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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FXO returned +7.9% and IWS +20.2%.

Which is cheaper, FXO or IWS?

IWS is cheaper, by 0.37 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $37. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 41% of FXO and 66% of IWS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FXO vs IWS: how they differ

FXO and IWS hold 12% of their weight in the same names, and IWS returned +20.2% over the year. First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund and iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF.

IWS costs 0.37 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.3 points; IWS is 14.8 times larger.

	FXO	IWS
Expense ratio	0.60%	0.23%
Net assets	$1.0bn	$15.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+7.9%	+20.2%
Holdings in common	12%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	17.1%	7.0%
Below its high	7.1%, high on Sep 3, 2026	4.6%, 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

+20.2%

IWS total return, 1 year

0.60%

FXO expense ratio

0.23%

IWS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FXO and IWS 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 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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12% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FXO IWS

The Allstate Corporation 1.68% 0.59%

American International Group, Inc. 1.69% 0.41%

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 0.95% 0.40%

Prudential Financial, Inc. 0.62% 0.39%

The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. 1.72% 0.35%

Arch Capital Group Ltd. 1.69% 0.32%

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. 0.34% 0.31%

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated 0.31% 0.31%

M&T Bank Corporation 1.24% 0.31%

State Street Corporation 0.31% 0.47%

Northern Trust Corporation 0.92% 0.29%

Willis Towers Watson Plc 0.32% 0.28%

Only in FXO

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Class B) 1.69%

The Progressive Corporation 1.30%

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (Class A) 1.28%

The Travelers Companies, Inc. 1.28%

Truist Financial Corporation 1.24%

Chubb Limited 0.98%

Aflac Incorporated 0.95%

Citigroup Inc. 0.93%

Only in IWS

PHILLIPS 66 1.06%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 0.94%

MODERNA 0.72%

MARATHON PETROLEUM 0.67%

DIGITAL REALTY TRUST REIT 0.65%

KINDER MORGAN 0.63%

AMETEK INC 0.57%

ONEOK 0.57%

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On the same fields

FXO

First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund

IWS

iShares Russell Mid-Cap 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% +20.2%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −9.3 pts +3.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.23%

Already in the S&P 500 40.9% 66.1%

Holdings 105 719

Net assets $1.0bn $15.3bn

FXO and IWS 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.

IWS in plain words

IWS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.23% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 66% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 719 positions, with the top ten at 7.0%. It sat 4.6% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FXO or IWS?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FXO returned +7.9% and IWS +20.2%.
Which is cheaper, FXO or IWS?: IWS is cheaper, by 0.37 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $37. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FXO and IWS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 41% of FXO and 66% of IWS 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 ↗IWS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IWS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IWS ↗

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

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