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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JAVA returned +20.3% and VYM +15.9%.

Which is cheaper, JAVA or VYM?

VYM 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 VYM overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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JAVA vs VYM: Differences, Returns & Fees

JAVA and VYM hold 34% 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 $78.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF.

VYM costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.4 points.

JAVA vs VYM: Differences, Returns & Fees
	JAVA	VYM
Expense ratio	0.44%	0.04%
Net assets, JAVA as of Oct 9, 2026 and VYM as of Sep 30, 2026	$7.2bn	$78.9bn
Total return, 1 year	+20.3%	+15.9%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	FTSE High Dividend Yield Index
Holdings in common	34%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	30.6%	25.8%
Below its high		4.4%, high on Aug 13, 2026

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

+20.3%

JAVA total return, 1 year

+15.9%

VYM total return, 1 year

0.44%

JAVA expense ratio

0.04%

VYM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, JAVA and VYM hold 34% 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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34% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding JAVA VYM

ABBVIE INC COMMON STOCK 1.82% 1.83%

BANK OF AMERICA CORP 2.19% 1.65%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1.28% 2.58%

CHEVRON CORP COMMON 1.22% 1.54%

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 1.18% 1.42%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 1.12% 1.18%

WELLS FARGO & CO COMMON 2.17% 1.07%

RTX CORP 0.97% 1.13%

MORGAN STANLEY DEAN 1.24% 0.96%

CITIGROUP INC COMMON 1.39% 0.90%

MERCK & CO INC COMMON 0.78% 1.47%

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY 1.18% 0.77%

Only in JAVA

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 7.76%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 6.31%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 3.93%

CHARLES SCHWAB CORP/THE 1.64%

META PLATFORMS INC 1.55%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 1.32%

DOVER CORP COMMON STOCK 1.10%

AUTOZONE INC COMMON 1.00%

Only in VYM

Broadcom Inc 6.94%

JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.83%

Cisco Systems Inc 1.76%

Caterpillar Inc 1.46%

Oracle Corp 1.03%

Linde PLC 0.91%

Amgen Inc 0.86%

Verizon Communications Inc 0.84%

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On the same fields

JAVA

JPMorgan Active Value ETF

VYM

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer JPMorgan Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of US high dividend

Total return, 1 year +20.3% +15.9%

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% 0.04%

Already in the S&P 500 90.4% 89.5%

Holdings 151 605

Net assets, JAVA as of Oct 9, 2026 and VYM as of Sep 30, 2026 $7.2bn $78.9bn

JAVA and VYM 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 VYM

VYM tracks an index of US high dividend. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +15.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 605 positions, with the top ten at 25.8%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, JAVA or VYM?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JAVA returned +20.3% and VYM +15.9%.
Which is cheaper, JAVA or VYM?: VYM 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 VYM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 90% of JAVA and 90% of VYM 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 ↗VYM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VYM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VYM ↗

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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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