Which returned more over the last year, FTCS or FXO?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTCS returned +9.5% and FXO +13.2%.

Which is cheaper, FTCS or FXO?

FTCS is cheaper, by 0.07 percentage points a year. That is about $7 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do FTCS and FXO overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 100% of FTCS and 41% of FXO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

FTCS vs FXO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, FTCS returned +9.5% to FXO's +13.2%; 10% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $7.8bn for First Trust Capital Strength ETF and $1.1bn for First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund.

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At a glance

+9.5%

FTCS total return, 1 year

+13.2%

FXO total return, 1 year

0.53%

FTCS expense ratio

0.60%

FXO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

FTCS costs 0.07 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.7 points; FTCS is 7.1 times larger.

FTCS vs FXO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FTCS	FXO
Return
Measure	FTCS	FXO
Total return, 1 year	+9.5%	+13.2%
Drawdown
Measure	FTCS	FXO
Below its high		4.6%, high on Sep 3, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	FTCS	FXO
What it tracks	Capital Strength Index	StrataQuant Financials Index
Cost and size
Measure	FTCS	FXO
Expense ratio	0.53%	0.60%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$7.8bn	$1.1bn
Holdings
Measure	FTCS	FXO
Holdings in common	10%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	21.0%	17.5%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

Risk and return

May 18, 2007 to Oct 23, 2026 · 1,014 weekly returns

FTCS FXO

Return

Total return edge FTCS +437.7% +372.5%

Annualized edge FTCS (slight) +9.0% +8.3%

Price return edge FTCS +305.0% +219.9%

Risk

Volatility edge FTCS 18.3% 25.8%

Max drawdown edge FTCS −52.7% −71.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge FTCS 0.48 0.38

Sortino edge FTCS 0.68 0.55

Calmar edge FTCS 0.17 0.12

Reading

FTCS returned more: +437.7% to +372.5%. FTCS swung less: 18.3% to 25.8%. FTCS fell less at its worst: −52.7% to −71.3%.

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Risk and return: FTCS vs FXO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FTCS	FXO	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+437.7%	+372.5%	FTCS	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+9.0%	+8.3%	FTCS (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+305.0%	+219.9%	FTCS	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	18.3%	25.8%	FTCS	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	12.9%	17.7%	FTCS	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−52.7%	−71.3%	FTCS	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.48	0.38	FTCS	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.68	0.55	FTCS	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.17	0.12	FTCS	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 1,014 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

10%

By the books each fund has filed, FTCS and FXO hold 10% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FTCS FXO

Cincinnati Financial Corporation 2.11% 1.81%

Arch Capital Group Ltd. 1.97% 1.73%

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. 2.04% 1.58%

Aflac Incorporated 2.02% 0.99%

Chubb Limited 1.98% 0.99%

Northern Trust Corporation 2.03% 0.91%

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 1.95% 0.90%

W.R. Berkley Corporation 1.92% 0.32%

Raymond James Financial, Inc. 2.00% 0.30%

The Charles Schwab Corporation 1.92% 0.28%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FTCS

Lockheed Martin Corporation 2.25%

CSX Corporation 2.13%

Northrop Grumman Corporation 2.12%

Johnson & Johnson 2.08%

PPG Industries, Inc. 2.08%

3M Company 2.06%

Union Pacific Corporation 2.06%

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 2.06%

Only in FXO

The Allstate Corporation 1.80%

MGIC Investment Corporation 1.76%

Bank OZK 1.75%

White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. 1.75%

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Class B) 1.73%

The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. 1.73%

Axis Capital Holdings Limited 1.72%

Markel Group Inc 1.72%

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Side by side

FTCS First Trust Capital Strength ETF FXO First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust First Trust

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +9.5% +13.2%

Expense ratio 0.53% 0.60%

Already in the S&P 500 99.9% 40.9%

Holdings 50 105

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $7.8bn $1.1bn

FTCS and FXO on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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FTCS and FXO are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

What each follows. FTCS follows Capital Strength Index and FXO follows StrataQuant Financials Index.
Holdings in common. 10% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 FTCS returned +9.5% and FXO +13.2% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 3.7 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

FTCS

FTCS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +9.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.53% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 50 positions, with the top ten at 21.0%.

FXO

FXO tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 41% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 105 positions, with the top ten at 17.5%. It sat 4.6% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTCS or FXO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTCS returned +9.5% and FXO +13.2%.
Which is cheaper, FTCS or FXO?: FTCS is cheaper, by 0.07 percentage points a year. That is about $7 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTCS and FXO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 100% of FTCS and 41% of FXO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

FTCS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FTCS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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FXO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FXO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for FXO ↗

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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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