Which returned more over the last year, FTXN or IXC?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTXN returned +48.8% and IXC +50.0%.

Which is cheaper, FTXN or IXC?

IXC is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do FTXN and IXC overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 78% of FTXN and 60% of IXC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FTXN vs IXC: Differences, Returns & Fees

FTXN and IXC hold 48% of their weight in the same names, and IXC returned +50.0% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $1.1bn for First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF and $3.1bn for iShares Global Energy ETF.

IXC costs 0.23 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.2 points; IXC is 2.7 times larger.

	FTXN	IXC
Expense ratio	0.60%	0.37%
Net assets	$1.1bn	$3.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+48.8%	+50.0%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	S&P Global 1200 Energy 4
Holdings in common	48%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	56.3%	60.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+48.8%

FTXN total return, 1 year

+50.0%

IXC total return, 1 year

0.60%

FTXN expense ratio

0.37%

IXC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTXN and IXC hold 48% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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48% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FTXN IXC

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. 7.91% 17.84%

Chevron Corporation 7.75% 10.76%

ConocoPhillips 7.63% 4.15%

Marathon Petroleum Corporation 8.26% 3.35%

Valero Energy Corporation 4.55% 3.29%

Phillips 66 4.10% 2.89%

The Williams Companies, Inc. 2.36% 2.28%

EOG Resources, Inc. 5.33% 2.01%

SLB Ltd. 2.08% 1.87%

Kinder Morgan, Inc. 2.82% 1.63%

Targa Resources Corp. 1.68% 1.59%

ONEOK, Inc. 2.34% 1.47%

Only in FTXN

Venture Global, Inc. (Class A) 2.46%

Cheniere Energy, Inc. 2.34%

Ovintiv Inc. 1.73%

Permian Resources Corp. 1.58%

HF Sinclair Corp. 1.34%

SM Energy Company 1.08%

Chord Energy Corporation 1.00%

Matador Resources Company 0.98%

Only in IXC

SHELL 7.44%

TOTALENERGIES 4.55%

BP PLC 3.13%

ENBRIDGE 2.66%

CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LTD 2.61%

SUNCOR ENERGY INC 2.14%

TC ENERGY 1.61%

ENI 1.30%

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On the same fields

FTXN

First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF

IXC

iShares Global Energy 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 +48.8% +50.0%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +31.5 pts +32.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.37%

Already in the S&P 500 78.3% 59.6%

Holdings 49 52

Net assets $1.1bn $3.1bn

FTXN and IXC on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

FTXN in plain words

FTXN tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +48.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 78% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 49 positions, with the top ten at 56.3%.

IXC in plain words

IXC tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +50.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 60% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 52 positions, with the top ten at 60.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTXN or IXC?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTXN returned +48.8% and IXC +50.0%.
Which is cheaper, FTXN or IXC?: IXC is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTXN and IXC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 78% of FTXN and 60% of IXC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

FTXN filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FTXN prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FTXN ↗IXC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IXC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IXC ↗

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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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