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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMLP returned +14.8% and REGL +6.0%.

Which is cheaper, EMLP or REGL?

REGL is cheaper, by 0.55 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $55. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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EMLP vs REGL: how they differ

EMLP and REGL hold 8% of their weight in the same names, and EMLP returned +14.8% over the year. First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund and ProShares S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats ETF.

REGL costs 0.55 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.8 points; EMLP is 2.4 times larger.

	EMLP	REGL
Expense ratio	0.95%	0.40%
Net assets	$4.1bn	$1.7bn
Total return, 1 year	+14.8%	+6.0%
Holdings in common	8%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	42.7%	17.5%
Below its high	4.8%, high on Jul 23, 2026	8.5%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+14.8%

EMLP total return, 1 year

+6.0%

REGL total return, 1 year

0.95%

EMLP expense ratio

0.40%

REGL expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EMLP and REGL hold 8% 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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8% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EMLP REGL

National Fuel Gas Company 3.88% 1.56%

OGE Energy Corp. 1.58% 1.55%

ONE Gas, Inc. 2.22% 1.48%

New Jersey Resources Corporation 1.25% 1.43%

IDACORP, Inc. 1.05% 1.49%

DT Midstream, Inc. 0.87% 1.42%

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 REGL

ROYAL GOLD INC 1.93%

REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA 1.79%

GRACO INC 1.74%

SEI INVESTMENTS COMPANY 1.74%

MSA SAFETY INC 1.73%

LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS 1.72%

RELIANCE INC 1.71%

UNUM GROUP 1.71%

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On the same fields

EMLP

First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund

REGL

ProShares S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust ProShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +14.8% +6.0%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −2.5 pts −11.2 pts

Expense ratio 0.95% 0.40%

Already in the S&P 500 42.9% 0.0%

Holdings 58 65

Net assets $4.1bn $1.7bn

EMLP and REGL 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.

REGL in plain words

REGL tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +6.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.40% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 65 positions, with the top ten at 17.5%. It sat 8.5% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EMLP or REGL?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMLP returned +14.8% and REGL +6.0%.
Which is cheaper, EMLP or REGL?: REGL is cheaper, by 0.55 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $55. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EMLP and REGL overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 43% of EMLP and 0% of REGL 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 ↗REGL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗REGL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗ProShares page for REGL ↗

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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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