Which returned more over the last year, LCTU or MTUM?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, LCTU returned +15.3% and MTUM +25.8%.

Which is cheaper, LCTU or MTUM?

Neither: LCTU and MTUM both charge 0.15% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do LCTU and MTUM overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 93% of LCTU and 93% of MTUM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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LCTU vs MTUM: Differences, Returns & Fees

LCTU and MTUM hold 25% of their weight in the same names, and MTUM returned +25.8% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $1.2bn for iShares U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness Aware Active ETF and $20.3bn for iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF.

Both cost 0.15% a year; their one-year returns differ by 10.5 points; MTUM is 16.9 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

	LCTU	MTUM
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.15%
Net assets	$1.2bn	$20.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+15.3%	+25.8%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI USA Momentum SR Variant Index
Holdings in common	25%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	35.5%	36.3%
Below its high		7.1%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+15.3%

LCTU total return, 1 year

+25.8%

MTUM total return, 1 year

0.15%

LCTU expense ratio

0.15%

MTUM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, LCTU and MTUM hold 25% 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.

50%

half

25% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding LCTU MTUM

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.53% 2.69%

ALPHABET CLASS C 1.94% 2.12%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.63% 6.33%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.55% 5.26%

CATERPILLAR INC 0.68% 2.02%

APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.66% 3.07%

LAM RESEARCH 0.66% 2.37%

INTEL CORPORATION 0.65% 4.22%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.63% 3.54%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.63% 2.61%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.62% 3.10%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS 0.61% 2.70%

Only in LCTU

NVIDIA 8.04%

APPLE 7.29%

MICROSOFT 4.97%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.11%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.38%

BROADCOM INC 2.11%

TESLA INC 1.51%

BANK OF AMERICA 1.28%

Only in MTUM

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC 2.02%

TEXAS INSTRUMENT INC 1.26%

UNION PACIFIC 0.90%

WELLTOWER 0.89%

CSX 0.62%

CLOUDFLARE CLASS A 0.53%

HOWMET AEROSPACE 0.50%

ROSS STORES INC 0.50%

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On the same fields

LCTU

iShares U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness Aware Active ETF

MTUM

iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI USA Momentum Factor

Total return, 1 year +15.3% +25.8%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −2.0 pts +8.6 pts

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 93.4% 93.2%

Holdings 330 126

Net assets $1.2bn $20.3bn

LCTU and MTUM on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

LCTU in plain words

LCTU is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +15.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 330 positions, with the top ten at 35.5%.

MTUM in plain words

MTUM tracks the MSCI USA Momentum Factor. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +25.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 126 positions, with the top ten at 36.3%. It sat 7.1% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, LCTU or MTUM?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, LCTU returned +15.3% and MTUM +25.8%.
Which is cheaper, LCTU or MTUM?: Neither: LCTU and MTUM both charge 0.15% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do LCTU and MTUM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 93% of LCTU and 93% of MTUM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

LCTU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗LCTU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for LCTU ↗MTUM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗MTUM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for MTUM ↗

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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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