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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FXO returned +7.9% and SDY +10.0%.

Which is cheaper, FXO or SDY?

SDY is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $25. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 41% of FXO and 84% of SDY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FXO vs SDY: how they differ

FXO and SDY hold 10% of their weight in the same names, and SDY returned +10.0% over the year. First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund and State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF.

SDY costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.1 points; SDY is far larger, $20.8bn against $1.0bn.

	FXO	SDY
Expense ratio	0.60%	0.35%
Net assets, FXO as of Oct 9, 2026 and SDY as of Oct 8, 2026	$1.0bn	$20.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+7.9%	+10.0%
Holdings in common	10%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	17.1%	20.5%
Below its high	7.1%, high on Sep 3, 2026	5.8%, high on Aug 24, 2026

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

+7.9%

FXO total return, 1 year

+10.0%

SDY total return, 1 year

0.60%

FXO expense ratio

0.35%

SDY expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FXO and SDY hold 10% 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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10% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FXO SDY

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. 1.65% 0.96%

Aflac Incorporated 0.95% 0.87%

Cincinnati Financial Corporation 1.67% 0.84%

The Travelers Companies, Inc. 1.28% 0.68%

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 0.95% 0.63%

Assurant, Inc. 0.63% 0.58%

Chubb Limited 0.98% 0.54%

FactSet Research Systems Inc. 0.99% 0.43%

Old Republic International Corporation 1.67% 0.37%

SEI Investments Company 0.95% 0.37%

The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 1.27% 0.34%

American Financial Group, Inc. 0.32% 0.43%

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 SDY

ACCENTURE PLC CL A 3.49%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 3.09%

CHEVRON CORP 2.11%

REALTY INCOME CORP 1.96%

PEPSICO INC 1.85%

MEDTRONIC PLC 1.77%

TARGET CORP 1.76%

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING 1.52%

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On the same fields

FXO

First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund

SDY

State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust State Street

What it is Tracks an index Tracks the S&P Dividend

Total return, 1 year +7.9% +10.0%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −9.3 pts −7.3 pts

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 40.9% 84.4%

Holdings 105 156

Net assets, FXO as of Oct 9, 2026 and SDY as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.0bn $20.8bn

FXO and SDY 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.

SDY in plain words

SDY tracks the S&P Dividend. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +10.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 156 positions, with the top ten at 20.5%. It sat 5.8% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FXO or SDY?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FXO returned +7.9% and SDY +10.0%.
Which is cheaper, FXO or SDY?: SDY is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $25. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FXO and SDY overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 41% of FXO and 84% of SDY 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 ↗SDY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SDY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street 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 SDY, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/fxo-vs-sdy

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