MDY vs XJH: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

State Street SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF Trust

MDYBNYSE Arca

iShares ESG Select Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

XJHBCboe

Overlap

87.9%by weight

Expense ratio

XJH −0.11pt a year

MDY0.23%XJH0.12%

Avg volume · 30D

MDY 33.7×the volume

MDY647KXJH19.2K

5Y return · a year

MDY +0.1pt

MDY+6.4%XJH+6.3%

MDY vs XJH Performance

Nov 9, 2021 – Nov 9, 2026

+36.4%MDY+35.6%XJH

Expense ratio: MDY 0.23%; XJH 0.12%, better
Fund size: MDY $25.5B; XJH $412M
1Y total return: MDY +15.7%; XJH +17.2%, better
Yield (12M): MDY 1.03%; XJH 1.12%, better
Holdings: MDY 401; XJH 361
Avg volume (30D): MDY 647K sh, better; XJH 19.2K sh
NAV per share: MDY $658.01; XJH $48.81
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for MDY, XJH, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	MDY	XJH
Cost30% weight	F24	B68Higher
Mission25% weight	A100	A100
Risk15% weight	B57Higher	C46
Tradability15% weight	A93Higher	D27
Holdings10% weight	A79Higher	A78
Durability5% weight	A76Higher	D37

Rank among S&P MidCap 400 funds

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Same Category. MDY and XJH are both graded against the same 11 S&P MidCap 400 funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

S&P MidCap 400⁠

Category · 11 funds

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MDY ranks 4th and XJH 4th of 11 funds in the S&P MidCap 400 Category.

Rank 1ASPMDState Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETFScore 86
Rank 2AIJHiShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETFScore 84
Rank 3AIVOOVanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 ETFScore 72
Rank 4BMDYState Street SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF TrustScore 66
Rank 4BXJHiShares ESG Select Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETFScore 66
Rank 6BMDYVState Street SPDR S&P 400 Mid Cap Value ETFScore 63

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

MDYBState Street SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF Trust

XJHBiShares ESG Select Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

In short

MDY Launched in 1995, MDY was the original one-ticker route into the S&P MidCap 400, and it still trades like a heavyweight. The trade-off: a fee set in an era before same-index clones charged pennies.

XJH The S&P MidCap 400 with a bouncer at the door. XJH tracks a screened version of the same mid-cap benchmark, dropping companies tied to tobacco, thermal coal, oil sands, fossil fuel reserves and weapons.

Stated mandate

MDY The fund seeks to track, before expenses, the price and yield performance of the S&P MidCap 400 Index.

XJH The fund seeks to track an ESG-screened version of the S&P MidCap 400 Index, providing core U.S. mid-cap equity exposure while excluding certain controversial business activities.

Why people hold it

MDY A 1995 launch makes it one of the oldest ETFs on the US market, and it is still a multi-billion-dollar, actively traded way to own mid-size America.
Tracking is about as tight as this group gets: roughly 400 mid-size US companies, held with minimal drift from the S&P MidCap 400 Index it follows.ssga.com
Built as a 1940 Act unit investment trust, so it holds the index as published rather than a sample, and passes cash through to holders quarterly.

XJH A trim, not a rebuild: still roughly 400 mid-cap names from the same S&P index family, with exclusions taken off the top rather than the whole portfolio re-weighted.ishares.com
The screens are spelled out, not vibes: revenue thresholds and categorical exclusions set by the index provider for weapons, small arms, tobacco, oil sands, thermal coal and fossil fuel reserves.ishares.com
0.12% a year, below the median for S&P MidCap 400 trackers, and it pays out quarterly. Cheap for a screened product, and it does what the label says.

Worth knowing

MDY It charges 0.23%, above the cohort median and several times what same-index options like SPMD (0.03%) and IJH (0.05%) cost. Identical index, different bill.
The trust structure cannot lend out holdings or reinvest dividends between quarterly payouts, small frictions that newer open-end fund structures avoid.
Pure mid-cap exposure, no large-cap ballast: the swings here tend to run wider than a broad S&P 500 or total-market fund.

XJH One of the quieter tickers in its peer group. Thin volume can mean wider spreads, so limit orders matter more here than with the mega-liquid mid-cap funds.
The unscreened versions cost less: IJH runs 0.05% and SPMD 0.03%. The screen is what you're paying the difference for.
Exclusion-only, not best-in-class ranking. Cutting whole energy-linked categories means sector weights can drift from the parent S&P MidCap 400.sec.gov ishares.com

Full MDY profile⁠

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MDY vs XJH Holdings

How MDY and XJH differ

Overlap by weight

87.9%

Shared holdings make up 99.8% of XJH and 87.9% of MDY.

