Which returned more over the last year, FTXR or FVD?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTXR returned +21.2% and FVD +6.6%.

Which is cheaper, FTXR or FVD?

FTXR is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $2. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do FTXR and FVD overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 73% of FTXR and 63% of FVD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FTXR vs FVD: how they differ

FTXR and FVD hold 1% of their weight in the same names, and FTXR returned +21.2% over the year. First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF and First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund.

FTXR costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.6 points; FVD is 7.6 times larger.

	FTXR	FVD
Expense ratio	0.60%	0.62%
Net assets	$999m	$7.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+21.2%	+6.6%
Holdings in common	1%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	58.3%	4.5%
Below its high	9.0%, high on Aug 4, 2026	6.1%, high on Aug 24, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+21.2%

FTXR total return, 1 year

+6.6%

FVD total return, 1 year

0.60%

FTXR expense ratio

0.62%

FVD expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTXR and FVD hold 1% 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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1% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FTXR FVD

Union Pacific Corporation 7.60% 0.44%

CSX Corporation 3.85% 0.43%

PACCAR Inc 3.57% 0.40%

Only in FTXR

Tesla, Inc. 8.55%

General Motors Company 7.88%

Ford Motor Company 7.17%

FedEx Corporation 6.73%

Delta Air Lines, Inc. 4.32%

United Rentals, Inc. 4.21%

United Airlines Holdings, Inc. 4.08%

American Airlines Group Inc. 3.90%

Only in FVD

Accenture plc 0.47%

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. 0.47%

Amgen Inc. 0.45%

Black Hills Corporation 0.45%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 0.45%

Emerson Electric Co. 0.45%

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. 0.45%

Linde Plc 0.45%

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On the same fields

FTXR

First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF

FVD

First Trust Value Line Dividend Index 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 +21.2% +6.6%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +4.0 pts −10.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.62%

Already in the S&P 500 72.8% 62.7%

Holdings 42 239

Net assets $999m $7.6bn

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

FTXR in plain words

FTXR tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +21.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 73% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 42 positions, with the top ten at 58.3%. It sat 9.0% below its high of Aug 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

FVD in plain words

FVD tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +6.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.62% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 63% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 239 positions, with the top ten at 4.5%. It sat 6.1% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTXR or FVD?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTXR returned +21.2% and FVD +6.6%.
Which is cheaper, FTXR or FVD?: FTXR is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $2. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTXR and FVD overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 73% of FTXR and 63% of FVD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

FTXR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FTXR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FTXR ↗FVD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FVD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FVD ↗

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How this is computed

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

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