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As of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. FEX VOE \n Expense ratio 0.57% 0.05% \n Net assets, FEX as of Oct 9, 2026 and VOE as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.6bn $22.8bn \n Total return, 1 year +17.6% +19.3% \n Holdings in common 35% \n Hol","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 VOE, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/fex-vs-voe","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":"VOE","name":"Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF","issuer":"Vanguard","desk":"core","as_of":"2026-10-09","verdict":"VOE tracks an index of Mid-Cap Value and returned +19.3% over the past year.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/voe","key_facts":[{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"+19.3%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.05%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Holdings","value":"170","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Below its high","value":"\u22123.7%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$22.8bn","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":"the issuer\u2019s own figure for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026"},{"label":"Benchmark","value":"Its own holdings, as of Aug 31, 2026; no other fund tracks the CRSP US Mid Cap Value Index, the index its prospectus names","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":"ETFIQ, from its filings"}]},"overlap_pct":35,"full_text_at":"https://etfiq.com/compare/any/fex-vs-voe"}