Which returned more over the last year, JHMM or VO?

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JHMM returned +18.0% and VO +16.4%.

Which is cheaper, JHMM or VO?

VO is cheaper, by 0.38 percentage points a year. That is about $38 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do JHMM and VO overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 52% of JHMM and 91% of VO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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JHMM vs VO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JHMM returned +18.0% to VO's +16.4%; 31% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $5.8bn on Jun 30, 2026 for John Hancock Multifactor Mid Cap ETF, and $107.4bn on Oct 31, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF.

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At a glance

+18.0%

JHMM total return, 1 year

+16.4%

VO total return, 1 year

0.41%

JHMM expense ratio

0.03%

VO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VO costs 0.38 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.6 points.

JHMM vs VO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	JHMM	VO
Return
Measure	JHMM	VO
Total return, 1 year	+18.0%	+16.4%
Drawdown
Measure	JHMM	VO
Below its high	3.5%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	JHMM	VO
What it tracks	John Hancock Dimensional Mid Cap Index	Morningstar US Mid Cap Index (formerly CRSP US Mid Cap Index)
Cost and size
Measure	JHMM	VO
Expense ratio	0.41%	0.03%
Net assets, JHMM as of Jun 30, 2026 and VO as of Oct 31, 2026	$5.8bn	$107.4bn
Holdings
Measure	JHMM	VO
Holdings in common	31%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	6.1%	9.7%

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What they share

31%

By the books each fund has filed, JHMM and VO hold 31% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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31% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JHMM VO

Teradyne Inc. 0.64% 0.62%

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company 0.60% 0.79%

Keysight Technologies Inc. 0.58% 0.61%

Comfort Systems USA Inc. 0.64% 0.57%

Coherent Corp. 0.65% 0.56%

Monolithic Power Systems Inc. 0.52% 0.62%

Targa Resources Corp. 0.51% 0.57%

Ciena Corporation 0.53% 0.49%

AMETEK Inc. 0.47% 0.56%

Rockwell Automation Inc. 0.47% 0.48%

Fifth Third Bancorp 0.46% 0.45%

Entergy Corporation 0.45% 0.46%

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Only in JHMM

MKS Inc. 0.54%

Jabil Inc. 0.42%

EMCOR Group Inc. 0.38%

MandT Bank Corporation 0.35%

F5 Inc. 0.34%

Entegris Inc. 0.33%

United Therapeutics Corporation 0.32%

Williams-Sonoma Inc. 0.32%

Only in VO

Cloudflare Inc 1.11%

Valero Energy Corp 1.10%

Marathon Petroleum Corp 1.10%

Phillips 66 1.01%

Quanta Services Inc 0.95%

Vertiv Holdings Co 0.92%

Datadog Inc 0.91%

Howmet Aerospace Inc 0.89%

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Side by side

JHMM John Hancock Multifactor Mid Cap ETF VO Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer John Hancock Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Mid-Cap

Total return, 1 year +18.0% +16.4%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.8% (IWV) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +3.2 pts vs IWV not measured

Expense ratio 0.41% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 52.5% 91.1%

Holdings 662 271

Net assets, JHMM as of Jun 30, 2026 and VO as of Oct 31, 2026 $5.8bn $107.4bn

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

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About each fund

JHMM

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested, against +14.8% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

JHMM tracks an index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.41% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 52% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 662 positions, with the top ten at 6.1%. It sat 3.5% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Nov 4, 2026.

VO tracks an index of Mid-Cap. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +16.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 91% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 271 positions, with the top ten at 9.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, JHMM or VO?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JHMM returned +18.0% and VO +16.4%.
Which is cheaper, JHMM or VO?: VO is cheaper, by 0.38 percentage points a year. That is about $38 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do JHMM and VO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 52% of JHMM and 91% of VO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

JHMM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JHMM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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VO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VO ↗

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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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