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

In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTC returned +7.9% and VFLO +47.4%.

Which is cheaper, FTC or VFLO?

VFLO is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. That is about $19 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 75% of FTC and 84% of VFLO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FTC vs VFLO: Differences, Returns & Fees

FTC and VFLO hold 10% of their weight in the same names, and VFLO returned +47.4% over the year. Net assets: $1.3bn on Oct 20, 2026 for First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund, and $7.8bn on Jun 30, 2026 for VictoryShares Free Cash Flow ETF.

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VFLO costs 0.19 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 39.5 points.

FTC vs VFLO: Differences, Returns & Fees
	FTC	VFLO
Expense ratio	0.58%	0.39%
Net assets, FTC as of Oct 20, 2026 and VFLO as of Jun 30, 2026	$1.3bn	$7.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+7.9%	+47.4%
What it tracks	Nasdaq AlphaDEX Large Cap Growth Index	Victory U.S. Large Cap Free Cash Flow Index
Holdings in common	10%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	9.6%	30.8%
Below its high	10.5%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

+7.9%

FTC total return, 1 year

+47.4%

VFLO total return, 1 year

0.58%

FTC expense ratio

0.39%

VFLO expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTC and VFLO hold 10% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

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10% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FTC VFLO

Expedia Group, Inc. 1.03% 3.41%

Newmont Corporation 0.95% 3.01%

Workday, Inc. (Class A) 0.95% 1.89%

NetApp, Inc. 0.91% 1.04%

Incyte Corporation 0.86% 1.74%

Veeva Systems Inc. (Class A) 0.82% 1.42%

Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) 0.81% 2.12%

Merck & Co., Inc. 0.73% 2.98%

Sandisk Corporation 0.73% 3.02%

Jazz Pharmaceuticals Plc 0.67% 1.46%

Coeur Mining, Inc. 0.47% 3.02%

Cardinal Health, Inc. 0.42% 1.55%

Only in FTC

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 0.99%

SharkNinja Inc. 0.97%

Corpay, Inc. 0.96%

Ross Stores, Inc. 0.95%

DexCom, Inc. 0.92%

Medpace Holdings, Inc. 0.92%

Wabtec Corporation 0.92%

Agilent Technologies, Inc. 0.91%

Only in VFLO

DEVON ENERGY CORPORATION 3.49%

ADOBE INC. 3.37%

SALESFORCE, INC. 2.90%

INTUIT INC. 2.87%

EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION 2.76%

ACCENTURE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 2.73%

THE CIGNA GROUP 2.66%

TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION 2.37%

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On the same fields

FTC

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund

VFLO

VictoryShares Free Cash Flow ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust VictoryShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +7.9% +47.4%

Its benchmark over the same days +15.8% (IVV) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −8.0 pts vs IVV not measured

Expense ratio 0.58% 0.39%

Already in the S&P 500 75.0% 83.8%

Holdings 187 50

Net assets, FTC as of Oct 20, 2026 and VFLO as of Jun 30, 2026 $1.3bn $7.8bn

FTC and VFLO 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 VFLO

VFLO tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +47.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 50 positions, with the top ten at 30.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTC or VFLO?: In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTC returned +7.9% and VFLO +47.4%.
Which is cheaper, FTC or VFLO?: VFLO is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. That is about $19 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTC and VFLO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 75% of FTC and 84% of VFLO 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 ↗VFLO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VFLO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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