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 73% of FTXR and 66% of IWS 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 ↗IWS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IWS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IWS ↗

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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 IWS, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/ftxr-vs-iws

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