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FTCS vs SPLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

FTCS and SPLV hold 20% of their weight in the same names, and FTCS returned +4.1% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $7.5bn for First Trust Capital Strength ETF and $7.0bn for Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF.

SPLV costs 0.28 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.1 points.

FTCS vs SPLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
FTCSSPLV
Expense ratio0.53%0.25%
Net assets$7.5bn$7.0bn
Total return, 1 year+4.1%+2.0%
What it tracksCapital Strength IndexS&P 500 Low Volatility Index
Holdings in common20%
Holdings datedOct 9, 2026Oct 10, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund22.6%12.7%
Below its high6.1%, high on Aug 24, 20267.1%, high on Jul 28, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+4.1%
FTCS total return, 1 year
+2.0%
SPLV total return, 1 year
0.53%
FTCS expense ratio
0.25%
SPLV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTCS and SPLV hold 20% 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

20% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FTCS SPLV
Aflac Incorporated 1.86% 1.18%
Johnson & Johnson 2.09% 1.14%
The Coca-Cola Company 2.18% 1.14%
The Procter & Gamble Company 2.04% 1.14%
Linde Plc 1.91% 1.13%
Chubb Limited 1.96% 1.09%
Costco Wholesale Corporation 2.04% 1.05%
Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.18% 1.03%
Mastercard Incorporated 2.19% 1.00%
W.R. Berkley Corporation 2.03% 0.98%
The TJX Companies, Inc. 1.82% 0.97%
CME Group Inc. 2.32% 0.95%
Only in FTCS
ResMed Inc. 2.34%
Merck & Co., Inc. 2.31%
Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) 2.30%
Amgen Inc. 2.29%
Gilead Sciences, Inc. 2.28%
Garmin Ltd. 2.18%
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2.15%
EOG Resources, Inc. 2.14%
Only in SPLV
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.44%
Evergy Inc 1.28%
WEC Energy Group Inc 1.27%
FirstEnergy Corp 1.27%
Duke Energy Corp 1.27%
Regency Centers Corp 1.25%
Atmos Energy Corp 1.25%
Pinnacle West Capital Corp 1.23%

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On the same fields

FTCS
First Trust Capital Strength ETF
SPLV
Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility 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% +2.0%
Expense ratio 0.53% 0.25%
Already in the S&P 500 99.9% 98.7%
Holdings 50 108
Net assets $7.5bn $7.0bn

FTCS and SPLV 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 SPLV

SPLV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +2.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 10, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 108 positions, with the top ten at 12.7%. It sat 7.1% below its high of Jul 28, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTCS or SPLV?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTCS returned +4.1% and SPLV +2.0%.
Which is cheaper, FTCS or SPLV?
SPLV is cheaper, by 0.28 percentage points a year. That is about $28 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTCS and SPLV overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 100% of FTCS and 99% of SPLV 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 ↗SPLV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPLV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Invesco page for SPLV ↗

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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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