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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FEX returned +17.6% and WTV +18.2%.

Which is cheaper, FEX or WTV?

WTV is cheaper, by 0.45 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $45. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 86% of FEX and 82% of WTV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FEX vs WTV: how they differ

FEX and WTV hold 20% of their weight in the same names, and WTV returned +18.2% over the year. First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund and WisdomTree U.S. Value Fund.

WTV costs 0.45 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.6 points; WTV is 1.9 times larger.

	FEX	WTV
Expense ratio	0.57%	0.12%
Net assets, FEX as of Oct 9, 2026 and WTV as of Jun 30, 2026	$1.6bn	$2.9bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.6%	+18.2%
Holdings in common	20%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	5.0%	21.5%
Below its high	4.1%, high on Aug 14, 2026	4.2%, high on Sep 3, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+17.6%

FEX total return, 1 year

+18.2%

WTV total return, 1 year

0.57%

FEX expense ratio

0.12%

WTV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FEX and WTV hold 20% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FEX WTV

HF Sinclair Corp. 0.49% 0.96%

Constellation Brands, Inc. (Class A) 0.47% 0.71%

Dell Technologies Inc. (Class C) 0.47% 3.04%

The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. 0.46% 0.50%

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Class B) 0.45% 2.64%

Chevron Corporation 0.45% 0.81%

The Cigna Group 0.45% 0.82%

Edison International 0.44% 1.22%

Synchrony Financial 0.44% 0.67%

NVIDIA Corporation 0.43% 3.29%

VICI Properties Inc. 0.43% 0.74%

Honeywell International Inc. 0.42% 0.46%

Only in FEX

PTC Inc. 0.60%

Everpure, Inc. (Class A) 0.51%

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company 0.50%

NetApp, Inc. 0.49%

Okta, Inc. 0.48%

Ovintiv Inc. 0.48%

EQT Corporation 0.47%

Fortinet, Inc. 0.47%

Only in WTV

DAVITA INC 1.64%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 1.34%

HEALTHPEAK PROPERTIES INC 1.27%

RYDER SYSTEM INC 1.23%

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC 1.16%

KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY (THE) 1.14%

SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC 1.10%

MOLSON COORS BEVERAGE COMPANY 1.06%

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On the same fields

FEX

First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund

WTV

WisdomTree U.S. Value Fund

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust WisdomTree

What it is Tracks an index Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +17.6% +18.2%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +0.4 pts +1.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.57% 0.12%

Already in the S&P 500 85.6% 81.8%

Holdings 375 123

Net assets, FEX as of Oct 9, 2026 and WTV as of Jun 30, 2026 $1.6bn $2.9bn

FEX and WTV 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.

WTV in plain words

WTV is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.12% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 82% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 123 positions, with the top ten at 21.5%. It sat 4.2% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FEX or WTV?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FEX returned +17.6% and WTV +18.2%.
Which is cheaper, FEX or WTV?: WTV is cheaper, by 0.45 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $45. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FEX and WTV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 86% of FEX and 82% of WTV 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 ↗WTV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗WTV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗WisdomTree 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 WTV, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/fex-vs-wtv

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