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FTCS vs IWX: Differences, Returns & Fees

FTCS and IWX hold 19% of their weight in the same names, and IWX returned +28.9% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $7.5bn for First Trust Capital Strength ETF and $3.3bn for iShares Russell Top 200 Value ETF.

IWX costs 0.33 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 24.8 points; FTCS is 2.2 times larger.

FTCS vs IWX: Differences, Returns & Fees
FTCSIWX
Expense ratio0.53%0.20%
Net assets$7.5bn$3.3bn
Total return, 1 year+4.1%+28.9%
What it tracksCapital Strength IndexRussell Top 200 Value Index
Holdings in common19%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund22.6%41.1%
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
+28.9%
IWX total return, 1 year
0.53%
FTCS expense ratio
0.20%
IWX expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTCS and IWX 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 IWX
Johnson & Johnson 2.09% 2.33%
Apple Inc. 2.04% 8.24%
Walmart Inc. 1.97% 1.65%
Merck & Co., Inc. 2.31% 1.33%
The Procter & Gamble Company 2.04% 1.30%
The Coca-Cola Company 2.18% 1.12%
Costco Wholesale Corporation 2.04% 0.87%
Linde Plc 1.91% 0.82%
Gilead Sciences, Inc. 2.28% 0.69%
Union Pacific Corporation 1.87% 0.57%
PepsiCo, Inc. 1.86% 0.56%
The Charles Schwab Corporation 1.93% 0.54%
Only in FTCS
ResMed Inc. 2.34%
Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) 2.30%
Mastercard Incorporated 2.19%
Garmin Ltd. 2.18%
Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.18%
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 2.14%
Veralto Corporation 2.09%
Expand Energy Corporation 2.03%
Only in IWX
AMAZON.COM INC 8.62%
MICROSOFT 7.34%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 3.55%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 3.29%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.57%
INTEL CORPORATION 1.77%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 1.73%
ABBVIE 1.66%

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On the same fields

FTCS
First Trust Capital Strength ETF
IWX
iShares Russell Top 200 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% +28.9%
Expense ratio 0.53% 0.20%
Already in the S&P 500 99.9% 99.7%
Holdings 50 153
Net assets $7.5bn $3.3bn

FTCS and IWX 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 IWX

IWX tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +28.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% 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 153 positions, with the top ten at 41.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTCS or IWX?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTCS returned +4.1% and IWX +28.9%.
Which is cheaper, FTCS or IWX?
IWX is cheaper, by 0.33 percentage points a year. That is about $33 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTCS and IWX overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 100% of FTCS and 100% of IWX 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 ↗IWX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IWX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IWX ↗

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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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