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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTXN returned +48.8% and MLPA +23.2%.

Which is cheaper, FTXN or MLPA?

FTXN is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 78% of FTXN and 0% of MLPA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FTXN vs MLPA: Differences, Returns & Fees

FTXN and MLPA hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and FTXN returned +48.8% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $1.1bn for First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF and $2.3bn for Global X MLP ETF.

FTXN costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 25.6 points; MLPA is 2.0 times larger.

	FTXN	MLPA
Expense ratio	0.60%	0.77%
Net assets	$1.1bn	$2.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+48.8%	+23.2%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	56.3%	98.6%
Below its high		6.5%, high on Sep 9, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+48.8%

FTXN total return, 1 year

+23.2%

MLPA total return, 1 year

0.60%

FTXN expense ratio

0.77%

MLPA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTXN and MLPA hold 0% 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 9, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FTXN MLPA

ONEOK, Inc. 2.34% 0.00%

Only in FTXN

Marathon Petroleum Corporation 8.26%

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. 7.91%

Chevron Corporation 7.75%

ConocoPhillips 7.63%

EOG Resources, Inc. 5.33%

Valero Energy Corporation 4.55%

Phillips 66 4.10%

Occidental Petroleum Corporation 3.77%

Only in MLPA

ENERGY TRANSFER LP 15.50%

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS 13.25%

MPLX LP 12.42%

PLAINS ALL AMER PIPELINE LP 11.78%

WESTERN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS L 10.39%

SUNOCO LP 9.66%

HESS MIDSTREAM LP - CLASS A 7.71%

CHENIERE ENERGY PARTNERS LP 7.38%

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On the same fields

FTXN

First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF

MLPA

Global X MLP ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust Global X

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +48.8% +23.2%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +31.5 pts +6.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.77%

Already in the S&P 500 78.3% 0.0%

Holdings 49 20

Net assets $1.1bn $2.3bn

FTXN and MLPA 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%.

MLPA in plain words

MLPA tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +23.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.77% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 20 positions, with the top ten at 98.6%. It sat 6.5% below its high of Sep 9, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTXN or MLPA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTXN returned +48.8% and MLPA +23.2%.
Which is cheaper, FTXN or MLPA?: FTXN is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTXN and MLPA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 78% of FTXN and 0% of MLPA 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 ↗MLPA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗MLPA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Global X page for MLPA ↗

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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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