Level by level

Holdings358 in both87.9%
Sector11 Sectors95.7%
Asset classStocks100%
Countryby domicile99.8%

Sector

Sector weights in MDY and XJH, widest gap first
Sector	Gap	MDY	XJH
Energy	MDY +2.4 points	5.1%	2.7%
Utilities	MDY +1.3 points	3.4%	2.1%
Real Estate	XJH +0.9 points	7.6%	8.5%
Technology	XJH +1.0 points	11.3%	12.3%
Financials	XJH +0.8 points	16.0%	16.8%
Health Care	XJH +0.6 points	11.1%	11.7%
Consumer Discretionary	XJH +0.5 points	11.1%	11.6%
Communication	MDY +0.5 points	1.7%	1.2%
Industrials	XJH +0.3 points	23.2%	23.5%
Consumer Staples	MDY +0.1 points	3.5%	3.4%
Materials	Same weight	6.1%	6.1%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in MDY and XJH, widest gap first
Country	Gap	MDY	XJH
United States	Same weight	98.1%	98.1%
United Kingdom	MDY +0.2 points	1.4%	1.2%
Sweden	XJH +0.1 points	0.2%	0.3%
India	Same weight	0.1%	0.2%
Brazil	Same weight	0.1%	0.2%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

MDY6.8%
XJH7.5%

Securities held

MDY401
XJH358

Asset class

MDY: Stocks
XJH: Stocks

Holdings

Only in MDY43
In both358
Only in XJH0

Only in MDY

43 securities, 12.1% of MDY by weight

U.S. Dollar0.75%
Roku Inc. Class A0.63%
Permian Resources Corporation Class A0.54%
Performance Food Group Co0.50%
Ovintiv Inc0.49%
Talen Energy Corp0.45%
RBC Bearings Incorporated0.44%
CACI International Inc Class A0.40%
Glaukos Corp0.39%
Range Resources Corporation0.34%
Antero Resources Corporation0.33%
BWX Technologies Inc.0.32%
Carlyle Group Inc0.31%
OGE Energy Corp.0.31%
AGNC Investment Corp.0.31%
HubSpot Inc.0.30%
Dick's Sporting Goods Inc.0.28%
Solstice Advanced Materials Inc.0.27%
Moog Inc. Class A0.27%
Brinker International Inc.0.26%
Murphy USA Inc.0.26%
IDACORP Inc.0.25%
Corteva Inc0.24%
Viper Energy Inc.0.23%
Chord Energy Corporation0.22%
FirstCash Holdings Inc.0.22%
National Fuel Gas Company0.21%
Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated.0.20%
FormFactor Inc.0.19%
Fluor Corporation0.18%
Science Applications International Corp.0.18%
UL Solutions Inc. Class A0.18%
StandardAero Inc.0.18%
Matador Resources Company0.18%
TXNM Energy Inc.0.17%
NewMarket Corporation0.16%
CNX Resources Corporation0.15%
NorthWestern Energy Group Inc.0.15%
Murphy Oil Corporation0.14%
KBR Inc.0.14%
Morningstar Inc.0.14%
Sotera Health Company0.14%
Parsons Corporation0.08%

Only in XJH

0 securities, 0.0% of XJH by weight

Weight gaps

The 100 widest of 358 Holdings in both funds.

