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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTXR returned +21.2% and SMIG +9.7%.

Which is cheaper, FTXR or SMIG?

Neither: FTXR and SMIG both charge 0.60% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 73% of FTXR and 35% of SMIG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FTXR vs SMIG: how they differ

FTXR and SMIG hold 3% of their weight in the same names, and FTXR returned +21.2% over the year. First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF and Bahl & Gaynor Small/Mid Cap Income Growth ETF.

Both cost 0.60% a year; their one-year returns differ by 11.5 points; SMIG is 1.5 times larger.

	FTXR	SMIG
Expense ratio	0.60%	0.60%
Net assets, FTXR as of Oct 9, 2026 and SMIG as of Jun 30, 2026	$999m	$1.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+21.2%	+9.7%
Holdings in common	3%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	58.3%	42.3%
Below its high	9.0%, high on Aug 4, 2026	6.4%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+21.2%

FTXR total return, 1 year

+9.7%

SMIG total return, 1 year

0.60%

FTXR expense ratio

0.60%

SMIG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTXR and SMIG hold 3% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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3% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FTXR SMIG

Ryder System, Inc. 2.91% 2.88%

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 SMIG

Silicon Motion Technology Corp 6.66%

Targa Resources Corp 4.89%

Snap-on Inc 4.70%

Victory Capital Holdings Inc 4.30%

DT Midstream Inc 4.19%

Hubbell Inc 4.01%

Gildan Activewear Inc 3.78%

Packaging Corp of America 3.30%

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On the same fields

FTXR

First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF

SMIG

Bahl & Gaynor Small/Mid Cap Income Growth ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust Bahl & Gaynor

What it is Tracks an index Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +21.2% +9.7%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +4.0 pts −7.6 pts

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.60%

Already in the S&P 500 72.8% 35.4%

Holdings 42 38

Net assets, FTXR as of Oct 9, 2026 and SMIG as of Jun 30, 2026 $999m $1.5bn

FTXR and SMIG 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.

SMIG in plain words

SMIG is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +9.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 35% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 38 positions, with the top ten at 42.3%. It sat 6.4% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTXR or SMIG?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTXR returned +21.2% and SMIG +9.7%.
Which is cheaper, FTXR or SMIG?: Neither: FTXR and SMIG both charge 0.60% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTXR and SMIG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 73% of FTXR and 35% of SMIG 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 ↗SMIG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SMIG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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

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