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FTCS vs SPHD: Differences, Returns & Fees

FTCS and SPHD hold 7% of their weight in the same names, and SPHD returned +5.6% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $7.5bn for First Trust Capital Strength ETF and $3.2bn for Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF.

SPHD costs 0.23 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.5 points; FTCS is 2.4 times larger.

FTCS vs SPHD: Differences, Returns & Fees
FTCSSPHD
Expense ratio0.53%0.30%
Net assets$7.5bn$3.2bn
Total return, 1 year+4.1%+5.6%
What it tracksCapital Strength IndexS&P 500 Low Volatility High Dividend Index
Holdings in common7%
Holdings datedOct 9, 2026Oct 10, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund22.6%28.2%
Below its high6.1%, high on Aug 24, 20268.4%, high on Aug 24, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+4.1%
FTCS total return, 1 year
+5.6%
SPHD total return, 1 year
0.53%
FTCS expense ratio
0.30%
SPHD expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTCS and SPHD 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 SPHD
PepsiCo, Inc. 1.86% 1.93%
Paychex, Inc. 1.84% 2.07%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. 1.81% 2.00%
EOG Resources, Inc. 2.14% 1.58%
Only in FTCS
ResMed Inc. 2.34%
CME Group Inc. 2.32%
Merck & Co., Inc. 2.31%
Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) 2.30%
Amgen Inc. 2.29%
Gilead Sciences, Inc. 2.28%
Mastercard Incorporated 2.19%
Garmin Ltd. 2.18%
Only in SPHD
Pfizer Inc 3.72%
Verizon Communications Inc 3.08%
Altria Group Inc 2.86%
General Mills Inc 2.86%
Crown Castle Inc 2.82%
VICI Properties Inc 2.81%
Kraft Heinz Co/The 2.80%
AT&T Inc 2.55%

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On the same fields

FTCS
First Trust Capital Strength ETF
SPHD
Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer First Trust Invesco
What it is Tracks an index Tracks the S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility
Total return, 1 year +4.1% +5.6%
Expense ratio 0.53% 0.30%
Already in the S&P 500 99.9% 95.2%
Holdings 50 59
Net assets $7.5bn $3.2bn

FTCS and SPHD 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 SPHD

SPHD tracks the S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +5.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.30% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 10, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 59 positions, with the top ten at 28.2%. It sat 8.4% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTCS or SPHD?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTCS returned +4.1% and SPHD +5.6%.
Which is cheaper, FTCS or SPHD?
SPHD is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTCS and SPHD overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 100% of FTCS and 95% of SPHD 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 ↗SPHD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPHD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Invesco page for SPHD ↗

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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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