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FTCS vs IWD: Differences, Returns & Fees

FTCS and IWD hold 16% of their weight in the same names, and IWD returned +26.4% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $7.5bn for First Trust Capital Strength ETF and $82.9bn for iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF.

IWD costs 0.35 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 22.3 points; IWD is 11.1 times larger.

FTCS vs IWD: Differences, Returns & Fees
FTCSIWD
Expense ratio0.53%0.18%
Net assets$7.5bn$82.9bn
Total return, 1 year+4.1%+26.4%
What it tracksCapital Strength IndexRussell 1000 Value Index
Holdings in common16%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund22.6%30.0%
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
+26.4%
IWD total return, 1 year
0.53%
FTCS expense ratio
0.18%
IWD expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTCS and IWD hold 16% 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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16% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FTCS IWD
Apple Inc. 2.04% 6.01%
Johnson & Johnson 2.09% 1.70%
Walmart Inc. 1.97% 1.20%
Merck & Co., Inc. 2.31% 0.97%
The Procter & Gamble Company 2.04% 0.95%
The Coca-Cola Company 2.18% 0.82%
Costco Wholesale Corporation 2.04% 0.64%
Linde Plc 1.91% 0.60%
Gilead Sciences, Inc. 2.28% 0.51%
PepsiCo, Inc. 1.86% 0.41%
Union Pacific Corporation 1.87% 0.41%
The Charles Schwab Corporation 1.93% 0.39%
Only in FTCS
Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) 2.30%
Mastercard Incorporated 2.19%
Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.18%
Lockheed Martin Corporation 2.03%
Only in IWD
AMAZON.COM INC 6.28%
MICROSOFT 5.35%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 2.59%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 2.40%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.87%
INTEL CORPORATION 1.29%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 1.26%
ABBVIE 1.21%

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On the same fields

FTCS
First Trust Capital Strength ETF
IWD
iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer First Trust iShares
What it is Tracks an index Tracks the Russell 1000 value
Total return, 1 year +4.1% +26.4%
Its benchmark over the same days not published +26.5% (VONV)
Gap to its benchmark not available −0.1 pts vs VONV
Expense ratio 0.53% 0.18%
Already in the S&P 500 99.9% 90.0%
Holdings 50 871
Net assets $7.5bn $82.9bn

FTCS and IWD 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 IWD

IWD tracks the Russell 1000 value. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +26.4% with distributions reinvested, against +26.5% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Value Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% 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 871 positions, with the top ten at 30.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTCS or IWD?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTCS returned +4.1% and IWD +26.4%.
Which is cheaper, FTCS or IWD?
IWD 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 IWD overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 100% of FTCS and 90% of IWD 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 ↗IWD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IWD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IWD ↗

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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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