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FPX vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, FPX returned +2.9% to VXF's +10.6%; 10% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $1.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for First Trust US Equity Opportunities ETF, and $30.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Extended Market ETF.

At a glance
+2.9%
FPX total return, 1 year
+10.6%
VXF total return, 1 year
0.57%
FPX expense ratio
0.05%
VXF expense ratio

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VXF costs 0.52 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.7 points.

FPX vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureFPXVXF
Return
Total return, 1 year+2.9%+10.6%
Drawdown
Below its high15.9%, high on Jun 30, 20266.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksIPOX -100 U.S. IndexS&P Completion Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.57%0.05%
Net assets, FPX as of Oct 27, 2026 and VXF as of Sep 30, 2026$1.4bn$30.2bn
Holdings
Holdings in common10%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund46.4%11.3%

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

What they share

10%

By the books each fund has filed, FPX and VXF hold 10% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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10% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FPX VXF
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (Class A) 9.24% 2.50%
Twilio Inc. (Class A) 2.01% 0.54%
Revolution Medicines, Inc. 1.19% 0.51%
CoreWeave, Inc. (Class A) 0.76% 0.41%
Royalty Pharma Plc (Class A) 1.42% 0.31%
Roivant Sciences Ltd. 1.51% 0.24%
Rubrik, Inc. (Class A) 0.82% 0.22%
MKS, Inc. 0.33% 0.22%
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. 0.37% 0.21%
Medline Inc. (Class A) 0.97% 0.21%
Circle Internet Group, Inc. (Class A) 0.47% 0.20%
HF Sinclair Corp. 3.25% 0.20%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in FPX
Eli Lilly and Company 8.28%
GE Vernova Inc. 7.36%
Sandisk Corporation 5.46%
Seagate Technology Holdings Plc 4.17%
Lumentum Holdings Inc. 2.67%
Corpay, Inc. 2.09%
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 1.89%
Honeywell Aerospace Inc. 1.75%
Only in VXF
SLCMT1142 2.26%
Snowflake Inc 1.42%
Cloudflare Inc 1.35%
Natera Inc 0.72%
Strategy Inc 0.67%
Astera Labs Inc 0.67%
Cheniere Energy Inc 0.67%
Rocket Lab Corp 0.46%
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Side by side

FPX First Trust US Equity Opportunities ETF VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Extended Market
Total return, 1 year +2.9% +10.6%
Its benchmark over the same days +13.7% (IVV) not measured
Gap to its benchmark −10.8 pts vs IVV not measured
Expense ratio 0.57% 0.05%
Already in the S&P 500 50.6% 0.0%
Holdings 99 3361
Net assets, FPX as of Oct 27, 2026 and VXF as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.4bn $30.2bn

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

Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-722C4E0961

FPX and VXF do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

  1. What each follows. FPX follows IPOX -100 U.S. Index and VXF follows S&P Completion Index.
  2. Holdings in common. 10% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026).
  3. One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 FPX returned +2.9% and VXF +10.6% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 7.7 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund
FPX

FPX tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.9% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.57% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 51% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 99 positions, with the top ten at 46.4%. It sat 15.9% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

VXF

VXF tracks an index of Extended Market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +10.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,361 positions, with the top ten at 11.3%. It sat 6.6% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FPX or VXF?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FPX returned +2.9% and VXF +10.6%.
Which is cheaper, FPX or VXF?
VXF is cheaper, by 0.52 percentage points a year. That is about $52 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FPX and VXF overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 51% of FPX and 0% of VXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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