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FTCS vs VYM: Differences, Returns & Fees

FTCS and VYM hold 17% of their weight in the same names, and VYM returned +15.9% over the year. Net assets: $7.5bn on Oct 9, 2026 for First Trust Capital Strength ETF, and $78.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF.

VYM costs 0.49 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.8 points.

FTCS vs VYM: Differences, Returns & Fees
FTCSVYM
Expense ratio0.53%0.04%
Net assets, FTCS as of Oct 9, 2026 and VYM as of Sep 30, 2026$7.5bn$78.9bn
Total return, 1 year+4.1%+15.9%
What it tracksCapital Strength IndexFTSE High Dividend Yield Index
Holdings in common17%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund22.6%25.8%
Below its high6.1%, high on Aug 24, 20264.4%, high on Aug 13, 2026

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

+4.1%
FTCS total return, 1 year
+15.9%
VYM total return, 1 year
0.53%
FTCS expense ratio
0.04%
VYM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTCS and VYM hold 17% 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

17% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FTCS VYM
Johnson & Johnson 2.09% 2.58%
Merck & Co., Inc. 2.31% 1.47%
The Coca-Cola Company 2.18% 1.39%
The Procter & Gamble Company 2.04% 1.36%
The Home Depot, Inc. 1.74% 1.32%
Linde Plc 1.91% 0.91%
Amgen Inc. 2.29% 0.86%
PepsiCo, Inc. 1.86% 0.77%
Gilead Sciences, Inc. 2.28% 0.73%
Union Pacific Corporation 1.87% 0.72%
Chubb Limited 1.96% 0.48%
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2.15% 0.46%
Only in FTCS
ResMed Inc. 2.34%
Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) 2.30%
Mastercard Incorporated 2.19%
Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.18%
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 2.14%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 2.13%
Veralto Corporation 2.09%
Apple Inc. 2.04%
Only in VYM
Broadcom Inc 6.94%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.83%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.70%
AbbVie Inc 1.83%
Cisco Systems Inc 1.76%
Bank of America Corp 1.65%
Chevron Corp 1.54%
Caterpillar Inc 1.46%

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On the same fields

FTCS
First Trust Capital Strength ETF
VYM
Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer First Trust Vanguard
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of US high dividend
Total return, 1 year +4.1% +15.9%
Expense ratio 0.53% 0.04%
Already in the S&P 500 99.9% 89.5%
Holdings 50 605
Net assets, FTCS as of Oct 9, 2026 and VYM as of Sep 30, 2026 $7.5bn $78.9bn

FTCS and VYM 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 VYM

VYM tracks an index of US high dividend. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +15.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 605 positions, with the top ten at 25.8%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTCS or VYM?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTCS returned +4.1% and VYM +15.9%.
Which is cheaper, FTCS or VYM?
VYM 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 VYM overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 100% of FTCS and 90% of VYM 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 ↗VYM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VYM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VYM ↗

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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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