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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FXO returned +7.9% and SDOG +20.4%.

Which is cheaper, FXO or SDOG?

SDOG is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $24. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 41% of FXO and 98% of SDOG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FXO vs SDOG: how they differ

FXO and SDOG hold 5% of their weight in the same names, and SDOG returned +20.4% over the year. First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund and ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF.

SDOG costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.5 points; SDOG is 1.3 times larger.

	FXO	SDOG
Expense ratio	0.60%	0.36%
Net assets, FXO as of Oct 9, 2026 and SDOG as of May 31, 2026	$1.0bn	$1.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+7.9%	+20.4%
Holdings in common	5%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	17.1%	26.2%
Below its high	7.1%, high on Sep 3, 2026	6.5%, high on Aug 19, 2026

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

+7.9%

FXO total return, 1 year

+20.4%

SDOG total return, 1 year

0.60%

FXO expense ratio

0.36%

SDOG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FXO and SDOG hold 5% 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 May 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FXO SDOG

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. 1.65% 2.23%

Truist Financial Corporation 1.24% 2.08%

KeyCorp 0.62% 2.13%

Prudential Financial, Inc. 0.62% 2.06%

U.S. Bancorp 0.61% 2.03%

Only in FXO

Chime Financial, Inc. (Class A) 1.84%

MGIC Investment Corporation 1.73%

The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. 1.72%

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. 1.70%

American International Group, Inc. 1.69%

Arch Capital Group Ltd. 1.69%

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Class B) 1.69%

Assured Guaranty Ltd. 1.68%

Only in SDOG

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co 3.76%

Texas Instruments Inc 3.02%

Microchip Technology Inc 2.88%

Ford Motor Co 2.82%

Hp Inc 2.69%

Best Buy Co Inc 2.35%

Cvs Health Corp 2.25%

United Parcel Service Inc 2.07%

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On the same fields

FXO

First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund

SDOG

ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust ALPS

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +7.9% +20.4%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −9.3 pts +3.2 pts

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.36%

Already in the S&P 500 40.9% 97.6%

Holdings 105 50

Net assets, FXO as of Oct 9, 2026 and SDOG as of May 31, 2026 $1.0bn $1.4bn

FXO and SDOG 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.

SDOG in plain words

SDOG tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.36% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 98% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 50 positions, with the top ten at 26.2%. It sat 6.5% below its high of Aug 19, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FXO or SDOG?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FXO returned +7.9% and SDOG +20.4%.
Which is cheaper, FXO or SDOG?: SDOG is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $24. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FXO and SDOG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 41% of FXO and 98% of SDOG 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 ↗SDOG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SDOG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗ALPS website ↗

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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 SDOG, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/fxo-vs-sdog

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