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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DIVB returned +30.6% and JAVA +20.3%.

Which is cheaper, DIVB or JAVA?

DIVB is cheaper, by 0.39 percentage points a year. That is about $39 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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DIVB vs JAVA: Differences, Returns & Fees

DIVB and JAVA hold 27% of their weight in the same names, and DIVB returned +30.6% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $2.0bn for iShares Core Dividend ETF and $7.2bn for JPMorgan Active Value ETF.

DIVB costs 0.39 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.3 points; JAVA is 3.5 times larger.

DIVB vs JAVA: Differences, Returns & Fees
	DIVB	JAVA
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.44%
Net assets	$2.0bn	$7.2bn
Total return, 1 year	+30.6%	+20.3%
What it tracks	Morningstar US Dividend and Buyback Index	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	27%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	31.9%	30.6%
Below its high	4.5%, high on Sep 3, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+30.6%

DIVB total return, 1 year

+20.3%

JAVA total return, 1 year

0.05%

DIVB expense ratio

0.44%

JAVA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DIVB and JAVA hold 27% 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 Oct 9, 2026.

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27% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DIVB JAVA

ABBVIE 1.96% 1.82%

BANK OF AMERICA 1.31% 2.19%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.10% 1.28%

CHEVRON 1.84% 1.22%

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP 1.46% 1.18%

WELLS FARGO 1.13% 2.17%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 1.29% 1.12%

CITIGROUP 0.88% 1.39%

MERCK & CO INC 1.40% 0.78%

AT&T 0.90% 0.70%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.67% 0.66%

BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB 0.65% 0.82%

Only in DIVB

ACCENTURE PLC CLASS A 5.69%

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC 4.95%

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CLA 2.91%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 2.51%

HP INC 2.12%

PAYCHEX 2.06%

SS AND C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS 1.49%

PFIZER 1.39%

Only in JAVA

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 7.76%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 6.31%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 3.93%

CHARLES SCHWAB CORP/THE 1.64%

META PLATFORMS INC 1.55%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 1.32%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY 1.29%

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY 1.18%

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On the same fields

DIVB

iShares Core Dividend ETF

JAVA

JPMorgan Active Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares JPMorgan

What it is Tracks an index Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +30.6% +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 0.05% 0.44%

Already in the S&P 500 89.6% 90.4%

Holdings 381 151

Net assets $2.0bn $7.2bn

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

About DIVB

DIVB tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +30.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% 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 381 positions, with the top ten at 31.9%. It sat 4.5% below its high of Sep 3, 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, DIVB or JAVA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DIVB returned +30.6% and JAVA +20.3%.
Which is cheaper, DIVB or JAVA?: DIVB is cheaper, by 0.39 percentage points a year. That is about $39 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DIVB and JAVA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 90% of DIVB and 90% of JAVA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

DIVB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DIVB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for DIVB ↗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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