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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFLV returned +26.4% and JAVA +20.3%.

Which is cheaper, DFLV or JAVA?

DFLV is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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DFLV vs JAVA: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFLV and JAVA hold 36% 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 $7.2bn on Oct 9, 2026 for JPMorgan Active Value ETF.

DFLV costs 0.23 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.1 points.

DFLV vs JAVA: Differences, Returns & Fees
	DFLV	JAVA
Expense ratio	0.21%	0.44%
Net assets, DFLV as of Jul 31, 2026 and JAVA as of Oct 9, 2026	$6.8bn	$7.2bn
Total return, 1 year	+26.4%	+20.3%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	36%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.8%	30.6%

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

+26.4%

DFLV total return, 1 year

+20.3%

JAVA total return, 1 year

0.21%

DFLV expense ratio

0.44%

JAVA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFLV and JAVA hold 36% 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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36% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFLV JAVA

AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.00% 7.76%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.81% 1.32%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.38% 1.28%

CHEVRON CORPORATION 1.87% 1.22%

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 1.54% 1.18%

MORGAN STANLEY 1.14% 1.24%

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 1.06% 2.17%

RTX CORPORATION 1.13% 0.97%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 0.87% 1.82%

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 0.85% 2.19%

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INCORPORATED 0.81% 0.94%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 0.79% 1.55%

Only in DFLV

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 4.79%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2.30%

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 1.15%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 1.14%

LINDE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1.09%

MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION 0.94%

GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY 0.90%

NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION 0.87%

Only in JAVA

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 6.31%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 3.93%

ABBVIE INC COMMON STOCK 1.82%

NEXTERA ENERGY INC 1.18%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 1.12%

AUTOZONE INC COMMON 1.00%

TIMKEN CO/THE COMMON 0.86%

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 0.84%

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On the same fields

DFLV

Dimensional US Large Cap Value ETF

JAVA

JPMorgan Active Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional JPMorgan

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +26.4% +20.3%

Its benchmark over the same days +26.4% (IWD) +26.4% (IWD)

Gap to its benchmark 0.0 pts vs IWD −6.2 pts vs IWD

Expense ratio 0.21% 0.44%

Already in the S&P 500 93.8% 90.4%

Holdings 334 151

Net assets, DFLV as of Jul 31, 2026 and JAVA as of Oct 9, 2026 $6.8bn $7.2bn

DFLV and JAVA 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 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, DFLV or JAVA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFLV returned +26.4% and JAVA +20.3%.
Which is cheaper, DFLV or JAVA?: DFLV is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFLV and JAVA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 94% of DFLV and 90% of JAVA 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 ↗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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