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DSTL vs FEX: Differences, Returns & Fees

DSTL and FEX hold 18% of their weight in the same names, and FEX returned +17.6% over the year. Net assets: $2.1bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Distillate U.S. Fundamental Stability & Value ETF, and $1.6bn on Oct 9, 2026 for First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund.

DSTL costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.0 points.

DSTLFEX
Expense ratio0.39%0.57%
Net assets, DSTL as of Jun 30, 2026 and FEX as of Oct 9, 2026$2.1bn$1.6bn
Total return, 1 year+14.6%+17.6%
What it tracksNo index, actively managednot read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common18%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund20.0%5.0%
Below its high6.5%, high on Sep 3, 20264.1%, high on Aug 14, 2026

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

+14.6%
DSTL total return, 1 year
+17.6%
FEX total return, 1 year
0.39%
DSTL expense ratio
0.57%
FEX expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DSTL and FEX hold 18% 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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18% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DSTL FEX
NetApp Inc 0.94% 0.49%
Permian Resources Corp 0.98% 0.47%
PayPal Holdings Inc 1.17% 0.46%
Cigna Group/The 1.51% 0.45%
Devon Energy Corp 0.84% 0.45%
Roper Technologies Inc 0.93% 0.45%
Broadridge Financial Solutions 0.61% 0.44%
Cognizant Technology Solutions 0.62% 0.44%
Corpay Inc 0.71% 0.44%
Constellation Brands Inc 0.43% 0.47%
DR Horton Inc 1.09% 0.43%
Medpace Holdings Inc 0.89% 0.42%
Only in DSTL
Booking Holdings Inc 1.81%
Uber Technologies Inc 1.75%
Altria Group Inc 1.59%
Automatic Data Processing Inc 1.28%
Arthur J Gallagher & Co 1.14%
Aon PLC 1.10%
Owens Corning 1.09%
BorgWarner Inc 1.04%
Only in FEX
PTC Inc. 0.60%
Everpure, Inc. (Class A) 0.51%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company 0.50%
HF Sinclair Corp. 0.49%
Okta, Inc. 0.48%
Ovintiv Inc. 0.48%
Dell Technologies Inc. (Class C) 0.47%
EQT Corporation 0.47%

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On the same fields

DSTL
Distillate U.S. Fundamental Stability & Value ETF
FEX
First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Distillate Capital First Trust
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +14.6% +17.6%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −2.7 pts +0.4 pts
Expense ratio 0.39% 0.57%
Already in the S&P 500 76.9% 85.6%
Holdings 107 375
Net assets, DSTL as of Jun 30, 2026 and FEX as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.1bn $1.6bn

DSTL and FEX 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.

FEX in plain words

FEX tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.57% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 375 positions, with the top ten at 5.0%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DSTL or FEX?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DSTL returned +14.6% and FEX +17.6%.
Which is cheaper, DSTL or FEX?
DSTL is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DSTL and FEX overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 77% of DSTL and 86% of FEX 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) ↗FEX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FEX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FEX ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

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

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