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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JAVA returned +20.3% and PVAL +28.6%.

Which is cheaper, JAVA or PVAL?

JAVA is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 90% of JAVA and 94% of PVAL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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JAVA vs PVAL: Differences, Returns & Fees

JAVA and PVAL hold 23% of their weight in the same names, and PVAL returned +28.6% over the year. Net assets: $7.2bn on Oct 9, 2026 for JPMorgan Active Value ETF, and $11.1bn on May 29, 2026 for Putnam Focused Large Cap Value ETF.

JAVA costs 0.11 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.3 points.

JAVA vs PVAL: Differences, Returns & Fees
	JAVA	PVAL
Expense ratio	0.44%	0.55%
Net assets, JAVA as of Oct 9, 2026 and PVAL as of May 29, 2026	$7.2bn	$11.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+20.3%	+28.6%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	23%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	30.6%	35.3%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 29, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+20.3%

JAVA total return, 1 year

+28.6%

PVAL total return, 1 year

0.44%

JAVA expense ratio

0.55%

PVAL expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, JAVA and PVAL hold 23% 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 May 29, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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23% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding JAVA PVAL

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 7.76% 2.93%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 6.31% 2.92%

BANK OF AMERICA CORP 2.19% 2.63%

CONOCOPHILLIPS COMMON 1.82% 1.86%

CHARLES SCHWAB CORP/THE 1.64% 1.99%

CITIGROUP INC COMMON 1.39% 4.63%

CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL 1.25% 2.03%

NEXTERA ENERGY INC 1.18% 1.98%

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 1.18% 1.65%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 1.12% 2.69%

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC 0.94% 2.13%

INGERSOLL RAND INC 0.71% 1.17%

Only in JAVA

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 3.93%

WELLS FARGO & CO COMMON 2.17%

ABBVIE INC COMMON STOCK 1.82%

META PLATFORMS INC 1.55%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 1.32%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY 1.29%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1.28%

MORGAN STANLEY DEAN 1.24%

Only in PVAL

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 6.00%

EXXON MOBIL CORP 3.62%

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC 3.05%

HILTON WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS INC 2.84%

FEDEX CORP 2.68%

ALLSTATE CORP (THE) 2.45%

GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY 2.43%

MCKESSON CORP 2.42%

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On the same fields

JAVA

JPMorgan Active Value ETF

PVAL

Putnam Focused Large Cap Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer JPMorgan Putnam

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +20.3% +28.6%

Its benchmark over the same days +26.4% (IWD) +26.4% (IWD)

Gap to its benchmark −6.2 pts vs IWD +2.1 pts vs IWD

Expense ratio 0.44% 0.55%

Already in the S&P 500 90.4% 93.9%

Holdings 151 45

Net assets, JAVA as of Oct 9, 2026 and PVAL as of May 29, 2026 $7.2bn $11.1bn

JAVA and PVAL 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 PVAL

PVAL is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.55% a year. By its holdings filed for May 29, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 45 positions, with the top ten at 35.3%.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +28.6% with distributions reinvested, against +26.4% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Value Index.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, JAVA or PVAL?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JAVA returned +20.3% and PVAL +28.6%.
Which is cheaper, JAVA or PVAL?: JAVA is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do JAVA and PVAL overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 90% of JAVA and 94% of PVAL 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 ↗PVAL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗PVAL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Putnam 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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