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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTXR returned +21.2% and SDY +10.0%.

Which is cheaper, FTXR or SDY?

SDY is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $25. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 73% of FTXR and 84% of SDY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FTXR vs SDY: how they differ

FTXR and SDY hold 3% of their weight in the same names, and FTXR returned +21.2% over the year. First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF and State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF.

SDY costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.2 points; SDY is far larger, $20.8bn against $999m.

	FTXR	SDY
Expense ratio	0.60%	0.35%
Net assets, FTXR as of Oct 9, 2026 and SDY as of Oct 8, 2026	$999m	$20.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+21.2%	+10.0%
Holdings in common	3%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	58.3%	20.5%
Below its high	9.0%, high on Aug 4, 2026	5.8%, high on Aug 24, 2026

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

+21.2%

FTXR total return, 1 year

+10.0%

SDY total return, 1 year

0.60%

FTXR expense ratio

0.35%

SDY expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTXR and SDY 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 SDY

Genuine Parts Company 1.31% 0.76%

CSX Corporation 3.85% 0.50%

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 1.13% 0.49%

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. 0.71% 0.41%

Ryder System, Inc. 2.91% 0.38%

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. 1.64% 0.22%

Only in FTXR

Tesla, Inc. 8.55%

General Motors Company 7.88%

Union Pacific Corporation 7.60%

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%

Only in SDY

ACCENTURE PLC CL A 3.49%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 3.09%

CHEVRON CORP 2.11%

REALTY INCOME CORP 1.96%

PEPSICO INC 1.85%

MEDTRONIC PLC 1.77%

TARGET CORP 1.76%

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING 1.52%

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On the same fields

FTXR

First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF

SDY

State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust State Street

What it is Tracks an index Tracks the S&P Dividend

Total return, 1 year +21.2% +10.0%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +4.0 pts −7.3 pts

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 72.8% 84.4%

Holdings 42 156

Net assets, FTXR as of Oct 9, 2026 and SDY as of Oct 8, 2026 $999m $20.8bn

FTXR and SDY 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.

SDY in plain words

SDY tracks the S&P Dividend. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +10.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 156 positions, with the top ten at 20.5%. It sat 5.8% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTXR or SDY?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTXR returned +21.2% and SDY +10.0%.
Which is cheaper, FTXR or SDY?: SDY is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $25. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTXR and SDY overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 73% of FTXR and 84% of SDY 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 ↗SDY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SDY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗

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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 SDY, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/ftxr-vs-sdy

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