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

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FV returned +20.0% and SPTM +15.2%.

Which is cheaper, FV or SPTM?

SPTM is cheaper, by 0.86 percentage points a year. That is about $86 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of FV and 92% of SPTM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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FV vs SPTM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FV returned +20.0% to SPTM's +15.2%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $3.8bn for First Trust Dorsey Wright Focus 5 ETF and $14.0bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF.

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At a glance

+20.0%

FV total return, 1 year

+15.2%

SPTM total return, 1 year

0.89%

FV expense ratio

0.03%

SPTM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPTM costs 0.86 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.8 points; SPTM is 3.7 times larger.

FV vs SPTM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FV	SPTM
Return
Measure	FV	SPTM
Total return, 1 year	+20.0%	+15.2%
Drawdown
Measure	FV	SPTM
Below its high	4.1%, high on Oct 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	FV	SPTM
What it tracks	Dorsey Wright Focus Five Index	S&P Composite 1500 Index
Cost and size
Measure	FV	SPTM
Expense ratio	0.89%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$3.8bn	$14.0bn
Holdings
Measure	FV	SPTM
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	99.9%	34.4%

Method

What they share

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

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FV SPTM

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 SPTM

NVIDIA CORP 7.08%

APPLE INC 6.85%

MICROSOFT CORP 5.47%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.48%

ALPHABET INC CL A 2.32%

BROADCOM INC 2.23%

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 1.93%

ALPHABET INC CL C 1.87%

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Side by side

FV First Trust Dorsey Wright Focus 5 ETF SPTM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market 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 +20.0% +15.2%

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

Gap to its benchmark +5.2 pts vs VOO +0.4 pts vs IVV

Expense ratio 0.89% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 92.1%

Holdings 5 1513

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $3.8bn $14.0bn

FV and SPTM 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.

SPTM

SPTM tracks an index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +15.2% with distributions reinvested, against +14.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,513 positions, with the top ten at 34.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FV or SPTM?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FV returned +20.0% and SPTM +15.2%.
Which is cheaper, FV or SPTM?: SPTM is cheaper, by 0.86 percentage points a year. That is about $86 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FV and SPTM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of FV and 92% of SPTM 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 ↗

SPTM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPTM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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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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