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DSTL vs FTA: Differences, Returns & Fees

DSTL and FTA hold 16% of their weight in the same names, and FTA returned +19.8% over the year. Net assets: $2.1bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Distillate U.S. Fundamental Stability & Value ETF, and $1.4bn on Oct 9, 2026 for First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund.

DSTL costs 0.19 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.2 points.

DSTLFTA
Expense ratio0.39%0.58%
Net assets, DSTL as of Jun 30, 2026 and FTA as of Oct 9, 2026$2.1bn$1.4bn
Total return, 1 year+14.6%+19.8%
What it tracksNo index, actively managednot read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common16%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund20.0%9.5%
Below its high6.5%, high on Sep 3, 20266.0%, high on Aug 24, 2026

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

+14.6%
DSTL total return, 1 year
+19.8%
FTA total return, 1 year
0.39%
DSTL expense ratio
0.58%
FTA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DSTL and FTA hold 16% 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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16% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DSTL FTA
Permian Resources Corp 0.98% 0.95%
Global Payments Inc 0.85% 0.88%
PulteGroup Inc 0.99% 0.85%
Devon Energy Corp 0.84% 0.92%
Comcast Corp 1.50% 0.83%
PayPal Holdings Inc 1.17% 0.74%
Cigna Group/The 1.51% 0.73%
Diamondback Energy Inc 1.07% 0.73%
Roper Technologies Inc 0.93% 0.73%
DR Horton Inc 1.09% 0.69%
Cognizant Technology Solutions 0.62% 0.90%
Broadridge Financial Solutions 0.61% 0.72%
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%
Altria Group Inc 1.59%
UnitedHealth Group Inc 1.40%
Abbott Laboratories 1.31%
Only in FTA
HF Sinclair Corp. 0.99%
Ovintiv Inc. 0.97%
PTC Inc. 0.97%
EQT Corporation 0.95%
Occidental Petroleum Corporation 0.95%
Carnival Corporation Ltd. 0.94%
ConocoPhillips 0.94%
EOG Resources, Inc. 0.94%

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On the same fields

DSTL
Distillate U.S. Fundamental Stability & Value ETF
FTA
First Trust Large Cap Value 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% +19.8%
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% 0.58%
Already in the S&P 500 76.9% 93.0%
Holdings 107 187
Net assets, DSTL as of Jun 30, 2026 and FTA as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.1bn $1.4bn

DSTL and FTA 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.

FTA in plain words

FTA tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.58% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 187 positions, with the top ten at 9.5%. It sat 6.0% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DSTL or FTA?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DSTL returned +14.6% and FTA +19.8%.
Which is cheaper, DSTL or FTA?
DSTL is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. That is about $19 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DSTL and FTA overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 77% of DSTL and 93% of FTA 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) ↗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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