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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTXR returned +21.2% and MDYV +10.4%.

Which is cheaper, FTXR or MDYV?

MDYV is cheaper, by 0.45 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $45. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 73% of FTXR and 0% of MDYV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FTXR vs MDYV: how they differ

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

MDYV costs 0.45 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.8 points; MDYV is 2.7 times larger.

	FTXR	MDYV
Expense ratio	0.60%	0.15%
Net assets, FTXR as of Oct 9, 2026 and MDYV as of Oct 8, 2026	$999m	$2.7bn
Total return, 1 year	+21.2%	+10.4%
Holdings in common	5%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	58.3%	11.0%
Below its high	9.0%, high on Aug 4, 2026	7.1%, 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

+10.4%

MDYV total return, 1 year

0.60%

FTXR expense ratio

0.15%

MDYV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTXR and MDYV 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 MDYV

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 MDYV

TD SYNNEX CORP 1.30%

US FOODS HOLDING CORP 1.27%

RELIANCE INC 1.23%

PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP CL A 1.16%

HF SINCLAIR CORP 1.13%

OVINTIV INC 1.06%

WESCO INTERNATIONAL INC 1.05%

REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA 1.01%

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On the same fields

FTXR

First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF

MDYV

State Street SPDR S & P 400 Mid Cap Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust State Street

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +21.2% +10.4%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +4.0 pts −6.9 pts

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 72.8% 0.0%

Holdings 42 296

Net assets, FTXR as of Oct 9, 2026 and MDYV as of Oct 8, 2026 $999m $2.7bn

FTXR and MDYV 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.

MDYV in plain words

MDYV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +10.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% 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 296 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 MDYV?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTXR returned +21.2% and MDYV +10.4%.
Which is cheaper, FTXR or MDYV?: MDYV is cheaper, by 0.45 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $45. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTXR and MDYV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 73% of FTXR and 0% of MDYV 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 ↗MDYV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗MDYV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗

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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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