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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FEX returned +17.6% and REGL +6.0%.

Which is cheaper, FEX or REGL?

REGL is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $17. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 86% of FEX and 0% of REGL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FEX vs REGL: how they differ

FEX and REGL hold 1% of their weight in the same names, and FEX returned +17.6% over the year. First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund and ProShares S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats ETF.

REGL costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.6 points.

	FEX	REGL
Expense ratio	0.57%	0.40%
Net assets	$1.6bn	$1.7bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.6%	+6.0%
Holdings in common	1%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	5.0%	17.5%
Below its high	4.1%, high on Aug 14, 2026	8.5%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+17.6%

FEX total return, 1 year

+6.0%

REGL total return, 1 year

0.57%

FEX expense ratio

0.40%

REGL expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FEX and REGL hold 1% 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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1% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FEX REGL

Reliance Inc. 0.27% 1.71%

Royal Gold, Inc. 0.26% 1.93%

Only in FEX

PTC Inc. 0.60%

Everpure, Inc. (Class A) 0.51%

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company 0.50%

HF Sinclair Corp. 0.49%

NetApp, Inc. 0.49%

Okta, Inc. 0.48%

Ovintiv Inc. 0.48%

Constellation Brands, Inc. (Class A) 0.47%

Only in REGL

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%

UNUM GROUP 1.71%

RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTD 1.70%

HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP INC/ 1.69%

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On the same fields

FEX

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund

REGL

ProShares S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust ProShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +17.6% +6.0%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +0.4 pts −11.2 pts

Expense ratio 0.57% 0.40%

Already in the S&P 500 85.6% 0.0%

Holdings 375 65

Net assets $1.6bn $1.7bn

FEX and REGL on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

FEX in plain words

FEX tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.57% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 375 positions, with the top ten at 5.0%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Aug 14, 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, FEX or REGL?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FEX returned +17.6% and REGL +6.0%.
Which is cheaper, FEX or REGL?: REGL is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $17. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FEX and REGL overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 86% of FEX and 0% of REGL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

FEX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FEX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FEX ↗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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ETFIQ, FEX against REGL, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/fex-vs-regl

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