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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FNX returned +12.4% and PSC +21.0%.

Which is cheaper, FNX or PSC?

PSC is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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FNX vs PSC: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, FNX returned +12.4% to PSC's +21.0%; 17% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $1.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund, and $2.7bn on Oct 26, 2026 for Principal U.S. Small-Cap ETF.

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At a glance

+12.4%

FNX total return, 1 year

+21.0%

PSC total return, 1 year

0.62%

FNX expense ratio

0.38%

PSC expense ratio

Pair scorecard

PSC costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.6 points; PSC is 1.9 times larger.

FNX vs PSC: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FNX	PSC
Return
Measure	FNX	PSC
Total return, 1 year	+12.4%	+21.0%
Drawdown
Measure	FNX	PSC
Below its high	4.9%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	FNX	PSC
What it tracks	Nasdaq AlphaDEX Mid Cap Core Index	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	FNX	PSC
Expense ratio	0.62%	0.38%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$1.4bn	$2.7bn
Holdings
Measure	FNX	PSC
Holdings in common	17%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	4.4%	11.2%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

17%

By the books each fund has filed, FNX and PSC hold 17% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FNX PSC

Urban Outfitters, Inc. 0.42% 0.43%

Essent Group Ltd. 0.41% 0.44%

CNX Resources Corporation 0.44% 0.41%

Qualys, Inc. 0.43% 0.39%

Zeta Global Holdings Corp. (Class A) 0.38% 0.78%

Victoria's Secret & Co. 0.37% 0.56%

Box, Inc. (Class A) 0.36% 0.39%

Brinker International, Inc. 0.36% 0.64%

Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. 0.36% 0.47%

Haemonetics Corporation 0.41% 0.35%

Selective Insurance Group, Inc. 0.34% 0.53%

Black Hills Corporation 0.33% 0.53%

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Range Resources Corporation 0.54%

Antero Resources Corporation 0.45%

APA Corporation 0.44%

EPAM Systems, Inc. 0.44%

Amentum Holdings, Inc. 0.43%

Genpact Limited 0.43%

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. 0.42%

Hinge Health, Inc. (Class A) 0.42%

Only in PSC

Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 1.38%

Sezzle Inc 1.30%

Argan Inc 1.03%

Bread Financial Holdings Inc 0.92%

Guardant Health Inc 0.87%

Planet Labs PBC 0.84%

Powell Industries Inc 0.75%

Fabrinet 0.70%

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Side by side

FNX First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund PSC Principal U.S. Small-Cap ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust Principal

What it is Tracks an index Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +12.4% +21.0%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (IWV) +14.1% (IWM)

Gap to its benchmark −0.9 pts vs IWV +6.9 pts vs IWM

Expense ratio 0.62% 0.38%

Already in the S&P 500 8.2% 0.0%

Holdings 451 506

Net assets, FNX as of Oct 27, 2026 and PSC as of Oct 26, 2026 $1.4bn $2.7bn

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

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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.

PSC

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +21.0% with distributions reinvested, against +14.1% for its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Index.

PSC is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.38% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 506 positions, with the top ten at 11.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FNX or PSC?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FNX returned +12.4% and PSC +21.0%.
Which is cheaper, FNX or PSC?: PSC is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FNX and PSC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 8% of FNX and 0% of PSC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FNX on its own →PSC on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →FNX dividend history →FNX holdings →PSC dividend history →PSC holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

FNX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FNX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for FNX ↗

PSC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

PSC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Principal website ↗

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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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