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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FXO returned +7.9% and REGL +6.0%.

Which is cheaper, FXO or REGL?

REGL is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $20. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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FXO vs REGL: how they differ

FXO and REGL hold 13% of their weight in the same names, and FXO returned +7.9% over the year. First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund and ProShares S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats ETF.

REGL costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.9 points; REGL is 1.6 times larger.

	FXO	REGL
Expense ratio	0.60%	0.40%
Net assets	$1.0bn	$1.7bn
Total return, 1 year	+7.9%	+6.0%
Holdings in common	13%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	17.1%	17.5%
Below its high	7.1%, high on Sep 3, 2026	8.5%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+7.9%

FXO total return, 1 year

+6.0%

REGL total return, 1 year

0.60%

FXO expense ratio

0.40%

REGL expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FXO and REGL hold 13% 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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13% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FXO REGL

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. 1.70% 1.70%

Old Republic International Corporation 1.67% 1.51%

Bank OZK 1.57% 1.43%

First American Financial Corporation 1.64% 1.42%

The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 1.27% 1.69%

Evercore Inc. 0.98% 1.33%

SEI Investments Company 0.95% 1.74%

RLI Corp. 0.94% 1.55%

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. 0.93% 1.49%

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated 0.65% 1.79%

Primerica, Inc. 0.63% 1.44%

American Financial Group, Inc. 0.32% 1.65%

Only in FXO

Chime Financial, Inc. (Class A) 1.84%

MGIC Investment Corporation 1.73%

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%

Only in REGL

ROYAL GOLD INC 1.93%

GRACO INC 1.74%

MSA SAFETY INC 1.73%

LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS 1.72%

RELIANCE INC 1.71%

LITTELFUSE INC 1.68%

NORTHWESTERN ENERGY GROUP IN 1.68%

BLACK HILLS CORP 1.67%

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On the same fields

FXO

First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund

REGL

ProShares S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust ProShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +7.9% +6.0%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −9.3 pts −11.2 pts

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.40%

Already in the S&P 500 40.9% 0.0%

Holdings 105 65

Net assets $1.0bn $1.7bn

FXO and REGL 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.

REGL in plain words

REGL tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +6.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.40% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 65 positions, with the top ten at 17.5%. It sat 8.5% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FXO or REGL?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FXO returned +7.9% and REGL +6.0%.
Which is cheaper, FXO or REGL?: REGL is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $20. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FXO and REGL overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 41% of FXO and 0% of REGL 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 ↗REGL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗REGL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗ProShares page for REGL ↗

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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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