Which returned more over the last year, EMLP or IJJ?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMLP returned +14.8% and IJJ +10.5%.

Which is cheaper, EMLP or IJJ?

IJJ is cheaper, by 0.77 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $77. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do EMLP and IJJ overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 43% of EMLP and 0% of IJJ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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EMLP vs IJJ: how they differ

EMLP and IJJ hold 2% of their weight in the same names, and EMLP returned +14.8% over the year. First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund and iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF.

IJJ costs 0.77 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.3 points; IJJ is 2.1 times larger.

	EMLP	IJJ
Expense ratio	0.95%	0.18%
Net assets	$4.1bn	$8.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+14.8%	+10.5%
Holdings in common	2%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	42.7%	11.0%
Below its high	4.8%, high on Jul 23, 2026	7.1%, high on Aug 14, 2026

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

+14.8%

EMLP total return, 1 year

+10.5%

IJJ total return, 1 year

0.95%

EMLP expense ratio

0.18%

IJJ expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EMLP and IJJ 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 Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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2% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EMLP IJJ

OGE Energy Corp. 1.58% 0.58%

UGI Corporation 0.64% 0.48%

New Jersey Resources Corporation 1.25% 0.31%

ONE Gas, Inc. 2.22% 0.28%

IDACORP, Inc. 1.05% 0.23%

DT Midstream, Inc. 0.87% 0.21%

National Fuel Gas Company 3.88% 0.17%

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%

PPL Corporation 2.88%

The Southern Company 2.83%

Duke Energy Corporation 2.53%

Only in IJJ

TD SYNNEX 1.30%

US FOODS HOLDING 1.27%

RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM 1.23%

PERMIAN RESOURCES CLASS A 1.16%

HF SINCLAIR 1.13%

OVINTIV 1.06%

WESCO INTERNATIONAL 1.05%

REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA 1.01%

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On the same fields

EMLP

First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund

IJJ

iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +14.8% +10.5%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −2.5 pts −6.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.95% 0.18%

Already in the S&P 500 42.9% 0.0%

Holdings 58 303

Net assets $4.1bn $8.4bn

EMLP and IJJ 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.

IJJ in plain words

IJJ tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +10.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 303 positions, with the top ten at 11.0%. It sat 7.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EMLP or IJJ?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMLP returned +14.8% and IJJ +10.5%.
Which is cheaper, EMLP or IJJ?: IJJ is cheaper, by 0.77 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $77. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EMLP and IJJ overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 43% of EMLP and 0% of IJJ 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 ↗IJJ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IJJ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IJJ ↗

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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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