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DSTL vs EMLP: Differences, Returns & Fees

DSTL and EMLP hold 0% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $2.1bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Distillate U.S. Fundamental Stability & Value ETF, and $4.1bn on Oct 9, 2026 for First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund.

DSTL costs 0.56 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.2 points.

DSTLEMLP
Expense ratio0.39%0.95%
Net assets, DSTL as of Jun 30, 2026 and EMLP as of Oct 9, 2026$2.1bn$4.1bn
Total return, 1 year+14.6%+14.8%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund20.0%42.7%
Below its high6.5%, high on Sep 3, 20264.8%, high on Jul 23, 2026

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

+14.6%
DSTL total return, 1 year
+14.8%
EMLP total return, 1 year
0.39%
DSTL expense ratio
0.95%
EMLP expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DSTL and EMLP hold 0% 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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0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DSTL EMLP
Vistra Corp 0.98% 0.27%
Only in DSTL
AbbVie Inc 3.35%
Merck & Co Inc 2.94%
QUALCOMM Inc 2.38%
Booking Holdings Inc 1.81%
Uber Technologies Inc 1.75%
Salesforce Inc 1.71%
Altria Group Inc 1.59%
Cigna Group/The 1.51%
Only in EMLP
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. 8.62%
Energy Transfer LP 7.58%
MPLX LP 4.26%
Plains GP Holdings, L.P. (Class A) 3.91%
Kinder Morgan, Inc. 3.88%
National Fuel Gas Company 3.88%
PPL Corporation 2.88%
The Southern Company 2.83%

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On the same fields

DSTL
Distillate U.S. Fundamental Stability & Value ETF
EMLP
First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Distillate Capital First Trust
What it is Actively managed Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +14.6% +14.8%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −2.7 pts −2.5 pts
Expense ratio 0.39% 0.95%
Already in the S&P 500 76.9% 42.9%
Holdings 107 58
Net assets, DSTL as of Jun 30, 2026 and EMLP as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.1bn $4.1bn

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

DSTL in plain words

DSTL is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 77% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 107 positions, with the top ten at 20.0%. It sat 6.5% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

EMLP in plain words

EMLP is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.95% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 43% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 58 positions, with the top ten at 42.7%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Jul 23, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DSTL or EMLP?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DSTL returned +14.6% and EMLP +14.8%.
Which is cheaper, DSTL or EMLP?
DSTL is cheaper, by 0.56 percentage points a year. That is about $56 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DSTL and EMLP overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 77% of DSTL and 43% of EMLP by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
DSTL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DSTL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗EMLP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EMLP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for EMLP ↗

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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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