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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTXN returned +48.8% and XLE +52.5%.

Which is cheaper, FTXN or XLE?

XLE is cheaper, by 0.52 percentage points a year. That is about $52 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 78% of FTXN and 100% of XLE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FTXN vs XLE: Differences, Returns & Fees

FTXN and XLE hold 65% of their weight in the same names, and XLE returned +52.5% over the year. Net assets: $1.1bn on Oct 9, 2026 for First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF, and $41.9bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF.

XLE costs 0.52 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.7 points; XLE is far larger, $41.9bn against $1.1bn.

	FTXN	XLE
Expense ratio	0.60%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$1.1bn	$41.9bn
Total return, 1 year	+48.8%	+52.5%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	Energy Select Sector Index
Holdings in common	65%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	56.3%	78.2%

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

+48.8%

FTXN total return, 1 year

+52.5%

XLE total return, 1 year

0.60%

FTXN expense ratio

0.08%

XLE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTXN and XLE hold 65% 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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65% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FTXN XLE

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. 7.91% 23.49%

Chevron Corporation 7.75% 17.66%

ConocoPhillips 7.63% 6.81%

Marathon Petroleum Corporation 8.26% 5.20%

Valero Energy Corporation 4.55% 5.11%

Phillips 66 4.10% 4.84%

EOG Resources, Inc. 5.33% 3.92%

Kinder Morgan, Inc. 2.82% 3.18%

Devon Energy Corporation 3.43% 2.71%

The Williams Companies, Inc. 2.36% 4.31%

ONEOK, Inc. 2.34% 2.87%

Occidental Petroleum Corporation 3.77% 2.21%

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 XLE

XAE ENERGY DEC26 0.00%

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On the same fields

FTXN

First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF

XLE

State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust State Street

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Energy

Total return, 1 year +48.8% +52.5%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +31.5 pts +35.3 pts

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 78.3% 99.8%

Holdings 49 22

Net assets, FTXN as of Oct 9, 2026 and XLE as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.1bn $41.9bn

FTXN and XLE 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%.

XLE in plain words

XLE tracks an index of Energy. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +52.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 22 positions, with the top ten at 78.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTXN or XLE?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTXN returned +48.8% and XLE +52.5%.
Which is cheaper, FTXN or XLE?: XLE is cheaper, by 0.52 percentage points a year. That is about $52 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTXN and XLE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 78% of FTXN and 100% of XLE 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 ↗XLE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗XLE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗

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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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