Which returned more over the last year, FNX or IJT?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FNX returned +12.4% and IJT +15.4%.

Which is cheaper, FNX or IJT?

IJT is cheaper, by 0.44 percentage points a year. That is about $44 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do FNX and IJT overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 8% of FNX and 0% of IJT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

FNX vs IJT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, FNX returned +12.4% to IJT's +15.4%; 17% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $1.4bn for First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund and $7.5bn for iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF.

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At a glance

+12.4%

FNX total return, 1 year

+15.4%

IJT total return, 1 year

0.62%

FNX expense ratio

0.18%

IJT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IJT costs 0.44 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.0 points; IJT is 5.4 times larger.

FNX vs IJT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FNX	IJT
Return
Measure	FNX	IJT
Total return, 1 year	+12.4%	+15.4%
Drawdown
Measure	FNX	IJT
Below its high	4.9%, high on Aug 14, 2026	8.2%, high on Aug 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	FNX	IJT
What it tracks	Nasdaq AlphaDEX Mid Cap Core Index	S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	FNX	IJT
Expense ratio	0.62%	0.18%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$1.4bn	$7.5bn
Holdings
Measure	FNX	IJT
Holdings in common	17%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	4.4%	9.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

Risk and return

May 18, 2007 to Oct 23, 2026 · 1,014 weekly returns

FNX IJT

Return

Total return edge Tie +455.7% +450.1%

Annualized edge Tie +9.2% +9.1%

Price return edge Tie +360.2% +362.5%

Risk

Volatility edge Tie 22.8% 22.4%

Max drawdown edge Tie −57.0% −56.7%

Downside capture 107.9% 95.0%

Beta 1.15 0.91

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge Tie 0.43 0.43

Sortino edge IJT (slight) 0.61 0.63

Treynor 0.086 0.105

Calmar edge Tie 0.16 0.16

Against the benchmark

Alpha −1.5% a year +2.0% a year

Alpha t-stat −0.77 1.64

Information ratio −0.01 0.19

Tracking error 9.1% 6.6%

Each against its own benchmark: FNX against IWV, May 18, 2007 to Oct 23, 2026; IJT against SLYG, Oct 13, 2000 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

FNX and IJT returned about the same: +455.7% and +450.1%. FNX and IJT swung about the same: 22.8% and 22.4%. FNX and IJT fell about the same at their worst: −57.0% and −56.7%.

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19 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: FNX vs IJT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FNX	IJT	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+455.7%	+450.1%	Tie	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+9.2%	+9.1%	Tie	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+360.2%	+362.5%	Tie	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	22.8%	22.4%	Tie	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	16.2%	15.5%	IJT (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−57.0%	−56.7%	Tie	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	115.8%	90.0%		Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	107.9%	95.0%		Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	1.15	0.91	Not an edge	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.85	0.92	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.43	0.43	Tie	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.61	0.63	IJT (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.086	0.105		Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.16	0.16	Tie	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	IWV	SLYG		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	−1.5% a year	+2.0% a year	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	−0.77	1.64	Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−5.4% to +2.4%	−0.4% to +4.4%	Includes zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	−0.01	0.19		Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	9.1%	6.6%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 1,014 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

17%

By the books each fund has filed, FNX and IJT hold 17% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FNX IJT

Urban Outfitters, Inc. 0.42% 0.63%

RingCentral, Inc. (Class A) 0.41% 0.45%

Lyft, Inc. (Class A) 0.40% 0.77%

Glaukos Corporation 0.39% 0.90%

Box, Inc. (Class A) 0.36% 0.47%

International Seaways, Inc. 0.36% 0.56%

Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. 0.36% 1.11%

TG Therapeutics, Inc. 0.36% 0.97%

Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. (Class A) 0.36% 0.43%

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. 0.35% 0.49%

Mercury General Corporation 0.37% 0.33%

Frontdoor, Inc. 0.33% 0.71%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FNX

Range Resources Corporation 0.54%

Antero Resources Corporation 0.45%

APA Corporation 0.44%

CNX Resources Corporation 0.44%

EPAM Systems, Inc. 0.44%

Amentum Holdings, Inc. 0.43%

Genpact Limited 0.43%

Qualys, Inc. 0.43%

Only in IJT

CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS CLASS A 0.71%

ARCHROCK 0.68%

PTC THERAPEUTICS 0.63%

KODIAK GAS SERVICES INC 0.58%

ARGAN 0.58%

KARMAN HOLDINGS INC 0.57%

POWELL INDUSTRIES INC 0.56%

BADGER METER 0.54%

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Side by side

FNX First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund IJT iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks the S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth

Total return, 1 year +12.4% +15.4%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (IWV) +15.6% (SLYG)

Gap to its benchmark −0.9 pts vs IWV −0.2 pts vs SLYG

Expense ratio 0.62% 0.18%

Already in the S&P 500 8.2% 0.0%

Holdings 451 369

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $1.4bn $7.5bn

FNX and IJT on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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FNX and IJT are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

What each follows. FNX follows Nasdaq AlphaDEX Mid Cap Core Index and IJT follows S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index.
Holdings in common. 17% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 FNX returned +12.4% and IJT +15.4% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 3.0 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

FNX

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.4% with distributions reinvested, against +13.3% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

FNX tracks an index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.62% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 8% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 451 positions, with the top ten at 4.4%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

IJT

IJT tracks the S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.4% with distributions reinvested, against +15.6% for its benchmark, the S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 369 positions, with the top ten at 9.6%. It sat 8.2% below its high of Aug 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FNX or IJT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FNX returned +12.4% and IJT +15.4%.
Which is cheaper, FNX or IJT?: IJT is cheaper, by 0.44 percentage points a year. That is about $44 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FNX and IJT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 8% of FNX and 0% of IJT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

FNX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FNX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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IJT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IJT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IJT ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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