DHS vs FXO: how they differ

DHS and FXO hold 9% of their weight in the same names, and DHS returned +16.6% over the year. WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Fund and First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund.

DHS costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.7 points; DHS is 1.4 times larger.

DHSFXO
Expense ratio0.38%0.60%
Net assets, DHS as of Jun 30, 2026 and FXO as of Oct 9, 2026$1.5bn$1.0bn
Total return, 1 year+16.6%+7.9%
Holdings in common9%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund32.3%17.1%
Below its high5.2%, high on Aug 19, 20267.1%, high on Sep 3, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+16.6%
DHS total return, 1 year
+7.9%
FXO total return, 1 year
0.38%
DHS expense ratio
0.60%
FXO expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DHS and FXO hold 9% 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 and Oct 9, 2026.

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9% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DHS FXO
TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 1.19% 1.24%
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.81% 0.62%
PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP INC (THE) 1.40% 0.61%
US BANCORP 1.59% 0.61%
T. ROWE PRICE GROUP INC 0.57% 1.65%
KEYCORP 0.54% 0.62%
REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP 0.53% 0.94%
ONEMAIN HOLDINGS INC 0.33% 1.26%
AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.36% 0.32%
ARES MANAGEMENT CORP 0.32% 0.31%
CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.50% 0.31%
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.51% 0.31%
Only in DHS
ABBVIE INC 4.94%
MERCK & COMPANY INC 4.26%
ALTRIA GROUP INC 3.79%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC 3.42%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 3.16%
PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 3.15%
AT&T INC 2.60%
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 2.45%
Only in FXO
Chime Financial, Inc. (Class A) 1.84%
MGIC Investment Corporation 1.73%
The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. 1.72%
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. 1.70%
American International Group, Inc. 1.69%
Arch Capital Group Ltd. 1.69%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Class B) 1.69%
Assured Guaranty Ltd. 1.68%

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On the same fields

DHS
WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Fund
FXO
First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +16.6% +7.9%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −0.6 pts −9.3 pts
Expense ratio 0.38% 0.60%
Already in the S&P 500 78.3% 40.9%
Holdings 323 105
Net assets, DHS as of Jun 30, 2026 and FXO as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.5bn $1.0bn

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

DHS in plain words

DHS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.38% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 78% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 323 positions, with the top ten at 32.3%. It sat 5.2% below its high of Aug 19, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

FXO in plain words

FXO tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +7.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 41% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 105 positions, with the top ten at 17.1%. It sat 7.1% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DHS or FXO?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DHS returned +16.6% and FXO +7.9%.
Which is cheaper, DHS or FXO?
DHS is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $22. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DHS and FXO overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 78% of DHS and 41% of FXO 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, DHS against FXO, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/dhs-vs-fxo

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