Which returned more over the last year, JAVA or MGV?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JAVA returned +20.3% and MGV +21.5%.

Which is cheaper, JAVA or MGV?

MGV is cheaper, by 0.39 percentage points a year. That is about $39 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do JAVA and MGV overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 90% of JAVA and 98% of MGV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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JAVA vs MGV: Differences, Returns & Fees

JAVA and MGV hold 40% of their weight in the same names, and MGV returned +21.5% over the year. Net assets: $7.2bn on Oct 9, 2026 for JPMorgan Active Value ETF, and $13.5bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Value ETF.

MGV costs 0.39 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.2 points.

JAVA vs MGV: Differences, Returns & Fees
	JAVA	MGV
Expense ratio	0.44%	0.05%
Net assets, JAVA as of Oct 9, 2026 and MGV as of Sep 30, 2026	$7.2bn	$13.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+20.3%	+21.5%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	CRSP U.S. Mega Cap Value Index
Holdings in common	40%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	30.6%	28.5%

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

+20.3%

JAVA total return, 1 year

+21.5%

MGV total return, 1 year

0.44%

JAVA expense ratio

0.05%

MGV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, JAVA and MGV hold 40% 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.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding JAVA MGV

BANK OF AMERICA CORP 2.19% 1.83%

ABBVIE INC COMMON STOCK 1.82% 2.09%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 1.32% 3.29%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1.28% 2.96%

WELLS FARGO & CO COMMON 2.17% 1.22%

CHEVRON CORP COMMON 1.22% 1.80%

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 1.18% 1.63%

MORGAN STANLEY DEAN 1.24% 1.17%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 1.12% 1.35%

CITIGROUP INC COMMON 1.39% 1.04%

RTX CORP 0.97% 1.29%

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC 0.94% 1.06%

Only in JAVA

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 7.76%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 6.31%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 3.93%

META PLATFORMS INC 1.55%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY 1.29%

DOVER CORP COMMON STOCK 1.10%

AUTOZONE INC COMMON 1.00%

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS NV 0.89%

Only in MGV

Micron Technology Inc 4.99%

JPMorgan Chase & Co 4.41%

Costco Wholesale Corp 1.93%

Cisco Systems Inc 1.81%

Caterpillar Inc 1.70%

General Electric Co 1.62%

Amgen Inc 1.07%

Linde PLC 1.05%

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On the same fields

JAVA

JPMorgan Active Value ETF

MGV

Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer JPMorgan Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +20.3% +21.5%

Its benchmark over the same days +26.4% (IWD) not published

Gap to its benchmark −6.2 pts vs IWD not available

Expense ratio 0.44% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 90.4% 97.7%

Holdings 151 123

Net assets, JAVA as of Oct 9, 2026 and MGV as of Sep 30, 2026 $7.2bn $13.5bn

JAVA and MGV on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About JAVA

JAVA is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.44% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 151 positions, with the top ten at 30.6%.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.3% with distributions reinvested, against +26.4% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Value Index.

About MGV

MGV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +21.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 98% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 123 positions, with the top ten at 28.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, JAVA or MGV?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JAVA returned +20.3% and MGV +21.5%.
Which is cheaper, JAVA or MGV?: MGV is cheaper, by 0.39 percentage points a year. That is about $39 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do JAVA and MGV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 90% of JAVA and 98% of MGV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

JAVA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗JAVA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗JPMorgan website ↗MGV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗MGV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for MGV ↗

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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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