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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTCS returned +9.5% and RSPA +13.6%.

Which is cheaper, FTCS or RSPA?

RSPA is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 100% of FTCS and 73% of RSPA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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FTCS vs RSPA: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, FTCS returned +9.5% to RSPA's +13.6%; 8% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $7.8bn for First Trust Capital Strength ETF and $1.2bn for Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Income Advantage ETF.

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At a glance

+9.5%

FTCS total return, 1 year

+13.6%

RSPA total return, 1 year

0.53%

FTCS expense ratio

0.29%

RSPA expense ratio

Pair scorecard

RSPA costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.1 points; FTCS is 6.5 times larger.

FTCS vs RSPA: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FTCS	RSPA
Return
Measure	FTCS	RSPA
Total return, 1 year	+9.5%	+13.6%
Benchmark
Measure	FTCS	RSPA
What it tracks	Capital Strength Index	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	FTCS	RSPA
Expense ratio	0.53%	0.29%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$7.8bn	$1.2bn
Holdings
Measure	FTCS	RSPA
Holdings in common	8%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	21.0%	3.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Jul 26, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026 · 117 weekly returns

FTCS RSPA

Return

Total return edge RSPA +19.7% +30.0%

Annualized edge RSPA +8.3% +12.4%

Price return edge FTCS +16.5% +5.3%

Risk

Volatility edge RSPA 11.9% 10.7%

Max drawdown edge FTCS −10.1% −13.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge RSPA 0.38 0.76

Sortino edge RSPA 0.55 1.03

Calmar edge RSPA 0.83 0.93

Reading

RSPA returned more: +30.0% to +19.7%. RSPA swung less: 10.7% to 11.9%. FTCS fell less at its worst: −10.1% to −13.3%.

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Risk and return: FTCS vs RSPA: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FTCS	RSPA	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+19.7%	+30.0%	RSPA	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+8.3%	+12.4%	RSPA	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+16.5%	+5.3%	FTCS	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	11.9%	10.7%	RSPA	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	8.2%	7.9%	RSPA (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−10.1%	−13.3%	FTCS	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.38	0.76	RSPA	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.55	1.03	RSPA	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.83	0.93	RSPA	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 117 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, FTCS and RSPA hold 8% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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8% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FTCS RSPA

Agilent Technologies, Inc. 2.03% 0.18%

Lockheed Martin Corporation 2.25% 0.18%

Amgen Inc. 2.04% 0.17%

Walmart Inc. 1.98% 0.17%

The Procter & Gamble Company 1.98% 0.17%

The TJX Companies, Inc. 1.89% 0.17%

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2.02% 0.17%

Apple Inc. 2.00% 0.17%

Costco Wholesale Corporation 1.98% 0.17%

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 1.98% 0.17%

Visa Inc. (Class A) 1.98% 0.16%

Linde Plc 2.02% 0.16%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FTCS

Only in RSPA

Royal Bank of Canada 0.35%

JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.33%

JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.32%

Bank of Montreal 0.32%

Citigroup Inc 0.31%

JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.30%

Citigroup Inc 0.28%

Goldman Sachs Group Inc 0.26%

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Side by side

FTCS First Trust Capital Strength ETF RSPA Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Income Advantage ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust Invesco

What it is Tracks an index Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +9.5% +13.6%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +16.0% (RSP)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −2.4 pts vs RSP

Expense ratio 0.53% 0.29%

Already in the S&P 500 99.9% 73.3%

Holdings 50 524

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $7.8bn $1.2bn

FTCS and RSPA on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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FTCS and RSPA are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

What each follows. FTCS follows Capital Strength Index and RSPA follows No index, actively managed.
Holdings in common. 8% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 FTCS returned +9.5% and RSPA +13.6% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 4.1 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

FTCS

FTCS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +9.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.53% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 50 positions, with the top ten at 21.0%.

RSPA

RSPA is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.6% with distributions reinvested, against +16.0% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Equal Weight Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.29% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 73% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 524 positions, with the top ten at 3.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTCS or RSPA?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTCS returned +9.5% and RSPA +13.6%.
Which is cheaper, FTCS or RSPA?: RSPA is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTCS and RSPA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 100% of FTCS and 73% of RSPA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

FTCS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FTCS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for FTCS ↗

RSPA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

RSPA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Invesco page for RSPA ↗

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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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