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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTCS returned +9.5% and VOE +22.8%.

Which is cheaper, FTCS or VOE?

VOE is cheaper, by 0.48 percentage points a year. That is about $48 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 100% of FTCS and 96% of VOE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

FTCS vs VOE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, FTCS returned +9.5% to VOE's +22.8%; 10% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $7.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for First Trust Capital Strength ETF, and $22.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF.

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At a glance

+9.5%

FTCS total return, 1 year

+22.8%

VOE total return, 1 year

0.53%

FTCS expense ratio

0.05%

VOE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VOE costs 0.48 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.3 points.

FTCS vs VOE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FTCS	VOE
Return
Measure	FTCS	VOE
Total return, 1 year	+9.5%	+22.8%
Benchmark
Measure	FTCS	VOE
What it tracks	Capital Strength Index	Morningstar US Mid Cap Value Index
Cost and size
Measure	FTCS	VOE
Expense ratio	0.53%	0.05%
Net assets, FTCS as of Oct 27, 2026 and VOE as of Sep 30, 2026	$7.8bn	$22.8bn
Holdings
Measure	FTCS	VOE
Holdings in common	10%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	21.0%	14.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Sep 1, 2006 to Oct 23, 2026 · 1,051 weekly returns

FTCS VOE

Return

Total return edge FTCS (slight) +555.5% +515.4%

Annualized edge FTCS (slight) +9.7% +9.4%

Price return edge FTCS +391.8% +301.7%

Risk

Volatility edge FTCS 18.1% 20.4%

Max drawdown edge FTCS −52.7% −61.2%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge FTCS 0.51 0.46

Sortino edge FTCS 0.73 0.65

Calmar edge FTCS 0.18 0.15

Reading

FTCS returned slightly more: +555.5% to +515.4%. FTCS swung less: 18.1% to 20.4%. FTCS fell less at its worst: −52.7% to −61.2%.

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Risk and return: FTCS vs VOE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FTCS	VOE	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+555.5%	+515.4%	FTCS (slight)	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+9.7%	+9.4%	FTCS (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+391.8%	+301.7%	FTCS	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	18.1%	20.4%	FTCS	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	12.8%	14.5%	FTCS	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−52.7%	−61.2%	FTCS	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.51	0.46	FTCS	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.73	0.65	FTCS	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.18	0.15	FTCS	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 1,051 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

10%

By the books each fund has filed, FTCS and VOE hold 10% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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10% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FTCS VOE

Phillips 66 1.81% 1.73%

Target Corporation 1.89% 1.21%

Cencora, Inc. 1.88% 0.93%

Aflac Incorporated 2.02% 0.86%

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 1.95% 0.74%

Colgate-Palmolive Company 1.95% 0.58%

Arch Capital Group Ltd. 1.97% 0.51%

Northern Trust Corporation 2.03% 0.50%

Raymond James Financial, Inc. 2.00% 0.44%

Cincinnati Financial Corporation 2.11% 0.42%

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 2.01% 0.41%

PPG Industries, Inc. 2.08% 0.39%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FTCS

Lockheed Martin Corporation 2.25%

CSX Corporation 2.13%

Northrop Grumman Corporation 2.12%

Johnson & Johnson 2.08%

3M Company 2.06%

Union Pacific Corporation 2.06%

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 2.06%

Amgen Inc. 2.04%

Only in VOE

Valero Energy Corp 1.90%

Marathon Petroleum Corp 1.89%

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co 1.37%

Warner Bros Discovery Inc 1.25%

SLB Ltd 1.23%

Cummins Inc 1.21%

General Motors Co 1.15%

Digital Realty Trust Inc 1.10%

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Side by side

FTCS First Trust Capital Strength ETF VOE Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Mid-Cap Value

Total return, 1 year +9.5% +22.8%

Expense ratio 0.53% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 99.9% 96.0%

Holdings 50 169

Net assets, FTCS as of Oct 27, 2026 and VOE as of Sep 30, 2026 $7.8bn $22.8bn

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

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

What each follows. FTCS follows Capital Strength Index and VOE follows Morningstar US Mid Cap Value Index.
Holdings in common. 10% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 FTCS returned +9.5% and VOE +22.8% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 13.3 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%.

VOE

VOE tracks an index of Mid-Cap Value. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +22.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 169 positions, with the top ten at 14.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTCS or VOE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTCS returned +9.5% and VOE +22.8%.
Which is cheaper, FTCS or VOE?: VOE is cheaper, by 0.48 percentage points a year. That is about $48 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTCS and VOE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 100% of FTCS and 96% of VOE 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 ↗

VOE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VOE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VOE ↗

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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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