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MDY vs VLUE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, MDY returned +12.8% to VLUE's +54.7%; 1% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $25.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust, and $9.4bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF.

MDY on its own →VLUE on its own →
At a glance
+12.8%
MDY total return, 1 year
+54.7%
VLUE total return, 1 year
0.23%
MDY expense ratio
0.15%
VLUE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VLUE costs 0.08 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 41.9 points; MDY is 2.8 times larger.

MDY vs VLUE: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureMDYVLUE
Return
Total return, 1 year+12.8%+54.7%
Drawdown
Below its high6.5%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksS&P MidCap 400 IndexMSCI USA Enhanced Value Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.23%0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$25.9bn$9.3bn
Holdings
Holdings in common1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund7.5%42.8%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

1%

By the books each fund has filed, MDY and VLUE hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first MDY VLUE
Okta Inc. Class A 1.09% 0.34%
United Therapeutics Corporation 0.73% 0.17%
W. P. Carey Inc. 0.42% 0.14%
TransUnion 0.42% 0.11%
Annaly Capital Management Inc. 0.40% 0.10%
Corebridge Financial Inc. 0.27% 0.09%
Coeur Mining Inc. 0.42% 0.07%
Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc. 0.43% 0.07%
Fidelity National Financial Inc. - FNF Group 0.29% 0.05%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in MDY
U.S. Dollar 0.96%
TechnipFMC plc 0.81%
Entegris Inc. 0.66%
ATI Inc 0.66%
US Foods Holding Corp. 0.64%
Reliance Inc. 0.64%
XPO Inc. 0.64%
nVent Electric plc 0.63%
Only in VLUE
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 20.94%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 4.37%
GENERAL MOTORS 3.54%
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 2.72%
AT&T 2.24%
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 1.95%
PFIZER 1.86%
BANK OF AMERICA 1.77%
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Side by side

MDY SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust VLUE iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer State Street iShares
What it is Tracks the S&P MidCap 400 Tracks the MSCI USA Value Factor
Total return, 1 year +12.8% +54.7%
Its benchmark over the same days +13.2% (IJH) +13.6% (MLRG)
Gap to its benchmark −0.4 pts vs IJH +41.1 pts vs MLRG
Expense ratio 0.23% 0.15%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 96.6%
Holdings 401 148
Net assets, MDY as of Oct 27, 2026 and VLUE as of Oct 28, 2026 $25.9bn $9.4bn

MDY and VLUE on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund
MDY

MDY tracks the S&P MidCap 400. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.8% with distributions reinvested, against +13.2% for its benchmark, the S&P MidCap 400 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.23% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 401 positions, with the top ten at 7.5%. It sat 6.5% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

VLUE

VLUE tracks the MSCI USA Value Factor. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +54.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 148 positions, with the top ten at 42.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, MDY or VLUE?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MDY returned +12.8% and VLUE +54.7%.
Which is cheaper, MDY or VLUE?
VLUE is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do MDY and VLUE overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of MDY and 97% of VLUE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where to next
MDY on its own →VLUE on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →MDY dividend history →MDY holdings →VLUE dividend history →VLUE holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
MDY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
State Street website ↗
VLUE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
VLUE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for VLUE ↗

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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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