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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FXO returned +7.9% and IJJ +10.5%.

Which is cheaper, FXO or IJJ?

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

By their latest filed holdings, 41% of FXO and 0% of IJJ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FXO vs IJJ: how they differ

FXO and IJJ hold 14% of their weight in the same names, and IJJ returned +10.5% over the year. First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund and iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF.

IJJ costs 0.42 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.6 points; IJJ is 8.1 times larger.

	FXO	IJJ
Expense ratio	0.60%	0.18%
Net assets	$1.0bn	$8.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+7.9%	+10.5%
Holdings in common	14%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	17.1%	11.0%
Below its high	7.1%, high on Sep 3, 2026	7.1%, high on Aug 14, 2026

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

+7.9%

FXO total return, 1 year

+10.5%

IJJ total return, 1 year

0.60%

FXO expense ratio

0.18%

IJJ expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FXO and IJJ hold 14% 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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14% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FXO IJJ

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. 0.93% 0.86%

Annaly Capital Management, Inc. 1.58% 0.83%

First Horizon Corporation 0.93% 0.67%

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated 0.65% 1.01%

Ally Financial Inc. 1.24% 0.63%

Fidelity National Financial, Inc. 0.93% 0.59%

SouthState Bank Corporation 1.25% 0.59%

Wintrust Financial Corporation 0.63% 0.59%

Zions Bancorporation, National Association 1.24% 0.55%

Corebridge Financial, Inc. 0.64% 0.55%

Columbia Banking System, Inc. 1.23% 0.49%

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. 0.93% 0.49%

Only in FXO

Chime Financial, Inc. (Class A) 1.84%

The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. 1.72%

American International Group, Inc. 1.69%

Arch Capital Group Ltd. 1.69%

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Class B) 1.69%

Assured Guaranty Ltd. 1.68%

Markel Group Inc 1.68%

The Allstate Corporation 1.68%

Only in IJJ

TD SYNNEX 1.30%

US FOODS HOLDING 1.27%

RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM 1.23%

PERMIAN RESOURCES CLASS A 1.16%

HF SINCLAIR 1.13%

OVINTIV 1.06%

WESCO INTERNATIONAL 1.05%

SHARKNINJA 0.93%

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On the same fields

FXO

First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund

IJJ

iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 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 +7.9% +10.5%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −9.3 pts −6.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.18%

Already in the S&P 500 40.9% 0.0%

Holdings 105 303

Net assets $1.0bn $8.4bn

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

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.

IJJ in plain words

IJJ tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +10.5% 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 published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 303 positions, with the top ten at 11.0%. It sat 7.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FXO or IJJ?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FXO returned +7.9% and IJJ +10.5%.
Which is cheaper, FXO or IJJ?: IJJ 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 FXO and IJJ overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 41% of FXO and 0% of IJJ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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

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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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