SMIG vs VFLO: how they differ

SMIG and VFLO hold 2% of their weight in the same names, and VFLO returned +42.3% over the year. Bahl & Gaynor Small/Mid Cap Income Growth ETF and VictoryShares Free Cash Flow ETF.

VFLO costs 0.21 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 32.6 points; VFLO is 5.3 times larger.

SMIGVFLO
Expense ratio0.60%0.39%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026$1.5bn$7.8bn
Total return, 1 year+9.7%+42.3%
Holdings in common2%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund42.3%30.8%
Below its high6.4%, high on Aug 14, 20265.4%, high on Sep 3, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

+9.7%
SMIG total return, 1 year
+42.3%
VFLO total return, 1 year
0.60%
SMIG expense ratio
0.39%
VFLO expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SMIG and VFLO hold 2% 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 Jun 30, 2026.

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2% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding SMIG VFLO
NetApp Inc 2.43% 1.04%
Broadridge Financial Solutions 0.67% 0.95%
Only in SMIG
Silicon Motion Technology Corp 6.66%
Targa Resources Corp 4.89%
Snap-on Inc 4.70%
Victory Capital Holdings Inc 4.30%
DT Midstream Inc 4.19%
Hubbell Inc 4.01%
Gildan Activewear Inc 3.78%
Packaging Corp of America 3.30%
Only in VFLO
DEVON ENERGY CORPORATION 3.49%
EXPEDIA GROUP, INC. 3.41%
ADOBE INC. 3.37%
SANDISK CORPORATION 3.02%
COEUR MINING, INC. 3.02%
NEWMONT CORPORATION 3.01%
MERCK & CO., INC. 2.98%
SALESFORCE, INC. 2.90%

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On the same fields

SMIG
Bahl & Gaynor Small/Mid Cap Income Growth ETF
VFLO
VictoryShares Free Cash Flow ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +9.7% +42.3%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −7.6 pts +25.1 pts
Expense ratio 0.60% 0.39%
Already in the S&P 500 35.4% 83.8%
Holdings 38 50
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026 $1.5bn $7.8bn

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

SMIG in plain words

SMIG is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +9.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 35% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 38 positions, with the top ten at 42.3%. It sat 6.4% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

VFLO in plain words

VFLO tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +42.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 50 positions, with the top ten at 30.8%. It sat 5.4% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SMIG or VFLO?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SMIG returned +9.7% and VFLO +42.3%.
Which is cheaper, SMIG or VFLO?
VFLO is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $21. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SMIG and VFLO overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 35% of SMIG and 84% of VFLO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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How this is computed

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

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ETFIQ, SMIG against VFLO, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/smig-vs-vflo

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