ETF comparison
JAVA vs SPY
US Value vs US Large Cap.
JPMorgan Active Value ETF · State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Holdings overlap
126 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of JAVA and SPY would leave roughly 34.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SPY is 35 bps cheaper than JAVA. On a $100,000 position that's about $346/yr more in fees for JAVA.
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Top shared holdings
126 shared in total| # | Holding | In JAVA | In SPY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon.com, Inc. | 6.04% | 3.71% | 3.71% |
| 2 | Microsoft Corp. | 3.19% | 5.77% | 3.19% |
| 3 | Apple, Inc. | 2.60% | 7.32% | 2.60% |
| 4 | Meta Platforms, Inc. | 1.86% | 2.41% | 1.86% |
| 5 | Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. | 1.20% | 1.41% | 1.20% |
| 6 | NVIDIA Corp. | 1.10% | 8.50% | 1.10% |
| 7 | Johnson & Johnson | 1.06% | 0.93% | 0.93% |
| 8 | AbbVie, Inc. | 1.64% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 9 | Chevron Corp. | 0.88% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| 10 | Micron Technology, Inc. | 0.59% | 1.82% | 0.59% |
| 11 | Merck & Co., Inc. | 0.74% | 0.53% | 0.53% |
| 12 | Bank of America Corp. | 2.23% | 0.52% | 0.52% |
Only in JAVA
33 total- Eaton Corp. plc 1.36%
- NXP Semiconductors NV 1.13%
- AvalonBay Communities, Inc. 1.00%
- Flowserve Corp. 0.85%
- Performance Food Group Co. 0.74%
- Gates Industrial Corp. plc 0.74%
- AerCap Holdings NV 0.60%
- Toast, Inc. 0.60%
- Timken Co. (The) 0.55%
- Carnival Corp. Ltd. 0.54%
Only in SPY
379 total- ALPHABET INC CL A 3.03%
- BROADCOM INC 2.54%
- TESLA INC 1.57%
- JPMORGAN CHASE + CO 1.33%
- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.01%
- VISA INC CLASS A SHARES 0.92%
- MASTERCARD INC A 0.67%
- CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.66%
- PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC A 0.65%
- APPLIED MATERIALS INC 0.64%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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