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EMLP vs VFMF: how they differ

EMLP and VFMF hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and VFMF returned +29.9% over the year. First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund and Vanguard U.S. Multifactor ETF.

VFMF costs 0.77 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.1 points; EMLP is 3.7 times larger.

EMLPVFMF
Expense ratio0.95%0.18%
Net assets, EMLP as of Oct 9, 2026 and VFMF as of Sep 30, 2026$4.1bn$1.1bn
Total return, 1 year+14.8%+29.9%
Holdings in common0%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund42.7%8.9%
Below its high4.8%, high on Jul 23, 2026

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

+14.8%
EMLP total return, 1 year
+29.9%
VFMF total return, 1 year
0.95%
EMLP expense ratio
0.18%
VFMF expense ratio

What they hold in common

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

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0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding EMLP VFMF
Cummins Inc. 0.23% 0.51%
Generac Holdings Inc. 0.96% 0.12%
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 VFMF
Micron Technology Inc 1.25%
Newmont Corp 0.89%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 0.88%
ConocoPhillips 0.86%
Bank of New York Mellon Corp/The 0.86%
EOG Resources Inc 0.84%
Travelers Cos Inc/The 0.83%
Altria Group Inc 0.83%

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On the same fields

EMLP
First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund
VFMF
Vanguard U.S. Multifactor ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer First Trust Vanguard
What it is Actively managed Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +14.8% +29.9%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −2.5 pts +12.7 pts
Expense ratio 0.95% 0.18%
Already in the S&P 500 42.9% 46.9%
Holdings 58 613
Net assets, EMLP as of Oct 9, 2026 and VFMF as of Sep 30, 2026 $4.1bn $1.1bn

EMLP and VFMF 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.

VFMF in plain words

VFMF is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +29.9% 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 filed for May 31, 2026, 47% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 613 positions, with the top ten at 8.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EMLP or VFMF?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMLP returned +14.8% and VFMF +29.9%.
Which is cheaper, EMLP or VFMF?
VFMF 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 VFMF overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 43% of EMLP and 47% of VFMF 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 ↗VFMF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VFMF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VFMF ↗

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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 VFMF, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/emlp-vs-vfmf

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