
JPMorgan Active Value ETF
$81.76−0.10 (−0.12%)
- 0.44%
- $7.2B
- +23.4%
- 1.15%
- 0.5M sh
- $81.86
- low $67.42high $84.06
The ETF.net JAVA Grade
Score 65 out of 100
- 12 of 66
Score 65 of 100 falls in the B band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.B68 out of 100Rank 21 of 66Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B59 out of 100Rank 22 of 63Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B59 out of 100Rank 21 of 66Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A70 out of 100Rank 20 of 66Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A85 out of 100Rank 4 of 66
Our read on JAVA
BJPMorgan's value team picks roughly 160 cheap-looking companies, sector by sector, and keeps the portfolio style-pure instead of drifting toward growth. Active stock picking priced below the typical active value fund.
JAVA seeks long-term capital appreciation through an actively managed, style-pure value equity portfolio. It uses fundamental, bottom-up research to identify attractively valued companies within sectors and draws on JPMorgan’s U.S. Value and Large Cap Value approaches.
Why people hold it
- Charges 0.44% a year against a 0.55% median for active value funds. Human stock picking without the usual active-management markup.
- Style-pure by design: bottom-up research favors the cheaper names inside each sector, so the portfolio stays value rather than sliding toward growth.am.jpmorgan.com
- About 160 holdings measured against the Russell 1000 Value Index: spread out enough to blunt single-stock blowups, tight enough for the picks to register.
- A multi-billion-dollar fund that sits in the top quartile of its active value peer group, paying distributions quarterly.
Worth knowing
- Systematic value rivals cost far less, with AVLV at 0.15% and DFLV at 0.21%. The extra fee buys human judgment, which can trail the benchmark as easily as beat it.
- Moderately traded rather than a volume heavyweight, so spreads can run wider than the largest index value funds.
- Live since 2021, so the ETF's own record is short, though it leans on JPMorgan's longer-running U.S. Value and Large Cap Value approaches.
JAVA Holdings
- Stocks
- 153
- 30%
- AMZN
Sectors
- Technology20.8%
- Financials17.3%
- Health Care13.4%
- Consumer Discretionary12.3%
- Industrials10.5%
- Energy5.7%
- Communication5.1%
- Consumer Staples4.4%
- Utilities4.0%
- Real Estate3.7%
- Materials2.8%
Geography
- United States96.55%
- Ireland1.70%
- Netherlands1.05%
- Switzerland0.39%
- Taiwan (Province of China)0.31%
JAVA Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | JAVA |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +15.1% |
| 1 month | −0.2% |
| 3 months | +2.1% |
| 1 year | +23.4% |
| 3 years | +18.9% |
| 5 years | +12.0% |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | JAVA |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +15.1% | |
| 2025 | +14.9% | |
| 2024 | +15.5% | |
| 2023 | +10.5% | |
| 2022 | −0.9% | |
| 2021 | +5.1% |
JAVA in the news
JAVA Dividends
- 1.15%
- $0.95
- $0.23 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
JAVA Risk
- 11.9%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.04
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −16.5%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.78
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
JAVA Cost
- The middle half of US Active Value funds
- Median 0.55%
21 of the 66 US Active Value funds charge less.
Other funds in US Active Value
- BFLCVFederated Hermes MDT Large Cap Value ETFExpense ratio 0.43%1 year return +26.0%
- BGMOVGMO US Value ETFExpense ratio 0.50%1 year return +28.2%
- BCGVVCapital Group U.S. Large Value ETFExpense ratio 0.33%1 year return +22.6%
- BFLVAmerican Century Focused Large Cap Value ETFExpense ratio 0.42%1 year return +18.6%
- BMFSVMFS Active Value ETFExpense ratio 0.44%1 year return +15.0%




