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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTXR returned +21.2% and VFMF +29.9%.

Which is cheaper, FTXR or VFMF?

VFMF is cheaper, by 0.42 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $42. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 73% of FTXR and 47% of VFMF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FTXR vs VFMF: how they differ

FTXR and VFMF hold 4% of their weight in the same names, and VFMF returned +29.9% over the year. First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF and Vanguard U.S. Multifactor ETF.

VFMF costs 0.42 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.7 points; VFMF is 1.1 times larger.

	FTXR	VFMF
Expense ratio	0.60%	0.18%
Net assets, FTXR as of Oct 9, 2026 and VFMF as of Sep 30, 2026	$999m	$1.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+21.2%	+29.9%
Holdings in common	4%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	58.3%	8.9%
Below its high	9.0%, high on Aug 4, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+21.2%

FTXR total return, 1 year

+29.9%

VFMF total return, 1 year

0.60%

FTXR expense ratio

0.18%

VFMF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTXR and VFMF hold 4% 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 May 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FTXR VFMF

FedEx Corporation 6.73% 0.72%

General Motors Company 7.88% 0.56%

BorgWarner Inc. 2.02% 0.34%

Ryder System, Inc. 2.91% 0.33%

Delta Air Lines, Inc. 4.32% 0.29%

Southwest Airlines Co. 3.35% 0.26%

Lear Corporation 1.66% 0.24%

Oshkosh Corporation 1.26% 0.24%

Garrett Motion Inc. 0.51% 0.24%

United Airlines Holdings, Inc. 4.08% 0.23%

Landstar System, Inc. 0.50% 0.18%

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. 0.71% 0.17%

Only in FTXR

Tesla, Inc. 8.55%

Union Pacific Corporation 7.60%

Ford Motor Company 7.17%

United Rentals, Inc. 4.21%

American Airlines Group Inc. 3.90%

CSX Corporation 3.85%

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

PACCAR Inc 3.57%

Only in VFMF

Micron Technology Inc 1.25%

Newmont Corp 0.89%

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 0.88%

ConocoPhillips 0.86%

Bank of New York Mellon Corp/The 0.86%

EOG Resources Inc 0.84%

Travelers Cos Inc/The 0.83%

Altria Group Inc 0.83%

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On the same fields

FTXR

First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF

VFMF

Vanguard U.S. Multifactor ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +21.2% +29.9%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +4.0 pts +12.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.18%

Already in the S&P 500 72.8% 46.9%

Holdings 42 613

Net assets, FTXR as of Oct 9, 2026 and VFMF as of Sep 30, 2026 $999m $1.1bn

FTXR and VFMF 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.

VFMF in plain words

VFMF is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +29.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 47% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 613 positions, with the top ten at 8.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTXR or VFMF?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTXR returned +21.2% and VFMF +29.9%.
Which is cheaper, FTXR or VFMF?: VFMF is cheaper, by 0.42 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $42. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTXR and VFMF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 73% of FTXR and 47% of VFMF 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 ↗VFMF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VFMF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VFMF ↗

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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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