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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTXR returned +21.2% and ILCV +22.0%.

Which is cheaper, FTXR or ILCV?

ILCV is cheaper, by 0.56 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $56. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 73% of FTXR and 96% of ILCV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FTXR vs ILCV: how they differ

FTXR and ILCV hold 3% of their weight in the same names, and ILCV returned +22.0% over the year. First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF and iShares Morningstar Value ETF.

ILCV costs 0.56 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.8 points; ILCV is 1.4 times larger.

	FTXR	ILCV
Expense ratio	0.60%	0.04%
Net assets	$999m	$1.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+21.2%	+22.0%
Holdings in common	3%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	58.3%	35.8%
Below its high	9.0%, high on Aug 4, 2026

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

+21.2%

FTXR total return, 1 year

+22.0%

ILCV total return, 1 year

0.60%

FTXR expense ratio

0.04%

ILCV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTXR and ILCV hold 3% 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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3% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FTXR ILCV

Tesla, Inc. 8.55% 1.18%

Union Pacific Corporation 7.60% 0.48%

General Motors Company 7.88% 0.21%

United Parcel Service, Inc. (Class B) 3.73% 0.21%

FedEx Corporation 6.73% 0.19%

Delta Air Lines, Inc. 4.32% 0.16%

PACCAR Inc 3.57% 0.16%

Ford Motor Company 7.17% 0.14%

United Airlines Holdings, Inc. 4.08% 0.10%

CSX Corporation 3.85% 0.08%

United Rentals, Inc. 4.21% 0.06%

Genuine Parts Company 1.31% 0.05%

Only in FTXR

American Airlines Group Inc. 3.90%

Ryder System, Inc. 2.91%

Wabtec Corporation 2.35%

BorgWarner Inc. 2.02%

Lear Corporation 1.66%

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. 1.64%

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. 1.58%

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. 1.54%

Only in ILCV

MICROSOFT 8.53%

APPLE 7.23%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.29%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.95%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 2.75%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 2.57%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.56%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.06%

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On the same fields

FTXR

First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF

ILCV

iShares Morningstar Value 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 +21.2% +22.0%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +4.0 pts +4.8 pts

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.04%

Already in the S&P 500 72.8% 96.0%

Holdings 42 374

Net assets $999m $1.4bn

FTXR and ILCV 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.

ILCV in plain words

ILCV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +22.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 374 positions, with the top ten at 35.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTXR or ILCV?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTXR returned +21.2% and ILCV +22.0%.
Which is cheaper, FTXR or ILCV?: ILCV is cheaper, by 0.56 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $56. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTXR and ILCV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 73% of FTXR and 96% of ILCV 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 ↗ILCV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ILCV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ILCV ↗

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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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ETFIQ, FTXR against ILCV, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/ftxr-vs-ilcv

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