Which returned more over the last year, FV or VXF?

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FV returned +20.0% and VXF +14.0%.

Which is cheaper, FV or VXF?

VXF is cheaper, by 0.84 percentage points a year. That is about $84 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do FV and VXF overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of FV and 0% of VXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Across categories

FV vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FV returned +20.0% to VXF's +14.0%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $3.8bn on Nov 3, 2026 for First Trust Dorsey Wright Focus 5 ETF, and $30.2bn on Oct 31, 2026 for Vanguard Extended Market ETF.

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At a glance

+20.0%

FV total return, 1 year

+14.0%

VXF total return, 1 year

0.89%

FV expense ratio

0.05%

VXF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VXF costs 0.84 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.0 points.

FV vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FV	VXF
Return
Measure	FV	VXF
Total return, 1 year	+20.0%	+14.0%
Drawdown
Measure	FV	VXF
Below its high	4.1%, high on Oct 28, 2026	6.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	FV	VXF
What it tracks	Dorsey Wright Focus Five Index	S&P Completion Index
Cost and size
Measure	FV	VXF
Expense ratio	0.89%	0.05%
Net assets, FV as of Nov 3, 2026 and VXF as of Oct 31, 2026	$3.8bn	$30.2bn
Holdings
Measure	FV	VXF
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	99.9%	9.5%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, FV and VXF hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FV VXF

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FV

First Trust Nasdaq Pharmaceuticals ETF 22.02%

First Trust NYSE® Arca® Biotechnology Index Fund 21.16%

First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF 20.98%

First Trust Technology AlphaDEX® Fund 18.53%

First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund 17.19%

Only in VXF

Space Exploration Technologies Corp 2.50%

Snowflake Inc 1.42%

Cloudflare Inc 1.35%

Natera Inc 0.72%

Strategy Inc 0.67%

Astera Labs Inc 0.67%

Cheniere Energy Inc 0.67%

Twilio Inc 0.54%

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Side by side

FV First Trust Dorsey Wright Focus 5 ETF VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Extended Market

Total return, 1 year +20.0% +14.0%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.8% (VOO) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +5.2 pts vs VOO not measured

Expense ratio 0.89% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 5 3359

Net assets, FV as of Nov 3, 2026 and VXF as of Oct 31, 2026 $3.8bn $30.2bn

FV and VXF on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

FV tracks an index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +20.0% with distributions reinvested, against +14.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.89% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 5 positions, with the top ten at 99.9%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Oct 28, 2026 on Nov 4, 2026.

VXF

VXF tracks an index of Extended Market. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +14.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,359 positions, with the top ten at 9.5%. It sat 6.6% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Nov 4, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FV or VXF?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FV returned +20.0% and VXF +14.0%.
Which is cheaper, FV or VXF?: VXF is cheaper, by 0.84 percentage points a year. That is about $84 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FV and VXF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of FV and 0% of VXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

FV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for FV ↗

VXF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VXF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VXF ↗

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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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