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As of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. FTA IWS \n Expense ratio 0.58% 0.23% \n Net assets $1.4bn $15.3bn \n Total return, 1 year +19.8% +20.2% \n Holdings in common 32% \n Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.\n First Trust Large Cap V","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Figures ETFIQ computes are free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, FTA against IWS, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/fta-vs-iws","a":{"ticker":"FTA","name":"First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund","issuer":"First Trust","desk":"core","as_of":"2026-10-09","verdict":"FTA tracks an index and returned +19.8% over the past year.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/fta","key_facts":[{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"+19.8%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.58%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Holdings","value":"187","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Below its high","value":"\u22126.0%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$1.4bn","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":"issuer page, as of Oct 9, 2026"},{"label":"Benchmark","value":"Its own holdings, as of Oct 9, 2026; its shareholder report names 3 narrower indexes (Nasdaq AlphaDEX Large Cap Value Index, Nasdaq US 500 Large Cap Value Index, S&P 500 Value Index), and does not say which is its benchmark","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":"ETFIQ, from its filings"}]},"b":{"ticker":"IWS","name":"iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF","issuer":"iShares","desk":"core","as_of":"2026-10-09","verdict":"IWS tracks an index and returned +20.2% over the past year.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/iws","key_facts":[{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"+20.2%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.23%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Holdings","value":"719","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Below its high","value":"\u22124.6%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$15.3bn","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":"the issuer\u2019s own daily fund list, as of Oct 9, 2026"},{"label":"Benchmark","value":"Its own holdings, as of Oct 8, 2026; no other fund tracks the Russell Midcap Value Index, the index its prospectus names","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":"ETFIQ, from its filings"}]},"overlap_pct":32,"full_text_at":"https://etfiq.com/compare/any/fta-vs-iws"}