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FTCS vs VONV: Differences, Returns & Fees

FTCS and VONV hold 16% of their weight in the same names, and VONV returned +26.5% over the year. Net assets: $7.5bn on Oct 9, 2026 for First Trust Capital Strength ETF, and $21.7bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Russell 1000 Value ETF.

VONV costs 0.47 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 22.4 points.

FTCS vs VONV: Differences, Returns & Fees
FTCSVONV
Expense ratio0.53%0.06%
Net assets, FTCS as of Oct 9, 2026 and VONV as of Sep 30, 2026$7.5bn$21.7bn
Total return, 1 year+4.1%+26.5%
What it tracksCapital Strength IndexRussell 1000 Value Index
Holdings in common16%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund22.6%28.6%
Below its high6.1%, high on Aug 24, 2026

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

+4.1%
FTCS total return, 1 year
+26.5%
VONV total return, 1 year
0.53%
FTCS expense ratio
0.06%
VONV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTCS and VONV hold 16% 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 Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

16% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FTCS VONV
Apple Inc. 2.04% 5.58%
Johnson & Johnson 2.09% 1.70%
Walmart Inc. 1.97% 1.12%
Merck & Co., Inc. 2.31% 0.97%
The Procter & Gamble Company 2.04% 0.90%
The Coca-Cola Company 2.18% 0.81%
Costco Wholesale Corporation 2.04% 0.63%
Linde Plc 1.91% 0.60%
Gilead Sciences, Inc. 2.28% 0.48%
PepsiCo, Inc. 1.86% 0.45%
The Charles Schwab Corporation 1.93% 0.44%
Union Pacific Corporation 1.87% 0.44%
Only in FTCS
Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) 2.30%
Mastercard Incorporated 2.19%
Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.18%
Lockheed Martin Corporation 2.03%
Only in VONV
Amazon.com Inc 6.14%
Microsoft Corp 5.01%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 2.53%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 2.50%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 1.78%
Cisco Systems Inc 1.16%
AbbVie Inc 1.11%
Intel Corp 1.09%

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On the same fields

FTCS
First Trust Capital Strength ETF
VONV
Vanguard Russell 1000 Value ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer First Trust Vanguard
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +4.1% +26.5%
Its benchmark over the same days not published +26.4% (IWD)
Gap to its benchmark not available +0.1 pts vs IWD
Expense ratio 0.53% 0.06%
Already in the S&P 500 99.9% 89.2%
Holdings 50 869
Net assets, FTCS as of Oct 9, 2026 and VONV as of Sep 30, 2026 $7.5bn $21.7bn

FTCS and VONV 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 VONV

VONV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +26.5% with distributions reinvested, against +26.4% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Value Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 89% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 869 positions, with the top ten at 28.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTCS or VONV?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTCS returned +4.1% and VONV +26.5%.
Which is cheaper, FTCS or VONV?
VONV 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 VONV overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 100% of FTCS and 89% of VONV 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 ↗VONV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VONV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VONV ↗

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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