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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FYC returned +21.7% and XSMO +11.8%.

Which is cheaper, FYC or XSMO?

XSMO is cheaper, by 0.35 percentage points a year. That is about $35 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

FYC vs XSMO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, FYC returned +21.7% to XSMO's +11.8%; 13% 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 $2.8bn for Invesco S&P SmallCap Momentum ETF.

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At a glance

+21.7%

FYC total return, 1 year

+11.8%

XSMO total return, 1 year

0.70%

FYC expense ratio

0.35%

XSMO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XSMO costs 0.35 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.9 points; XSMO is 2.2 times larger.

FYC vs XSMO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FYC	XSMO
Return
Measure	FYC	XSMO
Total return, 1 year	+21.7%	+11.8%
Drawdown
Measure	FYC	XSMO
Below its high	8.6%, high on Jun 30, 2026	12.5%, high on Jun 30, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	FYC	XSMO
What it tracks	Nasdaq AlphaDEX Small Cap Growth Index	S&P SmallCap 600 Momentum Index
Cost and size
Measure	FYC	XSMO
Expense ratio	0.70%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$1.3bn	$2.8bn
Holdings
Measure	FYC	XSMO
Holdings in common	13%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	7.7%	23.3%

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

Risk and return

Apr 29, 2011 to Oct 23, 2026 · 808 weekly returns

FYC XSMO

Return

Total return edge FYC +452.2% +362.2%

Annualized edge FYC +11.6% +10.4%

Price return edge FYC +430.8% +313.5%

Risk

Volatility edge Tie 22.1% 22.1%

Max drawdown edge XSMO −46.4% −38.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge FYC (slight) 0.53 0.48

Sortino edge FYC 0.78 0.70

Calmar edge XSMO (slight) 0.25 0.27

Reading

FYC returned more: +452.2% to +362.2%. FYC and XSMO swung about the same: 22.1% and 22.1%. XSMO fell less at its worst: −38.3% to −46.4%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: FYC vs XSMO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FYC	XSMO	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+452.2%	+362.2%	FYC	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+11.6%	+10.4%	FYC	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+430.8%	+313.5%	FYC	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	22.1%	22.1%	Tie	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	15.2%	15.3%	Tie	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−46.4%	−38.3%	XSMO	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.53	0.48	FYC (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.78	0.70	FYC	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.25	0.27	XSMO (slight)	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 808 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

13%

By the books each fund has filed, FYC and XSMO hold 13% 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 XSMO

Fortrea Holdings Inc. 0.78% 0.72%

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust 0.72% 0.69%

Encore Capital Group, Inc. 0.67% 0.87%

Digi International Inc. 0.66% 0.93%

Acadian Asset Management Inc. 0.65% 0.74%

National HealthCare Corporation 0.61% 1.12%

NeoGenomics, Inc. 0.60% 0.83%

EZCORP, Inc. 0.50% 0.51%

Indivior Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 0.49% 1.09%

Xencor, Inc. 0.61% 0.48%

Cohu, Inc. 0.47% 0.67%

Knowles Corporation 0.47% 0.67%

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Only in FYC

Appian Corporation 0.90%

Slide Insurance Holdings, Inc. 0.81%

Amplitude, Inc. (Class A) 0.79%

Netskope, Inc. (Class A) 0.76%

FIGS, Inc. (Class A) 0.75%

First Advantage Corporation 0.75%

Heartflow, Inc. 0.74%

RXO, Inc. 0.72%

Only in XSMO

Viasat Inc 4.01%

Victoria's Secret & Co 3.04%

Protagonist Therapeutics Inc 2.85%

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc 2.11%

Glaukos Corp 2.10%

Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc 1.94%

International Seaways Inc 1.92%

Matson Inc 1.85%

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Side by side

FYC First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund XSMO Invesco S&P SmallCap Momentum ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust Invesco

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +21.7% +11.8%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (IWV) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +8.4 pts vs IWV not measured

Expense ratio 0.70% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 264 116

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $1.3bn $2.8bn

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

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FYC and XSMO are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

What each follows. FYC follows Nasdaq AlphaDEX Small Cap Growth Index and XSMO follows S&P SmallCap 600 Momentum Index.
Holdings in common. 13% 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 XSMO +11.8% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 9.9 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.

XSMO

XSMO tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +11.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% 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 116 positions, with the top ten at 23.3%. It sat 12.5% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FYC or XSMO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FYC returned +21.7% and XSMO +11.8%.
Which is cheaper, FYC or XSMO?: XSMO is cheaper, by 0.35 percentage points a year. That is about $35 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FYC and XSMO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of FYC and 0% of XSMO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

FYC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FYC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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XSMO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XSMO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Invesco page for XSMO ↗

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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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