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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FVD returned +6.6% and FXO +7.9%.

Which is cheaper, FVD or FXO?

FXO 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 FVD and FXO overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 63% of FVD and 41% of FXO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FVD vs FXO: how they differ

FVD and FXO hold 12% of their weight in the same names, and FXO returned +7.9% over the year. First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund and First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund.

FXO costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.3 points; FVD is 7.4 times larger.

	FVD	FXO
Expense ratio	0.62%	0.60%
Net assets	$7.6bn	$1.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+6.6%	+7.9%
Holdings in common	12%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	4.5%	17.1%
Below its high	6.1%, high on Aug 24, 2026	7.1%, high on Sep 3, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+6.6%

FVD total return, 1 year

+7.9%

FXO total return, 1 year

0.62%

FVD expense ratio

0.60%

FXO expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FVD and FXO hold 12% 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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12% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FVD FXO

American International Group, Inc. 0.44% 1.69%

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated 0.44% 0.65%

Chubb Limited 0.43% 0.98%

Aflac Incorporated 0.42% 0.95%

Assured Guaranty Ltd. 0.42% 1.68%

Axis Capital Holdings Limited 0.42% 1.67%

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. 0.42% 0.64%

SEI Investments Company 0.42% 0.95%

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. 0.42% 1.65%

The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. 0.42% 1.72%

The Travelers Companies, Inc. 0.42% 1.28%

Assurant, Inc. 0.41% 0.63%

Only in FVD

Accenture plc 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%

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (Class A) 0.45%

Only in FXO

Chime Financial, Inc. (Class A) 1.84%

MGIC Investment Corporation 1.73%

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. 1.70%

Arch Capital Group Ltd. 1.69%

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Class B) 1.69%

Markel Group Inc 1.68%

White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. 1.67%

Everest Group, Ltd. 1.64%

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On the same fields

FVD

First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund

FXO

First Trust Financials AlphaDEX 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 +6.6% +7.9%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −10.7 pts −9.3 pts

Expense ratio 0.62% 0.60%

Already in the S&P 500 62.7% 40.9%

Holdings 239 105

Net assets $7.6bn $1.0bn

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

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.

FXO in plain words

FXO tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +7.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 41% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 105 positions, with the top ten at 17.1%. It sat 7.1% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FVD or FXO?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FVD returned +6.6% and FXO +7.9%.
Which is cheaper, FVD or FXO?: FXO 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 FVD and FXO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 63% of FVD and 41% of FXO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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

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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, FVD against FXO, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/fvd-vs-fxo

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