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FTCS vs JVAL: Differences, Returns & Fees

FTCS and JVAL hold 7% of their weight in the same names, and JVAL returned +25.6% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $7.5bn for First Trust Capital Strength ETF and $1.0bn for JPMorgan U.S. Value Factor ETF.

JVAL costs 0.41 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 21.5 points; FTCS is 7.4 times larger.

FTCS vs JVAL: Differences, Returns & Fees
FTCSJVAL
Expense ratio0.53%0.12%
Net assets$7.5bn$1.0bn
Total return, 1 year+4.1%+25.6%
What it tracksCapital Strength IndexJP Morgan US Value Factor Index
Holdings in common7%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund22.6%18.3%
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
+25.6%
JVAL total return, 1 year
0.53%
FTCS expense ratio
0.12%
JVAL expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTCS and JVAL hold 7% 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.

half

7% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FTCS JVAL
Apple Inc. 2.04% 2.14%
Johnson & Johnson 2.09% 1.59%
Merck & Co., Inc. 2.31% 0.92%
Gilead Sciences, Inc. 2.28% 0.69%
The Home Depot, Inc. 1.74% 0.51%
Amgen Inc. 2.29% 0.35%
General Dynamics Corporation 1.82% 0.31%
Garmin Ltd. 2.18% 0.29%
Snap-on Incorporated 1.77% 0.21%
EOG Resources, Inc. 2.14% 0.17%
Expand Energy Corporation 2.03% 0.15%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. 1.81% 0.15%
Only in FTCS
ResMed Inc. 2.34%
CME Group Inc. 2.32%
Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) 2.30%
Mastercard Incorporated 2.19%
The Coca-Cola Company 2.18%
Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.18%
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2.15%
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 2.14%
Only in JVAL
META PLATFORMS INC 2.37%
MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 2.18%
ALPHABET INC-CL A 2.12%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.06%
NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 1.88%
BROADCOM INC COMMON 1.82%
LAM RESEARCH CORP COMMON 1.11%
APPLIED MATERIALS INC 1.07%

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On the same fields

FTCS
First Trust Capital Strength ETF
JVAL
JPMorgan U.S. Value Factor ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer First Trust JPMorgan
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +4.1% +25.6%
Expense ratio 0.53% 0.12%
Already in the S&P 500 99.9% 70.9%
Holdings 50 393
Net assets $7.5bn $1.0bn

FTCS and JVAL 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 JVAL

JVAL tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +25.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.12% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 71% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 393 positions, with the top ten at 18.3%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTCS or JVAL?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTCS returned +4.1% and JVAL +25.6%.
Which is cheaper, FTCS or JVAL?
JVAL is cheaper, by 0.41 percentage points a year. That is about $41 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTCS and JVAL overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 100% of FTCS and 71% of JVAL 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 ↗JVAL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗JVAL 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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