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FTCS vs VOOV: Differences, Returns & Fees

FTCS and VOOV hold 21% of their weight in the same names, and VOOV returned +14.5% over the year. Net assets: $7.5bn on Oct 9, 2026 for First Trust Capital Strength ETF, and $6.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard S&P 500 Value ETF.

VOOV costs 0.46 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.4 points.

FTCS vs VOOV: Differences, Returns & Fees
FTCSVOOV
Expense ratio0.53%0.07%
Net assets, FTCS as of Oct 9, 2026 and VOOV as of Sep 30, 2026$7.5bn$6.6bn
Total return, 1 year+4.1%+14.5%
What it tracksCapital Strength IndexS&P 500 Value Index
Holdings in common21%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund22.6%23.4%
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
+14.5%
VOOV total return, 1 year
0.53%
FTCS expense ratio
0.07%
VOOV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTCS and VOOV hold 21% 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

21% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FTCS VOOV
Apple Inc. 2.04% 7.73%
Walmart Inc. 1.97% 1.53%
Costco Wholesale Corporation 2.04% 1.39%
Merck & Co., Inc. 2.31% 1.21%
The Procter & Gamble Company 2.04% 1.12%
The Home Depot, Inc. 1.74% 1.08%
Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.18% 0.94%
Johnson & Johnson 2.09% 0.87%
Linde Plc 1.91% 0.75%
The Coca-Cola Company 2.18% 0.66%
PepsiCo, Inc. 1.86% 0.64%
The Charles Schwab Corporation 1.93% 0.60%
Only in FTCS
Monster Beverage Corporation 1.81%
Only in VOOV
Amazon.com Inc 3.97%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.22%
Intel Corp 1.47%
Bank of America Corp 1.34%
Tesla Inc 1.31%
Chevron Corp 1.28%
UnitedHealth Group Inc 1.18%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.01%

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On the same fields

FTCS
First Trust Capital Strength ETF
VOOV
Vanguard S&P 500 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% +14.5%
Its benchmark over the same days not published +14.4% (IVE)
Gap to its benchmark not available +0.2 pts vs IVE
Expense ratio 0.53% 0.07%
Already in the S&P 500 99.9% 98.8%
Holdings 50 440
Net assets, FTCS as of Oct 9, 2026 and VOOV as of Sep 30, 2026 $7.5bn $6.6bn

FTCS and VOOV 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 VOOV

VOOV 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 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 440 positions, with the top ten at 23.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTCS or VOOV?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTCS returned +4.1% and VOOV +14.5%.
Which is cheaper, FTCS or VOOV?
VOOV is cheaper, by 0.46 percentage points a year. That is about $46 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTCS and VOOV overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 100% of FTCS and 99% of VOOV 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 ↗VOOV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VOOV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VOOV ↗

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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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