Which returned more over the last year, BGIG or JAVA?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BGIG returned +13.5% and JAVA +20.3%.

Which is cheaper, BGIG or JAVA?

JAVA is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do BGIG and JAVA overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 94% of BGIG and 90% of JAVA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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BGIG vs JAVA: Differences, Returns & Fees

BGIG and JAVA hold 19% of their weight in the same names, and JAVA returned +20.3% over the year. Net assets: $2.2bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Bahl & Gaynor Income Growth ETF, and $7.2bn on Oct 9, 2026 for JPMorgan Active Value ETF.

JAVA costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.8 points; JAVA is 3.1 times larger.

BGIG vs JAVA: Differences, Returns & Fees
	BGIG	JAVA
Expense ratio	0.45%	0.44%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026	$2.2bn	$6.7bn
Total return, 1 year	+13.5%	+20.3%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	19%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	39.7%	30.6%
Below its high	3.8%, high on Aug 13, 2026

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

+13.5%

BGIG total return, 1 year

+20.3%

JAVA total return, 1 year

0.45%

BGIG expense ratio

0.44%

JAVA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BGIG and JAVA hold 19% 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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19% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding BGIG JAVA

Microsoft Corp 3.39% 6.31%

AbbVie Inc 3.51% 1.82%

Johnson & Johnson 4.03% 1.28%

Chevron Corp 2.13% 1.22%

NextEra Energy Inc 2.24% 1.18%

UnitedHealth Group Inc 4.84% 1.18%

Philip Morris International In 1.48% 1.12%

Eaton Corp PLC 1.61% 1.02%

RTX Corp 1.39% 0.97%

Sempra 1.59% 0.62%

Mondelez International Inc 1.65% 0.58%

Union Pacific Corp 0.68% 0.58%

Only in BGIG

Broadcom Inc 4.87%

PNC Financial Services Group I 4.11%

Apollo Global Management Inc 3.19%

JPMorgan Chase & Co 2.96%

Cisco Systems Inc 2.80%

TE Connectivity PLC 2.15%

Garmin Ltd 2.09%

Cummins Inc 2.05%

Only in JAVA

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 7.76%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 3.93%

BANK OF AMERICA CORP 2.19%

WELLS FARGO & CO COMMON 2.17%

CONOCOPHILLIPS COMMON 1.82%

CHARLES SCHWAB CORP/THE 1.64%

META PLATFORMS INC 1.55%

CITIGROUP INC COMMON 1.39%

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On the same fields

BGIG

Bahl & Gaynor Income Growth ETF

JAVA

JPMorgan Active Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Bahl & Gaynor JPMorgan

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +13.5% +20.3%

Its benchmark over the same days not published +26.4% (IWD)

Gap to its benchmark not available −6.2 pts vs IWD

Expense ratio 0.45% 0.44%

Already in the S&P 500 94.5% 90.4%

Holdings 50 151

Net assets, BGIG as of Jun 30, 2026 and JAVA as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.2bn $7.2bn

BGIG and JAVA on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About BGIG

BGIG is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.45% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 50 positions, with the top ten at 39.7%. It sat 3.8% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

About JAVA

JAVA is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.44% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 151 positions, with the top ten at 30.6%.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.3% with distributions reinvested, against +26.4% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Value Index.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BGIG or JAVA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BGIG returned +13.5% and JAVA +20.3%.
Which is cheaper, BGIG or JAVA?: JAVA is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BGIG and JAVA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 94% of BGIG and 90% of JAVA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

BGIG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗BGIG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗JAVA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗JAVA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗JPMorgan website ↗

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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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