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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMLP returned +14.8% and VFLO +42.3%.

Which is cheaper, EMLP or VFLO?

VFLO is cheaper, by 0.56 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $56. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 43% of EMLP and 84% of VFLO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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EMLP vs VFLO: how they differ

EMLP and VFLO hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and VFLO returned +42.3% over the year. First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund and VictoryShares Free Cash Flow ETF.

VFLO costs 0.56 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 27.5 points; VFLO is 1.9 times larger.

	EMLP	VFLO
Expense ratio	0.95%	0.39%
Net assets, EMLP as of Oct 9, 2026 and VFLO as of Jun 30, 2026	$4.1bn	$7.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+14.8%	+42.3%
Holdings in common	0%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	42.7%	30.8%
Below its high	4.8%, high on Jul 23, 2026	5.4%, high on Sep 3, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+14.8%

EMLP total return, 1 year

+42.3%

VFLO total return, 1 year

0.95%

EMLP expense ratio

0.39%

VFLO expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EMLP and VFLO 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EMLP VFLO

Vistra Corp. 0.27% 1.67%

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 VFLO

DEVON ENERGY CORPORATION 3.49%

EXPEDIA GROUP, INC. 3.41%

ADOBE INC. 3.37%

SANDISK CORPORATION 3.02%

COEUR MINING, INC. 3.02%

NEWMONT CORPORATION 3.01%

MERCK & CO., INC. 2.98%

SALESFORCE, INC. 2.90%

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On the same fields

EMLP

First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund

VFLO

VictoryShares Free Cash Flow ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust VictoryShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +14.8% +42.3%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −2.5 pts +25.1 pts

Expense ratio 0.95% 0.39%

Already in the S&P 500 42.9% 83.8%

Holdings 58 50

Net assets, EMLP as of Oct 9, 2026 and VFLO as of Jun 30, 2026 $4.1bn $7.8bn

EMLP and VFLO 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.

VFLO in plain words

VFLO tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +42.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 50 positions, with the top ten at 30.8%. It sat 5.4% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EMLP or VFLO?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMLP returned +14.8% and VFLO +42.3%.
Which is cheaper, EMLP or VFLO?: VFLO is cheaper, by 0.56 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $56. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EMLP and VFLO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 43% of EMLP and 84% of VFLO 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 ↗VFLO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VFLO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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