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DSTL vs FXO: Differences, Returns & Fees

DSTL and FXO hold 2% of their weight in the same names, and DSTL returned +14.6% over the year. Net assets: $2.1bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Distillate U.S. Fundamental Stability & Value ETF, and $1.0bn on Oct 9, 2026 for First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund.

DSTL costs 0.21 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.7 points.

DSTLFXO
Expense ratio0.39%0.60%
Net assets, DSTL as of Jun 30, 2026 and FXO as of Oct 9, 2026$2.1bn$1.0bn
Total return, 1 year+14.6%+7.9%
What it tracksNo index, actively managednot read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common2%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund20.0%17.1%
Below its high6.5%, high on Sep 3, 20267.1%, high on Sep 3, 2026

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

+14.6%
DSTL total return, 1 year
+7.9%
FXO total return, 1 year
0.39%
DSTL expense ratio
0.60%
FXO expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DSTL and FXO hold 2% 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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2% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DSTL FXO
FactSet Research Systems Inc 0.85% 0.99%
Broadridge Financial Solutions 0.61% 0.64%
Tradeweb Markets Inc 0.41% 0.34%
Brown & Brown Inc 0.81% 0.32%
Aon PLC 1.10% 0.31%
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 FXO
Chime Financial, Inc. (Class A) 1.84%
MGIC Investment Corporation 1.73%
The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. 1.72%
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. 1.70%
American International Group, Inc. 1.69%
Arch Capital Group Ltd. 1.69%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Class B) 1.69%
Assured Guaranty Ltd. 1.68%

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On the same fields

DSTL
Distillate U.S. Fundamental Stability & Value ETF
FXO
First Trust Financials 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% +7.9%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −2.7 pts −9.3 pts
Expense ratio 0.39% 0.60%
Already in the S&P 500 76.9% 40.9%
Holdings 107 105
Net assets, DSTL as of Jun 30, 2026 and FXO as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.1bn $1.0bn

DSTL and FXO 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.

FXO in plain words

FXO tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +7.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 41% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 105 positions, with the top ten at 17.1%. It sat 7.1% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DSTL or FXO?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DSTL returned +14.6% and FXO +7.9%.
Which is cheaper, DSTL or FXO?
DSTL is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. That is about $21 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DSTL and FXO overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 77% of DSTL and 41% of FXO 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) ↗FXO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FXO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FXO ↗

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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