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FDL vs JAVA: Differences, Returns & Fees

FDL and JAVA hold 6% of their weight in the same names. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $7.7bn for First Trust Morningstar ETF and $7.2bn for JPMorgan Active Value ETF.

FDL costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.3 points.

FDL vs JAVA: Differences, Returns & Fees
FDLJAVA
Expense ratio0.43%0.44%
Net assets$7.7bn$7.2bn
Total return, 1 year+20.6%+20.3%
What it tracksMorningstar Dividend Leaders IndexNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund50.4%30.6%
Below its high5.9%, high on Aug 24, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+20.6%
FDL total return, 1 year
+20.3%
JAVA total return, 1 year
0.43%
FDL expense ratio
0.44%
JAVA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FDL and JAVA hold 6% 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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6% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FDL JAVA
Chevron Corporation 9.08% 1.22%
Philip Morris International Inc. 6.77% 1.12%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 3.06% 0.82%
Mondelez International, Inc. 1.69% 0.58%
The Southern Company 2.30% 0.54%
U.S. Bancorp 1.96% 0.44%
Ares Management Corporation (Class A) 0.64% 0.26%
Blackstone Inc. 2.18% 0.24%
Comcast Corporation (Class A) 2.45% 0.21%
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. 0.50% 0.20%
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. 0.12% 0.11%
Only in FDL
Verizon Communications Inc. 6.56%
Pfizer Inc. 6.55%
PepsiCo, Inc. 4.97%
Altria Group, Inc. 4.95%
United Parcel Service, Inc. (Class B) 3.04%
Accenture plc 3.00%
Medtronic Plc 2.33%
Duke Energy Corporation 2.20%
Only in JAVA
AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 7.76%
MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 6.31%
APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 3.93%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP 2.19%
WELLS FARGO & CO COMMON 2.17%
ABBVIE INC COMMON STOCK 1.82%
CONOCOPHILLIPS COMMON 1.82%
CHARLES SCHWAB CORP/THE 1.64%

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On the same fields

FDL
First Trust Morningstar ETF
JAVA
JPMorgan Active Value ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer First Trust JPMorgan
What it is Tracks an index Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +20.6% +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 0.43% 0.44%
Already in the S&P 500 93.3% 90.4%
Holdings 100 151
Net assets $7.7bn $7.2bn

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

About FDL

FDL tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.43% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 100 positions, with the top ten at 50.4%. It sat 5.9% below its high of Aug 24, 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, FDL or JAVA?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FDL returned +20.6% and JAVA +20.3%.
Which is cheaper, FDL or JAVA?
FDL 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 FDL and JAVA overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 93% of FDL and 90% of JAVA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
FDL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FDL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FDL ↗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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