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FTCS vs SCHD: Differences, Returns & Fees

FTCS and SCHD hold 21% of their weight in the same names, and SCHD returned +26.6% over the year. Net assets: $7.5bn on Oct 9, 2026 for First Trust Capital Strength ETF, and $94.9bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF.

SCHD costs 0.47 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 22.5 points.

FTCS vs SCHD: Differences, Returns & Fees
FTCSSCHD
Expense ratio0.53%0.06%
Net assets, FTCS as of Oct 9, 2026 and SCHD as of May 31, 2026$7.5bn$94.9bn
Total return, 1 year+4.1%+26.6%
What it tracksCapital Strength IndexDow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index
Holdings in common21%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund22.6%43.6%
Below its high6.1%, high on Aug 24, 20265.4%, high on Aug 24, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+4.1%
FTCS total return, 1 year
+26.6%
SCHD total return, 1 year
0.53%
FTCS expense ratio
0.06%
SCHD expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTCS and SCHD hold 21% 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 May 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

21% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FTCS SCHD
Merck & Co., Inc. 2.31% 3.86%
Amgen Inc. 2.29% 3.47%
The Coca-Cola Company 2.18% 3.96%
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2.15% 2.25%
The Procter & Gamble Company 2.04% 3.55%
Lockheed Martin Corporation 2.03% 2.70%
PepsiCo, Inc. 1.86% 3.44%
EOG Resources, Inc. 2.14% 1.82%
The Home Depot, Inc. 1.74% 3.36%
Paychex, Inc. 1.84% 0.79%
Cincinnati Financial Corporation 1.83% 0.62%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. 1.81% 0.57%
Only in FTCS
ResMed Inc. 2.34%
CME Group Inc. 2.32%
Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) 2.30%
Gilead Sciences, Inc. 2.28%
Mastercard Incorporated 2.19%
Garmin Ltd. 2.18%
Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.18%
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 2.14%
Only in SCHD
QUALCOMM Inc 6.74%
Texas Instruments Inc 5.91%
UnitedHealth Group Inc 5.09%
Chevron Corp 3.83%
Verizon Communications Inc 3.65%
ConocoPhillips 3.51%
Abbott Laboratories 2.96%
Altria Group Inc 2.94%

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On the same fields

FTCS
First Trust Capital Strength ETF
SCHD
Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer First Trust Schwab
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of US dividend
Total return, 1 year +4.1% +26.6%
Expense ratio 0.53% 0.06%
Already in the S&P 500 99.9% 94.9%
Holdings 50 99
Net assets, FTCS as of Oct 9, 2026 and SCHD as of May 31, 2026 $7.5bn $94.9bn

FTCS and SCHD 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 SCHD

SCHD tracks an index of US dividend. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +26.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 99 positions, with the top ten at 43.6%. It sat 5.4% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTCS or SCHD?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTCS returned +4.1% and SCHD +26.6%.
Which is cheaper, FTCS or SCHD?
SCHD is cheaper, by 0.47 percentage points a year. That is about $47 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTCS and SCHD overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 100% of FTCS and 95% of SCHD 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 ↗SCHD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SCHD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Schwab 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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