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FEX vs SDOG: how they differ

FEX and SDOG hold 11% of their weight in the same names, and SDOG returned +20.4% over the year. First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund and ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF.

SDOG costs 0.21 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.8 points; FEX is 1.1 times larger.

FEXSDOG
Expense ratio0.57%0.36%
Net assets, FEX as of Oct 9, 2026 and SDOG as of May 31, 2026$1.6bn$1.4bn
Total return, 1 year+17.6%+20.4%
Holdings in common11%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund5.0%26.2%
Below its high4.1%, high on Aug 14, 20266.5%, high on Aug 19, 2026

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

+17.6%
FEX total return, 1 year
+20.4%
SDOG total return, 1 year
0.57%
FEX expense ratio
0.36%
SDOG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FEX and SDOG hold 11% 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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11% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FEX SDOG
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company 0.50% 3.76%
ConocoPhillips 0.46% 1.76%
EOG Resources, Inc. 0.46% 1.88%
Chevron Corporation 0.45% 1.75%
Edison International 0.44% 1.84%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. 0.44% 2.23%
Amcor plc 0.43% 1.80%
Comcast Corporation (Class A) 0.41% 1.56%
AT&T Inc. 0.39% 1.69%
Accenture plc 0.39% 1.79%
Verizon Communications Inc. 0.39% 1.75%
Evergy, Inc. 0.36% 1.87%
Only in FEX
PTC Inc. 0.60%
Everpure, Inc. (Class A) 0.51%
HF Sinclair Corp. 0.49%
NetApp, Inc. 0.49%
Okta, Inc. 0.48%
Ovintiv Inc. 0.48%
Constellation Brands, Inc. (Class A) 0.47%
Dell Technologies Inc. (Class C) 0.47%
Only in SDOG
Microchip Technology Inc 2.88%
Ford Motor Co 2.82%
Kraft Heinz Co/the 2.01%
Dominion Energy Inc 2.00%
Altria Group Inc 1.93%
Watsco Inc 1.88%
Kenvue Inc 1.86%
Omnicom Group Inc 1.76%

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On the same fields

FEX
First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund
SDOG
ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer First Trust ALPS
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +17.6% +20.4%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +0.4 pts +3.2 pts
Expense ratio 0.57% 0.36%
Already in the S&P 500 85.6% 97.6%
Holdings 375 50
Net assets, FEX as of Oct 9, 2026 and SDOG as of May 31, 2026 $1.6bn $1.4bn

FEX and SDOG 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.

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, FEX or SDOG?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FEX returned +17.6% and SDOG +20.4%.
Which is cheaper, FEX or SDOG?
SDOG is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $21. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FEX and SDOG overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 86% of FEX and 98% of SDOG 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 ↗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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ETFIQ, FEX against SDOG, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/fex-vs-sdog

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