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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +13.7% and FXO +7.9%.

Which is cheaper, DVY or FXO?

DVY is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $22. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 41% of FXO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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DVY vs FXO: how they differ

DVY and FXO hold 13% of their weight in the same names, and DVY returned +13.7% over the year. iShares Select Dividend ETF and First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund.

DVY costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.8 points; DVY is far larger, $22.5bn against $1.0bn.

	DVY	FXO
Expense ratio	0.38%	0.60%
Net assets	$22.5bn	$1.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+13.7%	+7.9%
Holdings in common	13%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	19.9%	17.1%
Below its high	6.0%, high on Aug 14, 2026	7.1%, high on Sep 3, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+13.7%

DVY total return, 1 year

+7.9%

FXO total return, 1 year

0.38%

DVY expense ratio

0.60%

FXO expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DVY and FXO hold 13% 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 Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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13% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DVY FXO

T ROWE PRICE GROUP 2.07% 1.65%

TRUIST FINANCIAL 1.29% 1.24%

REGIONS FINANCIAL 1.19% 0.94%

FIRST HORIZON 0.93% 0.93%

FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL INC 0.90% 0.93%

CINCINNATI FINANCIAL 0.79% 1.67%

OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL 0.75% 1.67%

KEYCORP 1.24% 0.62%

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 2.15% 0.62%

ONEMAIN HOLDINGS 0.61% 1.26%

US BANCORP 1.29% 0.61%

FNB CORP 0.59% 1.23%

Only in DVY

HP INC 2.53%

PFIZER 2.33%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 2.27%

ONEOK 1.81%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.80%

TARGET CORP 1.74%

VALERO ENERGY CORP 1.63%

CHEVRON 1.52%

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

DVY

iShares Select 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 of US dividend Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +13.7% +7.9%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −3.6 pts −9.3 pts

Expense ratio 0.38% 0.60%

Already in the S&P 500 80.1% 40.9%

Holdings 101 105

Net assets $22.5bn $1.0bn

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

DVY in plain words

DVY tracks an index of US dividend. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.38% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 101 positions, with the top ten at 19.9%. It sat 6.0% below its high of Aug 14, 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 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. 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, DVY or FXO?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +13.7% and FXO +7.9%.
Which is cheaper, DVY or FXO?: DVY is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $22. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DVY and FXO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 41% of FXO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

DVY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DVY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for DVY ↗FXO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FXO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FXO ↗

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How this is computed

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

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ETFIQ, DVY against FXO, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/dvy-vs-fxo

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