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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JAVA returned +20.7% and VTC −1.9%.

Which is cheaper, JAVA or VTC?

VTC is cheaper, by 0.41 percentage points a year. That is about $41 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

JAVA vs VTC: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, JAVA returned +20.7% to VTC's −1.9%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $7.4bn on Oct 28, 2026 for JPMorgan Active Value ETF, and $1.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+20.7%

JAVA total return, 1 year

−1.9%

VTC total return, 1 year

0.44%

JAVA expense ratio

0.03%

VTC expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTC costs 0.41 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 22.6 points.

JAVA vs VTC: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	JAVA	VTC
Return
Measure	JAVA	VTC
Total return, 1 year	+20.7%	−1.9%
Benchmark
Measure	JAVA	VTC
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	JAVA	VTC
Expense ratio	0.44%	0.03%
Net assets, JAVA as of Oct 28, 2026 and VTC as of Sep 30, 2026	$7.4bn	$1.6bn
Holdings
Measure	JAVA	VTC
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	90%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	30.5%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, JAVA and VTC hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JAVA VTC

Only in one fund ↓

Only in JAVA

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 7.38%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 6.26%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 3.98%

WELLS FARGO & CO COMMON 2.13%

BANK OF AMERICA CORP 2.01%

CONOCOPHILLIPS COMMON 1.98%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 1.89%

ABBVIE INC COMMON STOCK 1.86%

Only in VTC

MKTLIQ 0.35%

Wells Fargo & Co 0.14%

Citigroup Inc 0.13%

Wells Fargo & Co 0.12%

Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc 0.10%

Meta Platforms Inc 0.10%

T-Mobile USA Inc 0.10%

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Side by side

JAVA JPMorgan Active Value ETF VTC Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer JPMorgan Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +20.7% −1.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +27.5% (IWD) −1.8% (SPBO)

Gap to its benchmark −6.8 pts vs IWD −0.1 pts vs SPBO

Expense ratio 0.44% 0.03%

Holdings 152 5206

Net assets, JAVA as of Oct 28, 2026 and VTC as of Sep 30, 2026 $7.4bn $1.6bn

JAVA and VTC on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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JAVA and VTC do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. JAVA follows No index, actively managed and VTC follows Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Bond Index.
Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 JAVA returned +20.7% and VTC −1.9% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 22.6 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

JAVA

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +20.7% with distributions reinvested, against +27.5% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Value Index.

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 27, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 152 positions, with the top ten at 30.5%.

VTC

VTC tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.9% with distributions reinvested, against −1.8% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, JAVA or VTC?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JAVA returned +20.7% and VTC −1.9%.
Which is cheaper, JAVA or VTC?: VTC is cheaper, by 0.41 percentage points a year. That is about $41 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

JAVA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JAVA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

VTC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VTC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VTC ↗

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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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