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As of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. FEX IVOV \n Expense ratio 0.57% 0.10% \n Net assets, FEX as of Oct 9, 2026 and IVOV as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.6bn $1.2bn \n Total return, 1 year +17.6% +10.4% \n Holdings in common 5% \n ","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Figures ETFIQ computes are free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, FEX against IVOV, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/fex-vs-ivov","a":{"ticker":"FEX","name":"First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund","issuer":"First Trust","desk":"core","as_of":"2026-10-09","verdict":"FEX tracks an index and returned +17.6% over the past year.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/fex","key_facts":[{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"+17.6%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.57%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Holdings","value":"375","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Below its high","value":"\u22124.1%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$1.6bn","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":"issuer page, as of Oct 9, 2026"},{"label":"Benchmark","value":"Its own holdings, as of Oct 9, 2026; its shareholder report names 2 narrower indexes (Nasdaq AlphaDEX Large Cap Core Index, Nasdaq US 500 Large Cap Index), and does not say which is its benchmark","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":"ETFIQ, from its filings"}]},"b":{"ticker":"IVOV","name":"Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF","issuer":"Vanguard","desk":"core","as_of":"2026-10-09","verdict":"IVOV tracks an index and returned +10.4% over the past year.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/ivov","key_facts":[{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"+10.4%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.10%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Holdings","value":"299","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Below its high","value":"\u22127.1%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$1.2bn","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":"the issuer\u2019s own figure for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026"},{"label":"Benchmark","value":"S&P MidCap 400 Value Index, measured by IJJ, which tracks the same index","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":"ETFIQ, from its filings"}]},"overlap_pct":5,"full_text_at":"https://etfiq.com/compare/any/fex-vs-ivov"}