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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTCS returned +4.1% and JAVA +20.3%.

Which is cheaper, FTCS or JAVA?

JAVA is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 100% of FTCS and 90% of JAVA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FTCS vs JAVA: Differences, Returns & Fees

FTCS and JAVA hold 12% of their weight in the same names, and JAVA returned +20.3% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $7.5bn for First Trust Capital Strength ETF and $7.2bn for JPMorgan Active Value ETF.

JAVA costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.2 points.

FTCS vs JAVA: Differences, Returns & Fees
	FTCS	JAVA
Expense ratio	0.53%	0.44%
Net assets	$7.5bn	$7.2bn
Total return, 1 year	+4.1%	+20.3%
What it tracks	Capital Strength Index	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	12%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	22.6%	30.6%
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

+20.3%

JAVA total return, 1 year

0.53%

FTCS expense ratio

0.44%

JAVA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTCS and JAVA hold 12% 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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12% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FTCS JAVA

Apple Inc. 2.04% 3.93%

The Charles Schwab Corporation 1.93% 1.64%

Johnson & Johnson 2.09% 1.28%

Merck & Co., Inc. 2.31% 0.78%

3M Company 2.02% 0.69%

EOG Resources, Inc. 2.14% 0.66%

American Express Company 1.75% 0.61%

Union Pacific Corporation 1.87% 0.58%

The TJX Companies, Inc. 1.82% 0.47%

CSX Corporation 1.88% 0.45%

Walmart Inc. 1.97% 0.45%

The Home Depot, Inc. 1.74% 0.44%

Only in FTCS

ResMed Inc. 2.34%

CME Group Inc. 2.32%

Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) 2.30%

Amgen Inc. 2.29%

Gilead Sciences, Inc. 2.28%

Mastercard Incorporated 2.19%

Garmin Ltd. 2.18%

Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.18%

Only in JAVA

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 7.76%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 6.31%

BANK OF AMERICA CORP 2.19%

WELLS FARGO & CO COMMON 2.17%

ABBVIE INC COMMON STOCK 1.82%

CONOCOPHILLIPS COMMON 1.82%

META PLATFORMS INC 1.55%

CITIGROUP INC COMMON 1.39%

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On the same fields

FTCS

First Trust Capital Strength ETF

JAVA

JPMorgan Active Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust JPMorgan

What it is Tracks an index Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +4.1% +20.3%

Its benchmark over the same days not published +26.4% (IWD)

Gap to its benchmark not available −6.2 pts vs IWD

Expense ratio 0.53% 0.44%

Already in the S&P 500 99.9% 90.4%

Holdings 50 151

Net assets $7.5bn $7.2bn

FTCS and JAVA 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 JAVA

JAVA is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.44% 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 151 positions, with the top ten at 30.6%.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.3% with distributions reinvested, against +26.4% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Value Index.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTCS or JAVA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTCS returned +4.1% and JAVA +20.3%.
Which is cheaper, FTCS or JAVA?: JAVA is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTCS and JAVA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 100% of FTCS and 90% of JAVA 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 ↗JAVA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗JAVA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗JPMorgan website ↗

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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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