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DFLV vs FTCS: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFLV and FTCS hold 12% of their weight in the same names, and DFLV returned +26.4% over the year. Net assets: $6.8bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional US Large Cap Value ETF, and $7.5bn on Oct 9, 2026 for First Trust Capital Strength ETF.

DFLV costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 22.3 points.

DFLV vs FTCS: Differences, Returns & Fees
DFLVFTCS
Expense ratio0.21%0.53%
Net assets, DFLV as of Jul 31, 2026 and FTCS as of Oct 9, 2026$6.8bn$7.5bn
Total return, 1 year+26.4%+4.1%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedCapital Strength Index
Holdings in common12%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund24.8%22.6%
Below its high6.1%, high on Aug 24, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+26.4%
DFLV total return, 1 year
+4.1%
FTCS total return, 1 year
0.21%
DFLV expense ratio
0.53%
FTCS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFLV and FTCS hold 12% 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 Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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12% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFLV FTCS
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.38% 2.09%
MERCK & CO., INC. 1.31% 2.31%
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY 1.26% 2.04%
LINDE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1.09% 1.91%
CSX Corporation 0.82% 1.88%
EOG RESOURCES, INC. 0.82% 2.14%
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION 0.53% 1.82%
Chubb Limited 0.50% 1.96%
Northrop Grumman Corporation 0.50% 1.86%
AFLAC INCORPORATED 0.42% 1.86%
Garmin Ltd. 0.39% 2.18%
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. 0.38% 1.90%
Only in DFLV
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 4.79%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.00%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 3.57%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2.30%
CHEVRON CORPORATION 1.87%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.81%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 1.54%
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 1.15%
Only in FTCS
Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) 2.30%
Amgen Inc. 2.29%
Mastercard Incorporated 2.19%
The Coca-Cola Company 2.18%
Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.18%
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2.15%
Apple Inc. 2.04%
Costco Wholesale Corporation 2.04%

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On the same fields

DFLV
Dimensional US Large Cap Value ETF
FTCS
First Trust Capital Strength ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional First Trust
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +26.4% +4.1%
Its benchmark over the same days +26.4% (IWD) not published
Gap to its benchmark 0.0 pts vs IWD not available
Expense ratio 0.21% 0.53%
Already in the S&P 500 93.8% 99.9%
Holdings 334 50
Net assets, DFLV as of Jul 31, 2026 and FTCS as of Oct 9, 2026 $6.8bn $7.5bn

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

About DFLV

DFLV is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.21% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 334 positions, with the top ten at 24.8%.

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

About FTCS

FTCS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +4.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.53% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 50 positions, with the top ten at 22.6%. It sat 6.1% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFLV or FTCS?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFLV returned +26.4% and FTCS +4.1%.
Which is cheaper, DFLV or FTCS?
DFLV is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFLV and FTCS overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 94% of DFLV and 100% of FTCS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
DFLV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFLV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional website ↗FTCS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FTCS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FTCS ↗

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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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