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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JAVA returned +20.3% and VTV +21.0%.

Which is cheaper, JAVA or VTV?

VTV 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.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 90% of JAVA and 98% of VTV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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JAVA vs VTV: Differences, Returns & Fees

JAVA and VTV hold 40% of their weight in the same names, and VTV returned +21.0% over the year. Net assets: $7.2bn on Oct 9, 2026 for JPMorgan Active Value ETF, and $184.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF.

VTV costs 0.41 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.7 points; VTV is far larger, $254.5bn against $6.7bn.

JAVA vs VTV: Differences, Returns & Fees
	JAVA	VTV
Expense ratio	0.44%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026	$6.7bn	$254.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+20.3%	+21.0%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	CRSP US Large Cap Value Index
Holdings in common	40%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	30.6%	22.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+20.3%

JAVA total return, 1 year

+21.0%

VTV total return, 1 year

0.44%

JAVA expense ratio

0.03%

VTV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, JAVA and VTV hold 40% 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 Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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40% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding JAVA VTV

ABBVIE INC COMMON STOCK 1.82% 1.65%

BANK OF AMERICA CORP 2.19% 1.44%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 1.32% 2.88%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1.28% 2.33%

CHEVRON CORP COMMON 1.22% 1.42%

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 1.18% 1.29%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 1.12% 1.06%

RTX CORP 0.97% 1.02%

WELLS FARGO & CO COMMON 2.17% 0.96%

MORGAN STANLEY DEAN 1.24% 0.92%

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC 0.94% 0.83%

CITIGROUP INC COMMON 1.39% 0.82%

Only in JAVA

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 7.76%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 6.31%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 3.93%

META PLATFORMS INC 1.55%

AUTOZONE INC COMMON 1.00%

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS NV 0.89%

TIMKEN CO/THE COMMON 0.86%

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 0.84%

Only in VTV

Micron Technology Inc 3.93%

JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.47%

Cisco Systems Inc 1.43%

Caterpillar Inc 1.34%

Amgen Inc 0.84%

Linde PLC 0.82%

Salesforce Inc 0.73%

PepsiCo Inc 0.70%

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On the same fields

JAVA

JPMorgan Active Value ETF

VTV

Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer JPMorgan Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of US value

Total return, 1 year +20.3% +21.0%

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% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 90.4% 98.1%

Holdings 151 308

Net assets, JAVA as of Oct 9, 2026 and VTV as of Sep 30, 2026 $7.2bn $184.2bn

JAVA and VTV 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 VTV

VTV tracks an index of US value. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +21.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 98% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 308 positions, with the top ten at 22.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, JAVA or VTV?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JAVA returned +20.3% and VTV +21.0%.
Which is cheaper, JAVA or VTV?: VTV 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.
How much do JAVA and VTV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 90% of JAVA and 98% of VTV 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 ↗VTV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VTV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VTV ↗

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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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