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FTC vs SCHM: Differences, Returns & Fees

FTC and SCHM hold 12% of their weight in the same names, and SCHM returned +17.6% over the year. Net assets: $1.3bn on Oct 20, 2026 for First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund, and $14.6bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF.

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SCHM costs 0.55 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.7 points.

FTC vs SCHM: Differences, Returns & Fees
FTCSCHM
Expense ratio0.58%0.03%
Net assets, FTC as of Oct 20, 2026 and SCHM as of May 31, 2026$1.3bn$14.6bn
Total return, 1 year+7.9%+17.6%
What it tracksNasdaq AlphaDEX Large Cap Growth IndexDow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Total Stock Market Index
Holdings in common12%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund9.6%13.3%
Below its high10.5%, high on Jun 22, 20265.8%, high on Jun 30, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

+7.9%
FTC total return, 1 year
+17.6%
SCHM total return, 1 year
0.58%
FTC expense ratio
0.03%
SCHM expense ratio

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTC and SCHM hold 12% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

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12% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FTC SCHM
Bloom Energy Corporation (Class A) 0.76% 1.36%
Sandisk Corporation 0.73% 4.64%
Lumentum Holdings Inc. 0.64% 1.13%
Twilio Inc. (Class A) 0.81% 0.54%
ATI Inc. 0.74% 0.44%
Coherent Corp. 0.44% 1.26%
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. 0.50% 0.44%
MKS, Inc. 0.44% 0.40%
F5, Inc. 0.75% 0.40%
Okta, Inc. 0.84% 0.39%
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation 0.47% 0.37%
Coeur Mining, Inc. 0.47% 0.37%
Only in FTC
Expedia Group, Inc. 1.03%
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 0.99%
SharkNinja Inc. 0.97%
Corpay, Inc. 0.96%
Newmont Corporation 0.95%
Ross Stores, Inc. 0.95%
Workday, Inc. (Class A) 0.95%
DexCom, Inc. 0.92%
Only in SCHM
Flex Ltd 1.03%
Steel Dynamics Inc 0.66%
Revolution Medicines Inc 0.57%
Tapestry Inc 0.55%
AST SpaceMobile Inc 0.52%
Centene Corp 0.52%
TechnipFMC PLC 0.51%
Curtiss-Wright Corp 0.51%

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On the same fields

FTC
First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund
SCHM
Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer First Trust Schwab
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +7.9% +17.6%
Its benchmark over the same days +15.8% (IVV) +15.9% (VOO)
Gap to its benchmark −8.0 pts vs IVV +1.7 pts vs VOO
Expense ratio 0.58% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 75.0% 30.3%
Holdings 187 496
Net assets, FTC as of Oct 20, 2026 and SCHM as of May 31, 2026 $1.3bn $14.6bn

FTC and SCHM on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About FTC

FTC tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +7.9% with distributions reinvested, against +15.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.58% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 75% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 187 positions, with the top ten at 9.6%. It sat 10.5% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

About SCHM

SCHM tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +15.9% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 30% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 496 positions, with the top ten at 13.3%. It sat 5.8% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTC or SCHM?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTC returned +7.9% and SCHM +17.6%.
Which is cheaper, FTC or SCHM?
SCHM is cheaper, by 0.55 percentage points a year. That is about $55 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTC and SCHM overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 75% of FTC and 30% of SCHM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
FTC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FTC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FTC ↗SCHM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SCHM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Schwab 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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