Which returned more over the last year, FTCS or IMCV?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTCS returned +9.5% and IMCV +24.6%.

Which is cheaper, FTCS or IMCV?

IMCV is cheaper, by 0.47 percentage points a year. That is about $47 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do FTCS and IMCV overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 100% of FTCS and 92% of IMCV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

FTCS vs IMCV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, FTCS returned +9.5% to IMCV's +24.6%; 12% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $7.8bn for First Trust Capital Strength ETF and $1.3bn for iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF.

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At a glance

+9.5%

FTCS total return, 1 year

+24.6%

IMCV total return, 1 year

0.53%

FTCS expense ratio

0.06%

IMCV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IMCV costs 0.47 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.1 points; FTCS is 6.0 times larger.

FTCS vs IMCV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FTCS	IMCV
Return
Measure	FTCS	IMCV
Total return, 1 year	+9.5%	+24.6%
Benchmark
Measure	FTCS	IMCV
What it tracks	Capital Strength Index	Morningstar US Mid Cap Broad Value Index
Cost and size
Measure	FTCS	IMCV
Expense ratio	0.53%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$7.8bn	$1.3bn
Holdings
Measure	FTCS	IMCV
Holdings in common	12%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	21.0%	13.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Jul 21, 2006 to Oct 23, 2026 · 1,057 weekly returns

FTCS IMCV

Return

Total return edge FTCS +596.7% +527.5%

Annualized edge FTCS (slight) +10.0% +9.5%

Price return edge FTCS +422.7% +286.7%

Risk

Volatility edge FTCS 18.1% 21.2%

Max drawdown edge FTCS −52.7% −64.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge FTCS 0.53 0.45

Sortino edge FTCS 0.75 0.64

Calmar edge FTCS 0.19 0.15

Reading

FTCS returned more: +596.7% to +527.5%. FTCS swung less: 18.1% to 21.2%. FTCS fell less at its worst: −52.7% to −64.3%.

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Risk and return: FTCS vs IMCV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FTCS	IMCV	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+596.7%	+527.5%	FTCS	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+10.0%	+9.5%	FTCS (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+422.7%	+286.7%	FTCS	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	18.1%	21.2%	FTCS	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	12.8%	15.0%	FTCS	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−52.7%	−64.3%	FTCS	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.53	0.45	FTCS	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.75	0.64	FTCS	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.19	0.15	FTCS	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 1,057 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

12%

By the books each fund has filed, FTCS and IMCV hold 12% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FTCS IMCV

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2.02% 1.62%

Phillips 66 1.81% 1.49%

3M Company 2.06% 1.23%

Target Corporation 1.89% 0.93%

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. 2.01% 0.79%

Aflac Incorporated 2.02% 0.76%

Colgate-Palmolive Company 1.95% 0.67%

Northrop Grumman Corporation 2.12% 0.64%

Arch Capital Group Ltd. 1.97% 0.46%

CSX Corporation 2.13% 0.44%

Agilent Technologies, Inc. 2.03% 0.36%

PPG Industries, Inc. 2.08% 0.35%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FTCS

Lockheed Martin Corporation 2.25%

Johnson & Johnson 2.08%

Union Pacific Corporation 2.06%

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 2.06%

Amgen Inc. 2.04%

General Dynamics Corporation 2.04%

Linde Plc 2.02%

The Home Depot, Inc. 2.02%

Only in IMCV

VALERO ENERGY CORP 1.55%

US BANCORP 1.29%

PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP 1.26%

ELEVANCE HEALTH INC 1.23%

EOG RESOURCES 1.17%

TRAVELERS COMPANIES 1.15%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 1.12%

REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS 1.12%

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Side by side

FTCS First Trust Capital Strength ETF IMCV iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +9.5% +24.6%

Expense ratio 0.53% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 99.9% 92.3%

Holdings 50 269

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $7.8bn $1.3bn

FTCS and IMCV on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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FTCS and IMCV are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

What each follows. FTCS follows Capital Strength Index and IMCV follows Morningstar US Mid Cap Broad Value Index.
Holdings in common. 12% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 FTCS returned +9.5% and IMCV +24.6% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 15.1 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

FTCS

FTCS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +9.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.53% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 50 positions, with the top ten at 21.0%.

IMCV

IMCV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +24.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 269 positions, with the top ten at 13.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTCS or IMCV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTCS returned +9.5% and IMCV +24.6%.
Which is cheaper, FTCS or IMCV?: IMCV is cheaper, by 0.47 percentage points a year. That is about $47 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTCS and IMCV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 100% of FTCS and 92% of IMCV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

FTCS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FTCS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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IMCV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IMCV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IMCV ↗

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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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