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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMLP returned +14.8% and SDOG +20.4%.

Which is cheaper, EMLP or SDOG?

SDOG is cheaper, by 0.59 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $59. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 43% of EMLP and 98% of SDOG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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EMLP vs SDOG: how they differ

EMLP and SDOG hold 8% of their weight in the same names, and SDOG returned +20.4% over the year. First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund and ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF.

SDOG costs 0.59 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.6 points; EMLP is 2.9 times larger.

	EMLP	SDOG
Expense ratio	0.95%	0.36%
Net assets, EMLP as of Oct 9, 2026 and SDOG as of May 31, 2026	$4.1bn	$1.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+14.8%	+20.4%
Holdings in common	8%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	42.7%	26.2%
Below its high	4.8%, high on Jul 23, 2026	6.5%, high on Aug 19, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+14.8%

EMLP total return, 1 year

+20.4%

SDOG total return, 1 year

0.95%

EMLP expense ratio

0.36%

SDOG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EMLP and SDOG 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 May 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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8% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EMLP SDOG

ONEOK, Inc. 2.31% 1.85%

Kinder Morgan, Inc. 3.88% 1.76%

Evergy, Inc. 1.66% 1.87%

FirstEnergy Corp. 1.53% 1.71%

Dominion Energy, Inc. 1.36% 2.00%

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%

National Fuel Gas Company 3.88%

PPL Corporation 2.88%

The Southern Company 2.83%

Duke Energy Corporation 2.53%

Only in SDOG

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co 3.76%

Texas Instruments Inc 3.02%

Microchip Technology Inc 2.88%

Ford Motor Co 2.82%

Hp Inc 2.69%

Best Buy Co Inc 2.35%

Cvs Health Corp 2.25%

T Rowe Price Group Inc 2.23%

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On the same fields

EMLP

First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund

SDOG

ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust ALPS

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +14.8% +20.4%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −2.5 pts +3.2 pts

Expense ratio 0.95% 0.36%

Already in the S&P 500 42.9% 97.6%

Holdings 58 50

Net assets, EMLP as of Oct 9, 2026 and SDOG as of May 31, 2026 $4.1bn $1.4bn

EMLP and SDOG 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.

SDOG in plain words

SDOG tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.36% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 98% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 50 positions, with the top ten at 26.2%. It sat 6.5% below its high of Aug 19, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EMLP or SDOG?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMLP returned +14.8% and SDOG +20.4%.
Which is cheaper, EMLP or SDOG?: SDOG is cheaper, by 0.59 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $59. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EMLP and SDOG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 43% of EMLP and 98% of SDOG 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 ↗SDOG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SDOG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗ALPS website ↗

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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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