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EMLP vs FTXR: how they differ

EMLP and FTXR hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and FTXR returned +21.2% over the year. First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund and First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF.

FTXR costs 0.35 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.4 points; EMLP is 4.1 times larger.

EMLPFTXR
Expense ratio0.95%0.60%
Net assets$4.1bn$999m
Total return, 1 year+14.8%+21.2%
Holdings in common0%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund42.7%58.3%
Below its high4.8%, high on Jul 23, 20269.0%, high on Aug 4, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+14.8%
EMLP total return, 1 year
+21.2%
FTXR total return, 1 year
0.95%
EMLP expense ratio
0.60%
FTXR expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EMLP and FTXR 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 Oct 9, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding EMLP FTXR
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%
Only in FTXR
Tesla, Inc. 8.55%
General Motors Company 7.88%
Union Pacific Corporation 7.60%
Ford Motor Company 7.17%
FedEx Corporation 6.73%
Delta Air Lines, Inc. 4.32%
United Rentals, Inc. 4.21%
United Airlines Holdings, Inc. 4.08%

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On the same fields

EMLP
First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund
FTXR
First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer First Trust First Trust
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +14.8% +21.2%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −2.5 pts +4.0 pts
Expense ratio 0.95% 0.60%
Already in the S&P 500 42.9% 72.8%
Holdings 58 42
Net assets $4.1bn $999m

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

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 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. 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.

FTXR in plain words

FTXR tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +21.2% 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, 73% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 42 positions, with the top ten at 58.3%. It sat 9.0% below its high of Aug 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EMLP or FTXR?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMLP returned +14.8% and FTXR +21.2%.
Which is cheaper, EMLP or FTXR?
FTXR is cheaper, by 0.35 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $35. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EMLP and FTXR overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 43% of EMLP and 73% of FTXR by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
EMLP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EMLP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for EMLP ↗FTXR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FTXR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FTXR ↗

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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, EMLP against FTXR, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/emlp-vs-ftxr

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