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FTC vs VFMO: Differences, Returns & Fees

FTC and VFMO hold 22% of their weight in the same names, and VFMO returned +13.2% over the year. Net assets: $1.3bn on Oct 20, 2026 for First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund, and $1.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard U.S. Momentum Factor ETF.

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VFMO costs 0.45 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.3 points.

FTC vs VFMO: Differences, Returns & Fees
FTCVFMO
Expense ratio0.58%0.13%
Net assets, FTC as of Oct 20, 2026 and VFMO as of Sep 30, 2026$1.3bn$1.9bn
Total return, 1 year+7.9%+13.2%
What it tracksNasdaq AlphaDEX Large Cap Growth IndexNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common22%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund9.6%9.5%
Below its high10.5%, high on Jun 22, 202611.5%, 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
+13.2%
VFMO total return, 1 year
0.58%
FTC expense ratio
0.13%
VFMO expense ratio

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTC and VFMO hold 22% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

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22% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FTC VFMO
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 0.81% 1.12%
Micron Technology, Inc. 0.79% 1.36%
Marvell Technology, Inc. 0.66% 0.66%
Quanta Services, Inc. 0.89% 0.63%
Newmont Corporation 0.95% 0.62%
Amphenol Corporation 0.88% 0.62%
Merck & Co., Inc. 0.73% 0.62%
Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 0.54% 0.87%
Caterpillar Inc. 0.48% 0.74%
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. 0.74% 0.46%
Lam Research Corporation 0.45% 0.82%
Analog Devices, Inc. 0.74% 0.44%
Only in FTC
SharkNinja Inc. 0.97%
Corpay, Inc. 0.96%
Workday, Inc. (Class A) 0.95%
DexCom, Inc. 0.92%
Wabtec Corporation 0.92%
Agilent Technologies, Inc. 0.91%
NetApp, Inc. 0.91%
Everpure, Inc. (Class A) 0.90%
Only in VFMO
Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.72%
Howmet Aerospace Inc 0.71%
Marathon Petroleum Corp 0.71%
General Motors Co 0.67%
FedEx Corp 0.65%
Phillips 66 0.64%
Exxon Mobil Corp 0.58%
Alphabet Inc 0.56%

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On the same fields

FTC
First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund
VFMO
Vanguard U.S. Momentum Factor ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer First Trust Vanguard
What it is Tracks an index Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +7.9% +13.2%
Its benchmark over the same days +15.8% (IVV) +15.0% (IWV)
Gap to its benchmark −8.0 pts vs IVV −1.9 pts vs IWV
Expense ratio 0.58% 0.13%
Already in the S&P 500 75.0% 43.4%
Holdings 187 704
Net assets, FTC as of Oct 20, 2026 and VFMO as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.3bn $1.9bn

FTC and VFMO 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 VFMO

VFMO is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.13% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 43% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 704 positions, with the top ten at 9.5%. It sat 11.5% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +13.2% with distributions reinvested, against +15.0% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTC or VFMO?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTC returned +7.9% and VFMO +13.2%.
Which is cheaper, FTC or VFMO?
VFMO is cheaper, by 0.45 percentage points a year. That is about $45 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTC and VFMO overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 75% of FTC and 43% of VFMO 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 ↗VFMO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VFMO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VFMO ↗

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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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