This ETF offers exposure to mid cap stocks that exhibit growth characteristics, making MDYG a potentially useful tool for investors looking to fine tune their domestic equity exposure or implement a tilt towards a specific investment style. Investors constructing a long-term portfolio would be better off with a fund such as MDY or IJH that includes greater depth of holdings and a mix of various styles. Growth strategies often come with biases towards specific sectors, and may outperform more broadly-based indexes in certain economic environments. It should be noted that there is often considerable overlap between MDYG and its value counterpart MDYV, the result of a methodology that uses a generous definition of growth stocks. Rydex offers s pure style alternative, RFG, that is slightly more expensive but will offer a considerably more targeted focus on growth equities. Those seeking to make a meaningful tilt in their portfolio would be better served by using that fund. It should also be noted that IJK and IVOG seek to replicate the same index at comparable expense ratios. IVOG is slightly cheaper, and may be available commission free in certain accounts, while IJK will generally feature more narrow spreads. MDYG is a fine ETF, but there are a number of alternatives out there that offer more compelling methodologies, lower fees, or potentially better execution.
The adjacent table gives investors an individual Realtime Rating for MDYG on several different metrics, including liquidity, expenses, performance, volatility, dividend, concentration of holdings in addition to an overall rating. The "A+ Metric Rated ETF" field, available to ETFdb Pro members, shows the ETF in the Mid Cap Growth Equities with the highest Metric Realtime Rating for each individual field. To view all of this data, sign up for a free 14-day trial for ETFdb Pro. To view information on how the ETFdb Realtime Ratings work, click here.
View the Category ReportMetric | Metric Realtime Rating | A+ Metric Rated ETF |
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Liquidity | B- | n/a |
Expenses | A | n/a |
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Asset | Percentage |
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Common equity | 99.94% |
ETF Cash Component | 0.06% |
Sector | Percentage |
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Technology | 20.53% |
Industrials | 13.45% |
Healthcare | 12.77% |
Consumer, Cyclical | 11.98% |
Real Estate | 11.06% |
Financials | 9.84% |
Basic Materials | 4.69% |
Utilities | 4.27% |
Other | 3.46% |
Communications | 3.22% |
Energy | 2.6% |
Consumer, Non-Cyclical | 2.06% |
ETF Cash Component | 0.06% |
Market Cap | Percentage |
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Mid cap | 71.13% |
Small cap | 28.0% |
Micro cap | 0.49% |
Large cap | 0.32% |
ETF Cash Component | 0.06% |
Unknown | 0.0% |
Region | Percentage |
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North America | 99.56% |
Europe | 0.44% |
Region | Percentage |
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United States | 99.56% |
Developed Markets (ex-US) | 0.44% |
Country | Percentage |
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United States | 99.56% |
United Kingdom | 0.25% |
Netherlands | 0.2% |
This section compares the cost efficiency of this ETF to peers in the same ETFdb.com Category.
This ETF is currently available for commission free trading on the following platforms: (Charles Schwab)
There are 13 other ETFs in the Mid Cap Growth Equities ETFdb.com Category that are also eligible for commission free trading:
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