FELV vs JAVA: Differences, Returns & Fees
FELV and JAVA hold 42% of their weight in the same names, and FELV returned +28.5% over the year. Net assets: $3.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Fidelity Enhanced Large Cap Value ETF, and $7.2bn on Oct 9, 2026 for JPMorgan Active Value ETF.
FELV costs 0.26 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.2 points; JAVA is 2.1 times larger.
| FELV | JAVA | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.18% | 0.44% |
| Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026 | $3.2bn | $6.7bn |
| Total return, 1 year | +28.5% | +20.3% |
| What it tracks | No index, actively managed | No index, actively managed |
| Holdings in common | 42% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 26.2% | 30.6% |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FELV and JAVA hold 42% 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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42% in common
On the same fields
FELV and JAVA on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
About FELV
FELV is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +28.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 351 positions, with the top ten at 26.2%.
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, FELV or JAVA?
- In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FELV returned +28.5% and JAVA +20.3%.
- Which is cheaper, FELV or JAVA?
- FELV is cheaper, by 0.26 percentage points a year. That is about $26 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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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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