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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTCS returned +4.1% and IUSV +14.3%.

Which is cheaper, FTCS or IUSV?

IUSV is cheaper, by 0.49 percentage points a year. That is about $49 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 100% of FTCS and 94% of IUSV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FTCS vs IUSV: Differences, Returns & Fees

FTCS and IUSV hold 19% of their weight in the same names, and IUSV returned +14.3% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $7.5bn for First Trust Capital Strength ETF and $27.6bn for iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF.

IUSV costs 0.49 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.2 points; IUSV is 3.7 times larger.

FTCS vs IUSV: Differences, Returns & Fees
	FTCS	IUSV
Expense ratio	0.53%	0.04%
Net assets	$7.5bn	$27.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+4.1%	+14.3%
What it tracks	Capital Strength Index	S&P 900 Value Index
Holdings in common	19%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	22.6%	23.4%
Below its high	6.1%, high on Aug 24, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+4.1%

FTCS total return, 1 year

+14.3%

IUSV total return, 1 year

0.53%

FTCS expense ratio

0.04%

IUSV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTCS and IUSV hold 19% 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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19% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FTCS IUSV

Apple Inc. 2.04% 7.84%

Walmart Inc. 1.97% 1.58%

Costco Wholesale Corporation 2.04% 1.34%

Merck & Co., Inc. 2.31% 1.15%

The Procter & Gamble Company 2.04% 1.12%

Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.18% 0.94%

The Home Depot, Inc. 1.74% 0.93%

Johnson & Johnson 2.09% 0.82%

Linde Plc 1.91% 0.71%

The Coca-Cola Company 2.18% 0.63%

PepsiCo, Inc. 1.86% 0.55%

Union Pacific Corporation 1.87% 0.53%

Only in FTCS

Monster Beverage Corporation 1.81%

Only in IUSV

AMAZON.COM INC 3.86%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.22%

INTEL CORPORATION 1.66%

CHEVRON 1.34%

TESLA INC 1.31%

BANK OF AMERICA 1.13%

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP 1.09%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.90%

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On the same fields

FTCS

First Trust Capital Strength ETF

IUSV

iShares Core S&P U.S. 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 +4.1% +14.3%

Expense ratio 0.53% 0.04%

Already in the S&P 500 99.9% 94.1%

Holdings 50 734

Net assets $7.5bn $27.6bn

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

About FTCS

FTCS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +4.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.53% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 50 positions, with the top ten at 22.6%. It sat 6.1% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

About IUSV

IUSV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 734 positions, with the top ten at 23.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTCS or IUSV?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTCS returned +4.1% and IUSV +14.3%.
Which is cheaper, FTCS or IUSV?: IUSV is cheaper, by 0.49 percentage points a year. That is about $49 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTCS and IUSV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 100% of FTCS and 94% of IUSV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

FTCS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FTCS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FTCS ↗IUSV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IUSV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IUSV ↗

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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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