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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FXO returned +7.9% and IVOV +10.4%.

Which is cheaper, FXO or IVOV?

IVOV is cheaper, by 0.50 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $50. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do FXO and IVOV overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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FXO vs IVOV: how they differ

FXO and IVOV hold 14% of their weight in the same names, and IVOV returned +10.4% over the year. First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund and Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF.

IVOV costs 0.50 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.5 points; IVOV is 1.2 times larger.

	FXO	IVOV
Expense ratio	0.60%	0.10%
Net assets, FXO as of Oct 9, 2026 and IVOV as of Sep 30, 2026	$1.0bn	$1.2bn
Total return, 1 year	+7.9%	+10.4%
Holdings in common	14%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	17.1%	10.5%
Below its high	7.1%, high on Sep 3, 2026	7.1%, high on Aug 14, 2026

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

+7.9%

FXO total return, 1 year

+10.4%

IVOV total return, 1 year

0.60%

FXO expense ratio

0.10%

IVOV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FXO and IVOV 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 Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FXO IVOV

Annaly Capital Management, Inc. 1.58% 0.97%

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. 0.93% 0.87%

Ally Financial Inc. 1.24% 0.68%

Fidelity National Financial, Inc. 0.93% 0.68%

First Horizon Corporation 0.93% 0.67%

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated 0.65% 0.94%

SouthState Bank Corporation 1.25% 0.59%

Wintrust Financial Corporation 0.63% 0.59%

Zions Bancorporation, National Association 1.24% 0.57%

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. 1.20% 0.50%

Columbia Banking System, Inc. 1.23% 0.50%

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 IVOV

US Foods Holding Corp 1.34%

Reliance Inc 1.14%

TD SYNNEX Corp 1.10%

Permian Resources Corp 1.06%

Ovintiv Inc 1.05%

Jones Lang LaSalle Inc 0.98%

WESCO International Inc 0.96%

HF Sinclair Corp 0.90%

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On the same fields

FXO

First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund

IVOV

Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +7.9% +10.4%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −9.3 pts −6.8 pts

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.10%

Already in the S&P 500 40.9% 0.0%

Holdings 105 299

Net assets, FXO as of Oct 9, 2026 and IVOV as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.0bn $1.2bn

FXO and IVOV 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.

IVOV in plain words

IVOV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +10.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 299 positions, with the top ten at 10.5%. 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 IVOV?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FXO returned +7.9% and IVOV +10.4%.
Which is cheaper, FXO or IVOV?: IVOV is cheaper, by 0.50 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $50. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FXO and IVOV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 41% of FXO and 0% of IVOV 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 ↗IVOV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IVOV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for IVOV ↗

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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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