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SMIG vs VFMF: how they differ

SMIG and VFMF hold 1% of their weight in the same names, and VFMF returned +29.9% over the year. Bahl & Gaynor Small/Mid Cap Income Growth ETF and Vanguard U.S. Multifactor ETF.

VFMF costs 0.42 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 20.2 points; SMIG is 1.3 times larger.

SMIGVFMF
Expense ratio0.60%0.18%
Net assets, SMIG as of Jun 30, 2026 and VFMF as of Sep 30, 2026$1.5bn$1.1bn
Total return, 1 year+9.7%+29.9%
Holdings in common1%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund42.3%8.9%
Below its high6.4%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

+9.7%
SMIG total return, 1 year
+29.9%
VFMF total return, 1 year
0.60%
SMIG expense ratio
0.18%
VFMF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SMIG and VFMF hold 1% 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 May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding SMIG VFMF
Ryder System Inc 2.88% 0.33%
Hartford Insurance Group Inc/T 2.67% 0.22%
Amdocs Ltd 1.03% 0.12%
NetApp Inc 2.43% 0.11%
Snap-on Inc 4.70% 0.07%
MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc 1.42% 0.04%
Victory Capital Holdings Inc 4.30% 0.03%
Only in SMIG
Silicon Motion Technology Corp 6.66%
Targa Resources Corp 4.89%
DT Midstream Inc 4.19%
Hubbell Inc 4.01%
Gildan Activewear Inc 3.78%
Packaging Corp of America 3.30%
NiSource Inc 3.30%
Evercore Inc 3.17%
Only in VFMF
Micron Technology Inc 1.25%
Newmont Corp 0.89%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 0.88%
ConocoPhillips 0.86%
Bank of New York Mellon Corp/The 0.86%
EOG Resources Inc 0.84%
Travelers Cos Inc/The 0.83%
Altria Group Inc 0.83%

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On the same fields

SMIG
Bahl & Gaynor Small/Mid Cap Income Growth ETF
VFMF
Vanguard U.S. Multifactor ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Bahl & Gaynor Vanguard
What it is Actively managed Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +9.7% +29.9%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −7.6 pts +12.7 pts
Expense ratio 0.60% 0.18%
Already in the S&P 500 35.4% 46.9%
Holdings 38 613
Net assets, SMIG as of Jun 30, 2026 and VFMF as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.5bn $1.1bn

SMIG and VFMF 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.

VFMF in plain words

VFMF is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +29.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 47% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 613 positions, with the top ten at 8.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SMIG or VFMF?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SMIG returned +9.7% and VFMF +29.9%.
Which is cheaper, SMIG or VFMF?
VFMF is cheaper, by 0.42 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $42. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SMIG and VFMF overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 35% of SMIG and 47% of VFMF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
SMIG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SMIG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗VFMF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VFMF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VFMF ↗

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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 VFMF, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/smig-vs-vfmf

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