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FYC vs VTWG: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, FYC returned +21.7% to VTWG's +8.0%; 22% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $1.3bn on Oct 27, 2026 for First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund, and $1.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth ETF.

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At a glance
+21.7%
FYC total return, 1 year
+8.0%
VTWG total return, 1 year
0.70%
FYC expense ratio
0.06%
VTWG expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTWG costs 0.64 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.7 points.

FYC vs VTWG: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureFYCVTWG
Return
Total return, 1 year+21.7%+8.0%
Drawdown
Below its high8.6%, high on Jun 30, 20269.8%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksNasdaq AlphaDEX Small Cap Growth IndexRussell 2000 Growth Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.70%0.06%
Net assets, FYC as of Oct 27, 2026 and VTWG as of Sep 30, 2026$1.3bn$1.4bn
Holdings
Holdings in common22%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund7.7%7.8%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

22%

By the books each fund has filed, FYC and VTWG hold 22% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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22% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FYC VTWG
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation 0.61% 0.30%
Delek US Holdings, Inc. 0.62% 0.28%
BGC Group Inc. (Class A) 0.63% 0.28%
Tenable Holdings, Inc. 0.68% 0.26%
Solaris Energy Infrastructure, Inc. (Class A) 0.34% 0.26%
AZZ Inc. 0.26% 0.26%
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. 0.54% 0.26%
Fastly, Inc. (Class A) 0.54% 0.26%
Heartflow, Inc. 0.74% 0.25%
Indivior Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 0.49% 0.25%
iRhythm Holdings, Inc. 0.28% 0.24%
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. 0.24% 0.24%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in FYC
Slide Insurance Holdings, Inc. 0.81%
Fortrea Holdings Inc. 0.78%
Netskope, Inc. (Class A) 0.76%
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust 0.72%
Vestis Corporation 0.72%
Encore Capital Group, Inc. 0.67%
Pitney Bowes Inc. 0.67%
Vir Biotechnology, Inc. 0.66%
Only in VTWG
SLBBH1142 1.95%
Twist Bioscience Corp 0.83%
Moog Inc 0.71%
10X Genomics Inc 0.69%
JFrog Ltd 0.69%
BrightSpring Health Services Inc 0.62%
Glaukos Corp 0.62%
Krystal Biotech Inc 0.57%
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Side by side

FYC First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund VTWG Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer First Trust Vanguard
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +21.7% +8.0%
Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (IWV) +7.9% (IWO)
Gap to its benchmark +8.4 pts vs IWV +0.1 pts vs IWO
Expense ratio 0.70% 0.06%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 264 1137
Net assets, FYC as of Oct 27, 2026 and VTWG as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.3bn $1.4bn

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

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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.

VTWG

VTWG tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +8.0% with distributions reinvested, against +7.9% for its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,137 positions, with the top ten at 7.8%. It sat 9.8% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FYC or VTWG?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FYC returned +21.7% and VTWG +8.0%.
Which is cheaper, FYC or VTWG?
VTWG is cheaper, by 0.64 percentage points a year. That is about $64 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FYC and VTWG overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of FYC and 0% of VTWG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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FYC on its own →VTWG on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →FYC dividend history →FYC holdings →VTWG dividend history →VTWG holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
FYC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
FYC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
First Trust page for FYC ↗
VTWG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
VTWG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Vanguard page for VTWG ↗

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How this is computed

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

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