Which returned more over the last year, FV or IVOG?

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FV returned +20.0% and IVOG +15.8%.

Which is cheaper, FV or IVOG?

IVOG is cheaper, by 0.79 percentage points a year. That is about $79 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do FV and IVOG overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Across categories

FV vs IVOG: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FV returned +20.0% to IVOG's +15.8%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $3.8bn on Nov 3, 2026 for First Trust Dorsey Wright Focus 5 ETF, and $1.7bn on Oct 31, 2026 for Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Growth ETF.

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At a glance

+20.0%

FV total return, 1 year

+15.8%

IVOG total return, 1 year

0.89%

FV expense ratio

0.10%

IVOG expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IVOG costs 0.79 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.2 points.

FV vs IVOG: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FV	IVOG
Return
Measure	FV	IVOG
Total return, 1 year	+20.0%	+15.8%
Drawdown
Measure	FV	IVOG
Below its high	4.1%, high on Oct 28, 2026	8.0%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	FV	IVOG
What it tracks	Dorsey Wright Focus Five Index	S&P MidCap 400 Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	FV	IVOG
Expense ratio	0.89%	0.10%
Net assets, FV as of Nov 3, 2026 and IVOG as of Oct 31, 2026	$3.8bn	$1.7bn
Holdings
Measure	FV	IVOG
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	99.9%	14.7%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, FV and IVOG hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FV IVOG

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FV

First Trust Nasdaq Pharmaceuticals ETF 22.02%

First Trust NYSE® Arca® Biotechnology Index Fund 21.16%

First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF 20.98%

First Trust Technology AlphaDEX® Fund 18.53%

First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund 17.19%

Only in IVOG

Twilio Inc 2.51%

Okta Inc 1.94%

TechnipFMC PLC 1.49%

nVent Electric PLC 1.45%

ATI Inc 1.44%

United Therapeutics Corp 1.30%

XPO Inc 1.15%

Tenet Healthcare Corp 1.15%

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Side by side

FV First Trust Dorsey Wright Focus 5 ETF IVOG Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Growth ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +20.0% +15.8%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.8% (VOO) +15.9% (IJK)

Gap to its benchmark +5.2 pts vs VOO −0.1 pts vs IJK

Expense ratio 0.89% 0.10%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 5 247

Net assets, FV as of Nov 3, 2026 and IVOG as of Oct 31, 2026 $3.8bn $1.7bn

FV and IVOG on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

FV tracks an index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +20.0% with distributions reinvested, against +14.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.89% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 5 positions, with the top ten at 99.9%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Oct 28, 2026 on Nov 4, 2026.

IVOG

IVOG tracks an index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +15.8% with distributions reinvested, against +15.9% for its benchmark, the S&P MidCap 400 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 247 positions, with the top ten at 14.7%. It sat 8.0% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Nov 4, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FV or IVOG?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FV returned +20.0% and IVOG +15.8%.
Which is cheaper, FV or IVOG?: IVOG is cheaper, by 0.79 percentage points a year. That is about $79 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FV and IVOG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of FV and 0% of IVOG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

FV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for FV ↗

IVOG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IVOG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for IVOG ↗

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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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