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FTCS vs IVE: Differences, Returns & Fees

FTCS and IVE hold 20% of their weight in the same names, and IVE returned +14.4% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $7.5bn for First Trust Capital Strength ETF and $49.3bn for iShares S&P 500 Value ETF.

IVE costs 0.35 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.3 points; IVE is 6.6 times larger.

FTCS vs IVE: Differences, Returns & Fees
FTCSIVE
Expense ratio0.53%0.18%
Net assets$7.5bn$49.3bn
Total return, 1 year+4.1%+14.4%
What it tracksCapital Strength IndexS&P 500 Value Index
Holdings in common20%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund22.6%24.7%
Below its high6.1%, high on Aug 24, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+4.1%
FTCS total return, 1 year
+14.4%
IVE total return, 1 year
0.53%
FTCS expense ratio
0.18%
IVE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTCS and IVE hold 20% 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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20% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FTCS IVE
Apple Inc. 2.04% 8.28%
Walmart Inc. 1.97% 1.67%
Costco Wholesale Corporation 2.04% 1.41%
Merck & Co., Inc. 2.31% 1.21%
The Procter & Gamble Company 2.04% 1.18%
Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.18% 1.00%
The Home Depot, Inc. 1.74% 0.98%
Johnson & Johnson 2.09% 0.87%
Linde Plc 1.91% 0.75%
The Coca-Cola Company 2.18% 0.67%
PepsiCo, Inc. 1.86% 0.58%
Union Pacific Corporation 1.87% 0.56%
Only in FTCS
Monster Beverage Corporation 1.81%
Only in IVE
AMAZON.COM INC 4.08%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.34%
INTEL CORPORATION 1.75%
CHEVRON 1.41%
TESLA INC 1.38%
BANK OF AMERICA 1.19%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP 1.15%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.95%

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On the same fields

FTCS
First Trust Capital Strength ETF
IVE
iShares S&P 500 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% +14.4%
Its benchmark over the same days not published +14.5% (SPYV)
Gap to its benchmark not available −0.1 pts vs SPYV
Expense ratio 0.53% 0.18%
Already in the S&P 500 99.9% 99.8%
Holdings 50 437
Net assets $7.5bn $49.3bn

FTCS and IVE 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 IVE

IVE tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.4% with distributions reinvested, against +14.5% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Value Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% 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 437 positions, with the top ten at 24.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTCS or IVE?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTCS returned +4.1% and IVE +14.4%.
Which is cheaper, FTCS or IVE?
IVE is cheaper, by 0.35 percentage points a year. That is about $35 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTCS and IVE overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 100% of FTCS and 100% of IVE 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 ↗IVE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IVE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IVE ↗

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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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