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FXO vs SMIG: how they differ

FXO and SMIG hold 5% of their weight in the same names, and SMIG returned +9.7% over the year. First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund and Bahl & Gaynor Small/Mid Cap Income Growth ETF.

Both cost 0.60% a year; their one-year returns differ by 1.8 points; SMIG is 1.4 times larger.

FXOSMIG
Expense ratio0.60%0.60%
Net assets, FXO as of Oct 9, 2026 and SMIG as of Jun 30, 2026$1.0bn$1.5bn
Total return, 1 year+7.9%+9.7%
Holdings in common5%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund17.1%42.3%
Below its high7.1%, high on Sep 3, 20266.4%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+7.9%
FXO total return, 1 year
+9.7%
SMIG total return, 1 year
0.60%
FXO expense ratio
0.60%
SMIG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FXO and SMIG 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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5% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FXO SMIG
The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. 1.72% 2.67%
Evercore Inc. 0.98% 3.17%
Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated 0.65% 2.79%
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. 0.64% 0.67%
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. 0.34% 1.57%
American Financial Group, Inc. 0.32% 2.16%
Only in FXO
Chime Financial, Inc. (Class A) 1.84%
MGIC Investment Corporation 1.73%
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%
Markel Group Inc 1.68%
Only in SMIG
Silicon Motion Technology Corp 6.66%
Targa Resources Corp 4.89%
Snap-on Inc 4.70%
Victory Capital Holdings Inc 4.30%
DT Midstream Inc 4.19%
Hubbell Inc 4.01%
Gildan Activewear Inc 3.78%
Packaging Corp of America 3.30%

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On the same fields

FXO
First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund
SMIG
Bahl & Gaynor Small/Mid Cap Income Growth ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer First Trust Bahl & Gaynor
What it is Tracks an index Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +7.9% +9.7%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −9.3 pts −7.6 pts
Expense ratio 0.60% 0.60%
Already in the S&P 500 40.9% 35.4%
Holdings 105 38
Net assets, FXO as of Oct 9, 2026 and SMIG as of Jun 30, 2026 $1.0bn $1.5bn

FXO and SMIG 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.

SMIG in plain words

SMIG is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +9.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 35% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 38 positions, with the top ten at 42.3%. It sat 6.4% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FXO or SMIG?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FXO returned +7.9% and SMIG +9.7%.
Which is cheaper, FXO or SMIG?
Neither: FXO and SMIG both charge 0.60% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FXO and SMIG overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 41% of FXO and 35% of SMIG 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 ↗SMIG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SMIG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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

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