Which returned more over the last year, FYC or SDVY?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FYC returned +21.7% and SDVY +12.2%.

Which is cheaper, FYC or SDVY?

SDVY is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do FYC and SDVY overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of FYC and 24% of SDVY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

FYC vs SDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, FYC returned +21.7% to SDVY's +12.2%; 3% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $1.3bn for First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund and $11.1bn for First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF.

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At a glance

+21.7%

FYC total return, 1 year

+12.2%

SDVY total return, 1 year

0.70%

FYC expense ratio

0.58%

SDVY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SDVY costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.5 points; SDVY is 8.5 times larger.

FYC vs SDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FYC	SDVY
Return
Measure	FYC	SDVY
Total return, 1 year	+21.7%	+12.2%
Drawdown
Measure	FYC	SDVY
Below its high	8.6%, high on Jun 30, 2026	6.6%, high on Aug 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	FYC	SDVY
What it tracks	Nasdaq AlphaDEX Small Cap Growth Index	Nasdaq US Small Mid Cap Rising Dividend Achievers Index
Cost and size
Measure	FYC	SDVY
Expense ratio	0.70%	0.58%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$1.3bn	$11.1bn
Holdings
Measure	FYC	SDVY
Holdings in common	3%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	7.7%	10.2%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Nov 10, 2017 to Oct 23, 2026 · 467 weekly returns · each against IWV

FYC SDVY

Return

Total return edge FYC +186.0% +147.8%

Annualized edge FYC +12.4% +10.6%

Price return edge FYC +177.8% +113.0%

Risk

Volatility edge SDVY (slight) 25.0% 22.8%

Max drawdown edge SDVY −46.4% −40.5%

Downside capture 111.2% 101.6%

Beta 1.22 1.05

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge FYC (slight) 0.49 0.44

Sortino edge FYC 0.70 0.63

Treynor 0.100 0.095

Calmar edge Tie 0.27 0.26

Against the benchmark

Alpha −2.3% a year −2.5% a year

Alpha t-stat −0.61 −0.60

Information ratio 0.02 −0.15

Tracking error 12.2% 12.4%

Reading

FYC returned more: +186.0% to +147.8%. SDVY swung slightly less: 22.8% to 25.0%. SDVY fell less at its worst: −40.5% to −46.4%.

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Risk and return: FYC vs SDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FYC	SDVY	IWV	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+186.0%	+147.8%		FYC	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+12.4%	+10.6%		FYC	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+177.8%	+113.0%		FYC	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	25.0%	22.8%		SDVY (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	17.3%	16.0%		SDVY (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−46.4%	−40.5%		SDVY	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	121.8%	95.2%	100.0%	FYC	Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	111.2%	101.6%	100.0%	SDVY (slight)	Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	1.22	1.05	1.00	SDVY lower	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.79	0.70	1.00	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.49	0.44		FYC (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.70	0.63		FYC	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.100	0.095	0.119	FYC (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.27	0.26		Tie	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	IWV	IWV	IWV		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	−2.3% a year	−2.5% a year	0.0%	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	−0.61	−0.60		Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−10.0% to +5.3%	−10.7% to +5.7%		Both include zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	0.02	−0.15		FYC	Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	12.2%	12.4%	0.0%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 467 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, FYC and SDVY hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FYC SDVY

National HealthCare Corporation 0.61% 1.06%

Exponent, Inc. 0.44% 0.73%

OneSpaWorld Holdings Limited 0.28% 0.47%

Atmus Filtration Technologies Inc. 0.26% 0.33%

Brady Corporation 0.25% 0.82%

Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. 0.25% 0.42%

The St. Joe Company 0.39% 0.23%

A10 Networks, Inc. 0.25% 0.19%

Napco Security Technologies, Inc. 0.14% 0.47%

Mueller Water Products, Inc. 0.13% 0.75%

WD-40 Company 0.13% 0.65%

United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. 0.12% 0.63%

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Only in FYC

Appian Corporation 0.90%

Slide Insurance Holdings, Inc. 0.81%

Amplitude, Inc. (Class A) 0.79%

Fortrea Holdings Inc. 0.78%

Netskope, Inc. (Class A) 0.76%

FIGS, Inc. (Class A) 0.75%

First Advantage Corporation 0.75%

Heartflow, Inc. 0.74%

Only in SDVY

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated 1.06%

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 1.06%

The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 1.05%

Interparfums, Inc. 1.02%

First BanCorp. 1.01%

Assurant, Inc. 1.00%

OFG Bancorp 1.00%

VeriSign, Inc. 1.00%

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Side by side

FYC First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund SDVY First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust First Trust

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +21.7% +12.2%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (IWV) +13.3% (IWV)

Gap to its benchmark +8.4 pts vs IWV −1.1 pts vs IWV

Expense ratio 0.70% 0.58%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 23.5%

Holdings 264 172

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $1.3bn $11.1bn

FYC and SDVY on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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What each follows. FYC follows Nasdaq AlphaDEX Small Cap Growth Index and SDVY follows Nasdaq US Small Mid Cap Rising Dividend Achievers Index.
Holdings in common. 3% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 FYC returned +21.7% and SDVY +12.2% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 9.5 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

FYC

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +21.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.3% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

FYC tracks an index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.70% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 264 positions, with the top ten at 7.7%. It sat 8.6% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

SDVY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.2% with distributions reinvested, against +13.3% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

SDVY tracks an index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.58% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 24% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 172 positions, with the top ten at 10.2%. It sat 6.6% below its high of Aug 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FYC or SDVY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FYC returned +21.7% and SDVY +12.2%.
Which is cheaper, FYC or SDVY?: SDVY is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FYC and SDVY overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of FYC and 24% of SDVY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

FYC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

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SDVY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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