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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JAVA returned +20.3% and SPYV +14.5%.

Which is cheaper, JAVA or SPYV?

SPYV is cheaper, by 0.40 percentage points a year. That is about $40 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 90% of JAVA and 100% of SPYV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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JAVA vs SPYV: Differences, Returns & Fees

JAVA and SPYV hold 42% of their weight in the same names, and JAVA returned +20.3% over the year. Net assets: $7.2bn on Oct 9, 2026 for JPMorgan Active Value ETF, and $36.2bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETF.

SPYV costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.8 points; SPYV is 5.1 times larger.

JAVA vs SPYV: Differences, Returns & Fees
	JAVA	SPYV
Expense ratio	0.44%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$7.1bn	$36.2bn
Total return, 1 year	+20.3%	+14.5%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	S&P 500 Value Index ?
Holdings in common	42%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	30.6%	24.7%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+20.3%

JAVA total return, 1 year

+14.5%

SPYV total return, 1 year

0.44%

JAVA expense ratio

0.04%

SPYV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, JAVA and SPYV hold 42% 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 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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42% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding JAVA SPYV

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 7.76% 3.96%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 3.93% 8.40%

CHEVRON CORP COMMON 1.22% 1.41%

BANK OF AMERICA CORP 2.19% 1.18%

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 1.18% 1.13%

ABBVIE INC COMMON STOCK 1.82% 0.88%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1.28% 0.86%

WELLS FARGO & CO COMMON 2.17% 0.84%

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC 0.94% 0.82%

MERCK & CO INC COMMON 0.78% 1.19%

CITIGROUP INC COMMON 1.39% 0.73%

ANALOG DEVICES INC 0.91% 0.67%

Only in JAVA

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 6.31%

META PLATFORMS INC 1.55%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 1.32%

RTX CORP 0.97%

TIMKEN CO/THE COMMON 0.86%

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 0.84%

GATES INDUSTRIAL CORP 0.68%

TD SYNNEX CORP COMMON 0.56%

Only in SPYV

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 1.42%

TESLA INC 1.36%

VISA INC CLASS A SHARES 0.97%

JPMORGAN CHASE + CO 0.95%

LINDE PLC 0.75%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.72%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 0.64%

QUALCOMM INC 0.64%

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On the same fields

JAVA

JPMorgan Active Value ETF

SPYV

State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer JPMorgan State Street

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +20.3% +14.5%

Its benchmark over the same days +26.4% (IWD) +14.4% (IVE)

Gap to its benchmark −6.2 pts vs IWD +0.1 pts vs IVE

Expense ratio 0.44% 0.04%

Already in the S&P 500 90.4% 99.8%

Holdings 151 435

Net assets, JAVA as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPYV as of Oct 8, 2026 $7.2bn $36.2bn

JAVA and SPYV 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 SPYV

SPYV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.5% with distributions reinvested, against +14.4% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Value Index ?. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 435 positions, with the top ten at 24.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, JAVA or SPYV?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JAVA returned +20.3% and SPYV +14.5%.
Which is cheaper, JAVA or SPYV?: SPYV is cheaper, by 0.40 percentage points a year. That is about $40 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do JAVA and SPYV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 90% of JAVA and 100% of SPYV 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 ↗SPYV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPYV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street 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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