Which returned more over the last year, DIVB or FTA?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DIVB returned +36.6% and FTA +24.2%.

Which is cheaper, DIVB or FTA?

DIVB is cheaper, by 0.53 percentage points a year. That is about $53 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DIVB and FTA overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 90% of DIVB and 93% of FTA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

DIVB vs FTA: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DIVB returned +36.6% to FTA's +24.2%; 28% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $2.2bn for iShares Core Dividend ETF and $1.4bn for First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund.

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At a glance

+36.6%

DIVB total return, 1 year

+24.2%

FTA total return, 1 year

0.05%

DIVB expense ratio

0.58%

FTA expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DIVB costs 0.53 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.4 points; DIVB is 1.6 times larger.

DIVB vs FTA: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DIVB	FTA
Return
Measure	DIVB	FTA
Total return, 1 year	+36.6%	+24.2%
Benchmark
Measure	DIVB	FTA
What it tracks	Morningstar US Dividend and Buyback Index	Nasdaq AlphaDEX Large Cap Value Index
Cost and size
Measure	DIVB	FTA
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.58%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$2.2bn	$1.4bn
Holdings
Measure	DIVB	FTA
Holdings in common	28%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	32.6%	9.8%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Nov 17, 2017 to Oct 23, 2026 · 466 weekly returns

DIVB FTA

Return

Total return edge DIVB +252.9% +136.4%

Annualized edge DIVB +15.1% +10.1%

Price return edge DIVB +183.8% +96.8%

Risk

Volatility edge DIVB 18.1% 21.2%

Max drawdown edge DIVB −35.0% −42.9%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge DIVB 0.72 0.43

Sortino edge DIVB 1.02 0.61

Calmar edge DIVB 0.43 0.24

Reading

DIVB returned more: +252.9% to +136.4%. DIVB swung less: 18.1% to 21.2%. DIVB fell less at its worst: −35.0% to −42.9%.

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Risk and return: DIVB vs FTA: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DIVB	FTA	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+252.9%	+136.4%	DIVB	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+15.1%	+10.1%	DIVB	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+183.8%	+96.8%	DIVB	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	18.1%	21.2%	DIVB	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	12.7%	15.0%	DIVB	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−35.0%	−42.9%	DIVB	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.72	0.43	DIVB	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.02	0.61	DIVB	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.43	0.24	DIVB	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 466 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

28%

By the books each fund has filed, DIVB and FTA hold 28% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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28% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DIVB FTA

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CLA 3.07% 0.97%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.01% 0.80%

LEIDOS HOLDINGS 1.44% 0.77%

CHEVRON 1.88% 0.75%

BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS INC 1.07% 0.74%

PROGRESSIVE 0.76% 0.73%

AT&T 0.80% 0.72%

WELLS FARGO 1.06% 0.69%

COMCAST CLASS A 0.66% 0.84%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 0.66% 0.99%

ACCENTURE PLC CLASS A 6.06% 0.63%

CIGNA 0.60% 0.74%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in DIVB

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CO 5.12%

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC 5.06%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 2.40%

PAYCHEX 2.05%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.04%

ABBVIE 1.92%

PROCTER & GAMBLE 1.70%

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP 1.50%

Only in FTA

EQT Corporation 0.97%

Carnival Corporation Ltd. 0.95%

Occidental Petroleum Corporation 0.95%

PTC Inc. 0.93%

Arch Capital Group Ltd. 0.91%

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Class B) 0.91%

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. 0.91%

Markel Group Inc 0.91%

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Side by side

DIVB iShares Core Dividend ETF FTA First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares First Trust

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +36.6% +24.2%

Expense ratio 0.05% 0.58%

Already in the S&P 500 89.6% 93.0%

Holdings 382 187

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $2.2bn $1.4bn

DIVB and FTA on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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DIVB and FTA are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

What each follows. DIVB follows Morningstar US Dividend and Buyback Index and FTA follows Nasdaq AlphaDEX Large Cap Value Index.
Holdings in common. 28% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 DIVB returned +36.6% and FTA +24.2% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 12.4 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

DIVB

DIVB tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +36.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 382 positions, with the top ten at 32.6%.

FTA

FTA tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +24.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.58% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 187 positions, with the top ten at 9.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DIVB or FTA?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DIVB returned +36.6% and FTA +24.2%.
Which is cheaper, DIVB or FTA?: DIVB is cheaper, by 0.53 percentage points a year. That is about $53 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DIVB and FTA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 90% of DIVB and 93% of FTA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

DIVB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DIVB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for DIVB ↗

FTA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FTA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for FTA ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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