JAVA vs SPHD: Differences, Returns & Fees
JAVA and SPHD hold 7% of their weight in the same names, and JAVA returned +20.3% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $7.2bn for JPMorgan Active Value ETF and $3.2bn for Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF.
SPHD costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.7 points; JAVA is 2.3 times larger.
| JAVA | SPHD | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.44% | 0.30% |
| Net assets | $7.2bn | $3.2bn |
| Total return, 1 year | +20.3% | +5.6% |
| What it tracks | No index, actively managed | S&P 500 Low Volatility High Dividend Index |
| Holdings in common | 7% | |
| Holdings dated | Oct 9, 2026 | Oct 10, 2026 |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 30.6% | 28.2% |
| Below its high | 8.4%, high on Aug 24, 2026 | |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, JAVA and SPHD hold 7% 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 Oct 9, 2026.
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7% in common
On the same fields
JAVA and SPHD 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 SPHD
SPHD tracks the S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +5.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.30% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 10, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 59 positions, with the top ten at 28.2%. It sat 8.4% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, JAVA or SPHD?
- In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JAVA returned +20.3% and SPHD +5.6%.
- Which is cheaper, JAVA or SPHD?
- SPHD is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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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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