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FTCS vs SPYV: Differences, Returns & Fees

FTCS and SPYV hold 20% of their weight in the same names, and SPYV returned +14.5% over the year. Net assets: $7.5bn on Oct 9, 2026 for First Trust Capital Strength ETF, and $36.2bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETF.

SPYV costs 0.49 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.4 points; SPYV is 4.8 times larger.

FTCS vs SPYV: Differences, Returns & Fees
FTCSSPYV
Expense ratio0.53%0.04%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$7.5bn$36.2bn
Total return, 1 year+4.1%+14.5%
What it tracksCapital Strength IndexS&P 500 Value Index ?
Holdings in common20%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund22.6%24.7%
Below its high6.1%, high on Aug 24, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+4.1%
FTCS total return, 1 year
+14.5%
SPYV total return, 1 year
0.53%
FTCS expense ratio
0.04%
SPYV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTCS and SPYV 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 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

20% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FTCS SPYV
Apple Inc. 2.04% 8.40%
Walmart Inc. 1.97% 1.67%
Costco Wholesale Corporation 2.04% 1.42%
Merck & Co., Inc. 2.31% 1.19%
The Procter & Gamble Company 2.04% 1.18%
The Home Depot, Inc. 1.74% 1.00%
Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.18% 0.97%
Johnson & Johnson 2.09% 0.86%
Linde Plc 1.91% 0.75%
The Coca-Cola Company 2.18% 0.67%
PepsiCo, Inc. 1.86% 0.59%
Union Pacific Corporation 1.87% 0.56%
Only in FTCS
Monster Beverage Corporation 1.81%
Only in SPYV
AMAZON.COM INC 3.96%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.34%
INTEL CORP 1.80%
CHEVRON CORP 1.41%
TESLA INC 1.36%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP 1.18%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 1.13%
JPMORGAN CHASE + CO 0.95%

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On the same fields

FTCS
First Trust Capital Strength ETF
SPYV
State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer First Trust State Street
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +4.1% +14.5%
Its benchmark over the same days not published +14.4% (IVE)
Gap to its benchmark not available +0.1 pts vs IVE
Expense ratio 0.53% 0.04%
Already in the S&P 500 99.9% 99.8%
Holdings 50 435
Net assets, FTCS as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPYV as of Oct 8, 2026 $7.5bn $36.2bn

FTCS and SPYV 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 SPYV

SPYV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.5% with distributions reinvested, against +14.4% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Value Index ?. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 435 positions, with the top ten at 24.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTCS or SPYV?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTCS returned +4.1% and SPYV +14.5%.
Which is cheaper, FTCS or SPYV?
SPYV is cheaper, by 0.49 percentage points a year. That is about $49 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTCS and SPYV overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 100% of FTCS and 100% of SPYV 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 ↗SPYV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPYV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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