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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JAVA returned +20.3% and SPLV +2.0%.

Which is cheaper, JAVA or SPLV?

SPLV is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. That is about $19 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 90% of JAVA and 99% of SPLV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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JAVA vs SPLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

JAVA and SPLV hold 16% 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 $7.0bn for Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF.

SPLV costs 0.19 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.3 points.

JAVA vs SPLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
	JAVA	SPLV
Expense ratio	0.44%	0.25%
Net assets	$7.2bn	$7.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+20.3%	+2.0%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	S&P 500 Low Volatility Index
Holdings in common	16%
Holdings dated	Oct 9, 2026	Oct 10, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	30.6%	12.7%
Below its high		7.1%, high on Jul 28, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+20.3%

JAVA total return, 1 year

+2.0%

SPLV total return, 1 year

0.44%

JAVA expense ratio

0.25%

SPLV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, JAVA and SPLV hold 16% 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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16% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding JAVA SPLV

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 1.32% 1.44%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1.28% 1.14%

CHEVRON CORP COMMON 1.22% 0.99%

NEXTERA ENERGY INC 1.18% 0.87%

BANK OF AMERICA CORP 2.19% 0.81%

VIVMARK RESIDENTIAL REIT 0.74% 1.00%

BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON 0.71% 0.86%

SEMPRA COMMON STOCK USD 0.62% 1.01%

MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL 0.58% 0.89%

UNION PACIFIC CORP 0.58% 0.90%

THE SOUTHERN COMPANY 0.54% 1.15%

VENTAS INC REIT USD 0.25 0.51% 0.92%

Only in JAVA

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 7.76%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 6.31%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 3.93%

WELLS FARGO & CO COMMON 2.17%

ABBVIE INC COMMON STOCK 1.82%

CONOCOPHILLIPS COMMON 1.82%

CHARLES SCHWAB CORP/THE 1.64%

META PLATFORMS INC 1.55%

Only in SPLV

Evergy Inc 1.28%

WEC Energy Group Inc 1.27%

FirstEnergy Corp 1.27%

Duke Energy Corp 1.27%

Regency Centers Corp 1.25%

Atmos Energy Corp 1.25%

Pinnacle West Capital Corp 1.23%

Alliant Energy Corp 1.22%

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On the same fields

JAVA

JPMorgan Active Value ETF

SPLV

Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer JPMorgan Invesco

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +20.3% +2.0%

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% 0.25%

Already in the S&P 500 90.4% 98.7%

Holdings 151 108

Net assets $7.2bn $7.0bn

JAVA and SPLV 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 SPLV

SPLV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +2.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 10, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 108 positions, with the top ten at 12.7%. It sat 7.1% below its high of Jul 28, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, JAVA or SPLV?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JAVA returned +20.3% and SPLV +2.0%.
Which is cheaper, JAVA or SPLV?: SPLV is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. That is about $19 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do JAVA and SPLV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 90% of JAVA and 99% of SPLV 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 ↗SPLV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPLV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Invesco page for SPLV ↗

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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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