Holding weights in MDY and XJH, widest gap first
Holding	Gap	MDY	XJH
TechnipFMC plcFTI	XJH +0.10 points	0.74%	0.84%
United Therapeutics CorporationUTHR	XJH +0.10 points	0.71%	0.81%
ATI IncATI	XJH +0.10 points	0.71%	0.81%
US Foods Holding Corp.USFD	XJH +0.10 points	0.68%	0.78%
Tenet Healthcare CorporationTHC	XJH +0.09 points	0.68%	0.77%
Royal Gold Inc.RGLD	XJH +0.09 points	0.67%	0.76%
Reliance Inc.RS	XJH +0.09 points	0.63%	0.72%
Roivant Sciences Ltd.ROIV	XJH +0.09 points	0.62%	0.71%
XPO Inc.XPO	XJH +0.09 points	0.61%	0.70%
Entegris Inc.ENTG	XJH +0.08 points	0.58%	0.66%
Woodward Inc.WWD	XJH +0.07 points	0.56%	0.63%
SharkNinja Inc.SN	XJH +0.07 points	0.55%	0.62%
ITT Inc.ITT	XJH +0.08 points	0.54%	0.62%
Toast Inc. Class ATOST	XJH +0.07 points	0.53%	0.60%
East West Bancorp Inc.EWBC	XJH +0.07 points	0.52%	0.59%
TD SYNNEX CorporationSNX	XJH +0.07 points	0.52%	0.59%
RB Global Inc.RBA	XJH +0.07 points	0.51%	0.58%
Exelixis Inc.EXEL	XJH +0.07 points	0.51%	0.58%
nVent Electric plcNVT	XJH +0.07 points	0.51%	0.58%
Curtiss-Wright CorporationCW	XJH +0.07 points	0.51%	0.58%
Reinsurance Group of America IncorporatedRGA	XJH +0.07 points	0.51%	0.58%
Jones Lang LaSalle IncorporatedJLL	XJH +0.06 points	0.51%	0.57%
Neurocrine Biosciences Inc.NBIX	XJH +0.06 points	0.50%	0.56%
Nextpower Inc.NXT	XJH +0.07 points	0.47%	0.54%
Coeur Mining Inc.CDE	XJH +0.07 points	0.47%	0.54%
Nutanix Inc. Class ANTNX	XJH +0.06 points	0.47%	0.53%
APi Group CorporationAPG	XJH +0.06 points	0.47%	0.53%
TransUnionTRU	XJH +0.06 points	0.46%	0.52%
Burlington Stores Inc.BURL	XJH +0.06 points	0.46%	0.52%
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Public Limited CompanyJAZZ	XJH +0.06 points	0.45%	0.51%
Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc.PNFP	XJH +0.06 points	0.45%	0.51%
HF Sinclair CorporationDINO	XJH +0.06 points	0.45%	0.51%
Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc.LECO	XJH +0.07 points	0.44%	0.51%
Lattice Semiconductor CorporationLSCC	XJH +0.06 points	0.44%	0.50%
Carlisle Companies IncorporatedCSL	XJH +0.06 points	0.44%	0.50%
W. P. Carey Inc.WPC	XJH +0.06 points	0.44%	0.50%
DocuSign Inc.DOCU	XJH +0.06 points	0.44%	0.50%
Medpace Holdings Inc.MEDP	XJH +0.06 points	0.44%	0.50%
Somnigroup International Inc.SGI	XJH +0.06 points	0.44%	0.50%
Manhattan Associates Inc.MANH	XJH +0.06 points	0.44%	0.50%
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc.MTSI	XJH +0.06 points	0.43%	0.49%
Sun Communities Inc.SUI	XJH +0.06 points	0.43%	0.49%
Omega Healthcare Investors Inc.OHI	XJH +0.06 points	0.43%	0.49%
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.RNR	XJH +0.06 points	0.43%	0.49%
WESCO International Inc.WCC	XJH +0.06 points	0.42%	0.48%
Toll Brothers Inc.TOL	XJH +0.06 points	0.42%	0.48%
Clean Harbors Inc.CLH	XJH +0.06 points	0.42%	0.48%
Annaly Capital Management Inc.NLY	XJH +0.06 points	0.42%	0.48%
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc.BJ	XJH +0.06 points	0.41%	0.47%
AramarkARMK	XJH +0.06 points	0.41%	0.47%
Carpenter Technology CorporationCRS	XJH +0.05 points	0.41%	0.46%
Lamar Advertising Company Class ALAMR	XJH +0.06 points	0.40%	0.46%
Encompass Health CorporationEHC	XJH +0.06 points	0.40%	0.46%
Guidewire Software Inc.GWRE	XJH +0.05 points	0.40%	0.45%
Equitable Holdings Inc.EQH	XJH +0.05 points	0.40%	0.45%
Five Below Inc.FIVE	XJH +0.06 points	0.39%	0.45%
RPM International Inc.RPM	XJH +0.05 points	0.39%	0.44%
Crown Holdings Inc.CCK	XJH +0.05 points	0.39%	0.44%
MKS Inc.MKSI	XJH +0.05 points	0.39%	0.44%
Essential Utilities Inc.WTRG	XJH +0.05 points	0.38%	0.43%
Elanco Animal Health Inc.ELAN	XJH +0.05 points	0.38%	0.43%
American Healthcare REIT Inc.AHR	XJH +0.05 points	0.37%	0.42%
Penumbra Inc.PEN	XJH +0.05 points	0.37%	0.42%
Dynatrace Inc.DT	XJH +0.05 points	0.37%	0.42%
Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc.ELS	XJH +0.05 points	0.36%	0.41%
Texas Roadhouse Inc.TXRH	XJH +0.05 points	0.36%	0.41%
Halozyme Therapeutics Inc.HALO	XJH +0.05 points	0.35%	0.40%
Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc.COKE	XJH +0.05 points	0.35%	0.40%
FabrinetFN	XJH +0.04 points	0.35%	0.39%
Mueller Industries Inc.MLI	XJH +0.04 points	0.35%	0.39%
DT Midstream Inc.DTM	XJH +0.05 points	0.34%	0.39%
BrightSpring Health Services Inc.BTSG	XJH +0.04 points	0.34%	0.38%
Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc.GLPI	XJH +0.04 points	0.34%	0.38%
Regal Rexnord CorporationRRX	XJH +0.05 points	0.33%	0.38%
Unum GroupUNM	XJH +0.04 points	0.33%	0.37%
Graco Inc.GGG	XJH +0.04 points	0.33%	0.37%
SEI Investments CompanySEIC	XJH +0.04 points	0.33%	0.37%
First Horizon CorporationFHN	XJH +0.05 points	0.32%	0.37%
MasTec Inc.MTZ	XJH +0.05 points	0.32%	0.37%
Repligen CorporationRGEN	XJH +0.05 points	0.32%	0.37%
Molina Healthcare Inc.MOH	XJH +0.05 points	0.32%	0.37%
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.BMRN	XJH +0.05 points	0.32%	0.36%
Watsco Inc.WSO	XJH +0.04 points	0.32%	0.36%
Stifel Financial CorpSF	XJH +0.04 points	0.32%	0.36%
American Financial Group Inc.AFG	XJH +0.04 points	0.32%	0.36%
Avantor Inc.AVTR	XJH +0.04 points	0.31%	0.35%
Ensign Group Inc.ENSG	XJH +0.04 points	0.31%	0.35%
Ally Financial IncALLY	XJH +0.04 points	0.31%	0.35%
Alcoa CorporationAA	XJH +0.04 points	0.31%	0.35%
EastGroup Properties Inc.EGP	XJH +0.04 points	0.31%	0.35%
Applied Industrial Technologies Inc.AIT	XJH +0.04 points	0.31%	0.35%
American Homes 4 Rent Class AAMH	XJH +0.04 points	0.31%	0.35%
Tetra Tech Inc.TTEK	XJH +0.04 points	0.31%	0.35%
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation Class ABAH	XJH +0.05 points	0.30%	0.35%
GameStop Corp. Class AGME	XJH +0.05 points	0.30%	0.35%
Ryder System Inc.R	XJH +0.04 points	0.30%	0.34%
Flowserve CorporationFLS	XJH +0.04 points	0.30%	0.34%
Wintrust Financial CorporationWTFC	XJH +0.04 points	0.30%	0.34%
SouthState Bank CorporationSSB	XJH +0.04 points	0.30%	0.34%
Service Corporation InternationalSCI	XJH +0.04 points	0.30%	0.34%

