Which returned more over the last year, FTA or FXO?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTA returned +19.8% and FXO +7.9%.

Which is cheaper, FTA or FXO?

FTA is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $2. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do FTA and FXO overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 93% of FTA and 41% of FXO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FTA vs FXO: how they differ

FTA and FXO hold 20% of their weight in the same names, and FTA returned +19.8% over the year. First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund and First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund.

FTA costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.9 points; FTA is 1.3 times larger.

	FTA	FXO
Expense ratio	0.58%	0.60%
Net assets	$1.4bn	$1.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+19.8%	+7.9%
Holdings in common	20%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	9.5%	17.1%
Below its high	6.0%, high on Aug 24, 2026	7.1%, high on Sep 3, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+19.8%

FTA total return, 1 year

+7.9%

FXO total return, 1 year

0.58%

FTA expense ratio

0.60%

FXO expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTA and FXO 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 Oct 9, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FTA FXO

The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. 0.92% 1.72%

American International Group, Inc. 0.91% 1.69%

Arch Capital Group Ltd. 0.91% 1.69%

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Class B) 0.91% 1.69%

Cincinnati Financial Corporation 0.90% 1.67%

Markel Group Inc 0.90% 1.68%

The Allstate Corporation 0.90% 1.68%

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. 0.88% 1.65%

Annaly Capital Management, Inc. 0.85% 1.58%

Chubb Limited 0.73% 0.98%

The Progressive Corporation 0.73% 1.30%

Loews Corporation 0.72% 1.27%

Only in FTA

HF Sinclair Corp. 0.99%

Ovintiv Inc. 0.97%

PTC Inc. 0.97%

Constellation Brands, Inc. (Class A) 0.95%

EQT Corporation 0.95%

Occidental Petroleum Corporation 0.95%

Permian Resources Corp. 0.95%

Carnival Corporation Ltd. 0.94%

Only in FXO

Chime Financial, Inc. (Class A) 1.84%

MGIC Investment Corporation 1.73%

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. 1.70%

Assured Guaranty Ltd. 1.68%

Axis Capital Holdings Limited 1.67%

Old Republic International Corporation 1.67%

White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. 1.67%

Everest Group, Ltd. 1.64%

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On the same fields

FTA

First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund

FXO

First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust First Trust

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +19.8% +7.9%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +2.5 pts −9.3 pts

Expense ratio 0.58% 0.60%

Already in the S&P 500 93.0% 40.9%

Holdings 187 105

Net assets $1.4bn $1.0bn

FTA and FXO on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

FTA in plain words

FTA tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.58% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 187 positions, with the top ten at 9.5%. It sat 6.0% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

FXO in plain words

FXO tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +7.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 41% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 105 positions, with the top ten at 17.1%. It sat 7.1% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTA or FXO?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTA returned +19.8% and FXO +7.9%.
Which is cheaper, FTA or FXO?: FTA is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $2. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTA and FXO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 93% of FTA and 41% of FXO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

FTA and FXO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FTA and FXO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FTA ↗First Trust page for FXO ↗

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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, FTA against FXO, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/fta-vs-fxo

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