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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DIVB returned +36.6% and FXO +13.2%.

Which is cheaper, DIVB or FXO?

DIVB is cheaper, by 0.55 percentage points a year. That is about $55 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 90% of DIVB and 41% of FXO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

DIVB vs FXO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DIVB returned +36.6% to FXO's +13.2%; 9% 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 $1.1bn for First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund.

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At a glance

+36.6%

DIVB total return, 1 year

+13.2%

FXO total return, 1 year

0.05%

DIVB expense ratio

0.60%

FXO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DIVB costs 0.55 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 23.4 points; DIVB is 2.0 times larger.

DIVB vs FXO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DIVB	FXO
Return
Measure	DIVB	FXO
Total return, 1 year	+36.6%	+13.2%
Drawdown
Measure	DIVB	FXO
Below its high		4.6%, high on Sep 3, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DIVB	FXO
What it tracks	Morningstar US Dividend and Buyback Index	StrataQuant Financials Index
Cost and size
Measure	DIVB	FXO
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.60%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$2.2bn	$1.1bn
Holdings
Measure	DIVB	FXO
Holdings in common	9%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	32.6%	17.5%

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

Risk and return

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

DIVB FXO

Return

Total return edge DIVB +252.9% +161.9%

Annualized edge DIVB +15.1% +11.3%

Price return edge DIVB +183.8% +110.6%

Risk

Volatility edge DIVB 18.1% 25.8%

Max drawdown edge DIVB −35.0% −45.2%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge DIVB 0.72 0.44

Sortino edge DIVB 1.02 0.63

Calmar edge DIVB 0.43 0.25

Reading

DIVB returned more: +252.9% to +161.9%. DIVB swung less: 18.1% to 25.8%. DIVB fell less at its worst: −35.0% to −45.2%.

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Risk and return: DIVB vs FXO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DIVB	FXO	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+252.9%	+161.9%	DIVB	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+15.1%	+11.3%	DIVB	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+183.8%	+110.6%	DIVB	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	18.1%	25.8%	DIVB	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	12.7%	18.0%	DIVB	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−35.0%	−45.2%	DIVB	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.72	0.44	DIVB	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.02	0.63	DIVB	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.43	0.25	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

By the books each fund has filed, DIVB and FXO hold 9% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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9% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DIVB FXO

CITIGROUP 0.79% 0.86%

PROGRESSIVE 0.76% 1.32%

BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS INC 1.07% 0.66%

WELLS FARGO 1.06% 0.62%

BANK OF AMERICA 1.16% 0.56%

TRUIST FINANCIAL 0.43% 1.27%

TRAVELERS COMPANIES 0.40% 1.35%

BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP 0.38% 0.61%

AFLAC 0.37% 0.99%

PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP 0.34% 0.62%

US BANCORP 0.30% 0.62%

AMERIPRISE FINANCE INC 0.26% 0.90%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in DIVB

ACCENTURE PLC CLASS A 6.06%

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CO 5.12%

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC 5.06%

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CLA 3.07%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.69%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 2.40%

HP INC 2.23%

PAYCHEX 2.05%

Only in FXO

MGIC Investment Corporation 1.76%

White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. 1.75%

Arch Capital Group Ltd. 1.73%

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Class B) 1.73%

Markel Group Inc 1.72%

American International Group, Inc. 1.70%

Chime Financial, Inc. (Class A) 1.70%

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. 1.70%

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Side by side

DIVB iShares Core Dividend ETF FXO First Trust Financials 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% +13.2%

Expense ratio 0.05% 0.60%

Already in the S&P 500 89.6% 40.9%

Holdings 382 105

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $2.2bn $1.1bn

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

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DIVB and FXO 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 FXO follows StrataQuant Financials Index.
Holdings in common. 9% 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 FXO +13.2% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 23.4 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%.

FXO

FXO tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 41% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 105 positions, with the top ten at 17.5%. It sat 4.6% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DIVB or FXO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DIVB returned +36.6% and FXO +13.2%.
Which is cheaper, DIVB or FXO?: DIVB is cheaper, by 0.55 percentage points a year. That is about $55 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DIVB and FXO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 90% of DIVB and 41% of FXO 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) ↗

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FXO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FXO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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