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FTA vs WTV: how they differ

FTA and WTV hold 24% of their weight in the same names, and FTA returned +19.8% over the year. First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund and WisdomTree U.S. Value Fund.

WTV costs 0.46 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.6 points; WTV is 2.2 times larger.

FTAWTV
Expense ratio0.58%0.12%
Net assets, FTA as of Oct 9, 2026 and WTV as of Jun 30, 2026$1.4bn$2.9bn
Total return, 1 year+19.8%+18.2%
Holdings in common24%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund9.5%21.5%
Below its high6.0%, high on Aug 24, 20264.2%, high on Sep 3, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+19.8%
FTA total return, 1 year
+18.2%
WTV total return, 1 year
0.58%
FTA expense ratio
0.12%
WTV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTA and WTV hold 24% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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24% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FTA WTV
HF Sinclair Corp. 0.99% 0.96%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Class B) 0.91% 2.64%
Edison International 0.90% 1.22%
AT&T Inc. 0.80% 0.89%
Verizon Communications Inc. 0.79% 1.11%
Global Payments Inc. 0.88% 0.74%
VICI Properties Inc. 0.87% 0.74%
Chevron Corporation 0.73% 0.81%
The Cigna Group 0.73% 0.82%
The Progressive Corporation 0.73% 0.78%
Constellation Brands, Inc. (Class A) 0.95% 0.71%
Synchrony Financial 0.72% 0.67%
Only in FTA
Ovintiv Inc. 0.97%
PTC Inc. 0.97%
EQT Corporation 0.95%
Occidental Petroleum Corporation 0.95%
Permian Resources Corp. 0.95%
Carnival Corporation Ltd. 0.94%
ConocoPhillips 0.94%
EOG Resources, Inc. 0.94%
Only in WTV
NVIDIA CORP 3.29%
DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC 3.04%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 2.05%
ZOOM COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.77%
DAVITA INC 1.64%
MERCK & COMPANY INC 1.39%
MORGAN STANLEY 1.34%
ALTRIA GROUP INC 1.34%

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On the same fields

FTA
First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund
WTV
WisdomTree U.S. Value Fund
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer First Trust WisdomTree
What it is Tracks an index Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +19.8% +18.2%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +2.5 pts +1.0 pts
Expense ratio 0.58% 0.12%
Already in the S&P 500 93.0% 81.8%
Holdings 187 123
Net assets, FTA as of Oct 9, 2026 and WTV as of Jun 30, 2026 $1.4bn $2.9bn

FTA and WTV 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.

WTV in plain words

WTV is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.12% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 82% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 123 positions, with the top ten at 21.5%. It sat 4.2% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTA or WTV?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTA returned +19.8% and WTV +18.2%.
Which is cheaper, FTA or WTV?
WTV is cheaper, by 0.46 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $46. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTA and WTV overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 93% of FTA and 82% of WTV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
FTA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FTA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FTA ↗WTV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗WTV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗WisdomTree website ↗

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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 WTV, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/fta-vs-wtv

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