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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTCS returned +4.1% and PWV +22.5%.

Which is cheaper, FTCS or PWV?

FTCS is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 100% of FTCS and 96% of PWV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FTCS vs PWV: Differences, Returns & Fees

FTCS and PWV hold 10% of their weight in the same names, and PWV returned +22.5% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $7.5bn for First Trust Capital Strength ETF and $1.8bn for Invesco Large Cap Value ETF.

FTCS costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.4 points; FTCS is 4.1 times larger.

FTCS vs PWV: Differences, Returns & Fees
	FTCS	PWV
Expense ratio	0.53%	0.55%
Net assets	$7.5bn	$1.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+4.1%	+22.5%
What it tracks	Capital Strength Index	Dynamic Large Cap Value Intellidex Index
Holdings in common	10%
Holdings dated	Oct 9, 2026	Oct 10, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	22.6%	33.8%
Below its high	6.1%, high on Aug 24, 2026	6.5%, high on Sep 3, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+4.1%

FTCS total return, 1 year

+22.5%

PWV total return, 1 year

0.53%

FTCS expense ratio

0.55%

PWV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTCS and PWV hold 10% 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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10% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FTCS PWV

Amgen Inc. 2.29% 3.29%

PepsiCo, Inc. 1.86% 3.11%

EOG Resources, Inc. 2.14% 1.52%

Chubb Limited 1.96% 1.50%

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 1.92% 1.34%

General Dynamics Corporation 1.82% 1.33%

Only in FTCS

ResMed Inc. 2.34%

CME Group Inc. 2.32%

Merck & Co., Inc. 2.31%

Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) 2.30%

Gilead Sciences, Inc. 2.28%

Mastercard Incorporated 2.19%

Garmin Ltd. 2.18%

The Coca-Cola Company 2.18%

Only in PWV

Chevron Corp 3.72%

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 3.69%

Wells Fargo & Co 3.46%

Citigroup Inc 3.41%

Walt Disney Co/The 3.41%

UnitedHealth Group Inc 3.35%

JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.29%

Morgan Stanley 3.08%

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On the same fields

FTCS

First Trust Capital Strength ETF

PWV

Invesco Large Cap Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust Invesco

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +4.1% +22.5%

Expense ratio 0.53% 0.55%

Already in the S&P 500 99.9% 96.4%

Holdings 50 52

Net assets $7.5bn $1.8bn

FTCS and PWV 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 PWV

PWV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +22.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.55% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 10, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 52 positions, with the top ten at 33.8%. It sat 6.5% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTCS or PWV?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTCS returned +4.1% and PWV +22.5%.
Which is cheaper, FTCS or PWV?: FTCS is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTCS and PWV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 100% of FTCS and 96% of PWV 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 ↗PWV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗PWV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Invesco page for PWV ↗

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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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