All 400 MDY holdings⁠All 358 XJH holdings⁠

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

MDY vs XJH Cost

Overpaying MDY vs XJH

$2,239

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

MDY 0.23%
$4,759
XJH 0.12%
$2,520

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

MDY 0.23%
XJH 0.12%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	MDY	XJH	Overpaying
10	$419	$220	$199
20	$1,630	$859	$771
30	$4,759	$2,520	$2,239

Expense ratio

0.23%MDY
0.12%XJH, cheaper

XJH0.12%MDY0.23%

0.03%0.49%

Middle half of S&P MidCap 400 funds
Median 0.15%

XJH 4th cheapest of 11 funds

MDY 9th cheapest of 11 funds

MDY vs XJH Dividends

Last 12 months to Nov 9, 2026

Yield (12M): MDY 1.03%; XJH 1.12%, better
Payout (12M): MDY $7.01; XJH $0.57
Last payment: MDY $1.60; XJH $0.14
Ex-dividend: MDY Sep 18, 2026; XJH Sep 15, 2026
Paid on: MDY Oct 30, 2026; XJH Sep 18, 2026
Frequency: MDY Quarterly; XJH Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

MDYQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll MDY payments⁠

XJHQuarterly · 25 paymentsAll XJH payments⁠

MDY vs XJH Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: MDY 15.1%, betterXJH 15.6%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: MDY 0.83, betterXJH 0.81
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: MDY −24.0%, betterXJH −25.1%
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: MDY 1.01XJH 1.05; Market = 1

MDY and XJH in the news

All news⁠

ETF Filings
iShares files for a screened MSCI USA ETF that omits ESG from the name
Sep 4, 2026XJH

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MDY vs XJH

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it

Worth knowing

How MDY and XJH differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in MDY

Only in XJH

Weight gaps

Cost over time

Year by year

Distribution history

Fall from peak · 5 years

Risk facts

iShares files for a screened MSCI USA ETF that omits ESG from the name

How MDY and XJH differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in MDY

Only in XJH

Weight gaps