Which returned more over the last year, FTC or SMMD?

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTC returned +6.6% and SMMD +22.4%.

Which is cheaper, FTC or SMMD?

SMMD is cheaper, by 0.43 percentage points a year. That is about $43 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do FTC and SMMD overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 75% of FTC and 10% of SMMD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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FTC vs SMMD: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTC returned +6.6% to SMMD's +22.4%; 5% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $1.3bn for First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund and $4.2bn for iShares Russell 2500 ETF.

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At a glance

+6.6%

FTC total return, 1 year

+22.4%

SMMD total return, 1 year

0.58%

FTC expense ratio

0.15%

SMMD expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SMMD costs 0.43 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.8 points; SMMD is 3.2 times larger.

FTC vs SMMD: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FTC	SMMD
Return
Measure	FTC	SMMD
Total return, 1 year	+6.6%	+22.4%
Drawdown
Measure	FTC	SMMD
Below its high	12.4%, high on Jun 22, 2026	5.3%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	FTC	SMMD
What it tracks	Nasdaq AlphaDEX Large Cap Growth Index	Russell 2500 Index
Cost and size
Measure	FTC	SMMD
Expense ratio	0.58%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$1.3bn	$4.2bn
Holdings
Measure	FTC	SMMD
Holdings in common	5%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	9.9%	43.4%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, FTC and SMMD hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FTC SMMD

ATI Inc. 0.72% 0.34%

Guardant Health, Inc. 0.92% 0.31%

Woodward, Inc. 0.38% 0.28%

Royal Gold, Inc. 0.54% 0.27%

F5, Inc. 0.56% 0.26%

Roivant Sciences Ltd. 0.37% 0.26%

ITT Inc. 0.56% 0.25%

SharkNinja Inc. 1.10% 0.25%

Nordson Corporation 0.76% 0.24%

Nutanix, Inc. (Class A) 0.69% 0.24%

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. 0.45% 0.22%

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation 0.46% 0.21%

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Only in FTC

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 1.04%

Expedia Group, Inc. 1.02%

Corpay, Inc. 0.98%

Workday, Inc. (Class A) 0.98%

Agilent Technologies, Inc. 0.96%

Quanta Services, Inc. 0.96%

Wabtec Corporation 0.96%

Amphenol Corporation 0.94%

Only in SMMD

ISHARES RUSSELL 2000 ETF 40.62%

PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA 0.31%

RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM 0.31%

US FOODS HOLDING 0.31%

VIATRIS 0.31%

NISOURCE 0.30%

TENET HEALTHCARE CORP 0.30%

NVENT ELECTRIC PLC 0.29%

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Side by side

FTC First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund SMMD iShares Russell 2500 ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +6.6% +22.4%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.8% (IVV) +14.8% (IWV)

Gap to its benchmark −8.2 pts vs IVV +7.6 pts vs IWV

Expense ratio 0.58% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 75.0% 10.3%

Holdings 187 516

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $1.3bn $4.2bn

FTC and SMMD on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

FTC

FTC tracks an index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +6.6% with distributions reinvested, against +14.8% 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 Nov 3, 2026, 75% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 187 positions, with the top ten at 9.9%. It sat 12.4% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Nov 4, 2026.

SMMD

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +22.4% with distributions reinvested, against +14.8% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

SMMD tracks an index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026, 10% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 516 positions, with the top ten at 43.4%. It sat 5.3% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Nov 4, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTC or SMMD?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTC returned +6.6% and SMMD +22.4%.
Which is cheaper, FTC or SMMD?: SMMD is cheaper, by 0.43 percentage points a year. That is about $43 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTC and SMMD overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 75% of FTC and 10% of SMMD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

FTC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FTC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for FTC ↗

SMMD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SMMD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for SMMD ↗

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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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