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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JAVA returned +20.3% and NULV +25.6%.

Which is cheaper, JAVA or NULV?

NULV is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 90% of JAVA and 96% of NULV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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JAVA vs NULV: Differences, Returns & Fees

JAVA and NULV hold 28% of their weight in the same names, and NULV returned +25.6% over the year. Net assets: $7.2bn on Oct 9, 2026 for JPMorgan Active Value ETF, and $2.2bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Nuveen ESG Large-Cap Value ETF.

NULV costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.3 points.

JAVA vs NULV: Differences, Returns & Fees
	JAVA	NULV
Expense ratio	0.44%	0.26%
Net assets, JAVA as of Oct 9, 2026 and NULV as of Jul 31, 2026	$7.2bn	$2.2bn
Total return, 1 year	+20.3%	+25.6%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Nuveen ESG USA Large-Cap Value Index
Holdings in common	28%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	30.6%	28.6%

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

+20.3%

JAVA total return, 1 year

+25.6%

NULV total return, 1 year

0.44%

JAVA expense ratio

0.26%

NULV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, JAVA and NULV hold 28% 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 Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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28% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding JAVA NULV

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 6.31% 8.74%

ABBVIE INC COMMON STOCK 1.82% 1.89%

META PLATFORMS INC 1.55% 3.55%

CITIGROUP INC COMMON 1.39% 2.00%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY 1.29% 1.94%

MORGAN STANLEY DEAN 1.24% 2.04%

EATON CORP PLC COMMON 1.02% 1.52%

ANALOG DEVICES INC 0.91% 1.41%

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS NV 0.89% 1.10%

DANAHER CORP COMMON 0.82% 1.30%

CIGNA GROUP/THE COMMON 0.79% 0.72%

BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON 0.71% 1.69%

Only in JAVA

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 7.76%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 3.93%

BANK OF AMERICA CORP 2.19%

WELLS FARGO & CO COMMON 2.17%

CONOCOPHILLIPS COMMON 1.82%

CHARLES SCHWAB CORP/THE 1.64%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 1.32%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1.28%

Only in NULV

Cisco Systems Inc 2.53%

Verizon Communications Inc 1.65%

Gilead Sciences Inc 1.57%

Parker-Hannifin Corp 1.55%

Target Corp 1.55%

PNC Financial Services Group Inc/The 1.51%

Pfizer Inc 1.49%

Equinix Inc 1.35%

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On the same fields

JAVA

JPMorgan Active Value ETF

NULV

Nuveen ESG Large-Cap Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer JPMorgan Nuveen

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +20.3% +25.6%

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% 0.26%

Already in the S&P 500 90.4% 96.1%

Holdings 151 101

Net assets, JAVA as of Oct 9, 2026 and NULV as of Jul 31, 2026 $7.2bn $2.2bn

JAVA and NULV 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 NULV

NULV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +25.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.26% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 101 positions, with the top ten at 28.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, JAVA or NULV?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JAVA returned +20.3% and NULV +25.6%.
Which is cheaper, JAVA or NULV?: NULV is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do JAVA and NULV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 90% of JAVA and 96% of NULV 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 ↗NULV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗NULV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Nuveen website ↗

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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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