FTA vs SCHV: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund

FTACNasdaq

Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Value ETF

SCHVANYSE Arca

Overlap

27.0%by weight

Expense ratio

SCHV −0.54pt a year

FTA0.58%SCHV0.04%

Avg volume · 30D

SCHV 86.4×the volume

FTA36.7KSCHV3.17M

10Y return · a year

SCHV +0.1pt

FTA+11.5%SCHV+11.6%

FTA vs SCHV Performance

Oct 29, 2021 – Oct 30, 2026

+71.4%FTA+63.8%SCHV

Expense ratio: FTA 0.58%; SCHV 0.04%, better
Fund size: FTA $1.46B; SCHV $15.7B
1Y total return: FTA +28.1%, better; SCHV +22.1%
Yield (12M): FTA 1.68%; SCHV 1.81%, better
Holdings: FTA 188; SCHV 568
Avg volume (30D): FTA 36.7K sh; SCHV 3.17M sh, better
NAV per share: FTA $103.97; SCHV $34.62
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for FTA, SCHV, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	FTA	SCHV
Cost30% weight	F10	A96Higher
Mission25% weight	A82	A88Higher
Risk15% weight	B64	B68Higher
Tradability15% weight	B60	A95Higher
Holdings10% weight	B67Higher	B59
Durability5% weight	B62	B68Higher

Rank among US Value Index funds

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Same Category. FTA and SCHV are both graded against the same 40 US Value Index funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

US Value Index⁠

Category · 40 funds

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SCHV ranks 1st and FTA 26th of 40 funds in the US Value Index Category.

Rank 1ASCHVSchwab U.S. Large-Cap Value ETFScore 84
Rank 2AVTVVanguard Morningstar Value ETFScore 83
Rank 26CFABFirst Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX FundScore 51
Rank 26CFTAFirst Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX FundScore 51
Rank 28CCOWZPacer US Cash Cows 100 ETFScore 49

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

FTACFirst Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund

SCHVASchwab U.S. Large-Cap Value ETF

In short

FTA FTA doesn't just buy the value index and call it a day. It screens US large caps on value and profitability, then holds only the names that clear the bar, a 2007-vintage rules-based stock picker in an ETF wrapper.

SCHV No data

Stated mandate

FTA The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Nasdaq AlphaDEX Large Cap Value Index.

SCHV No data

Why people hold it

FTA Selection by formula, not size: the AlphaDEX screen ranks large-cap value names on value and profitability before the index decides who gets in.ftportfolios.com
Live since 2007, so the method has a real record through the financial crisis and everything after, not a backtest.
Roughly 190 stocks, so no single name carries the fund, and it distributes quarterly.
The rules are public: it tracks a published Nasdaq AlphaDEX Large Cap Value index, and it has held multi-billion-dollar scale for years.

SCHV No data

Worth knowing

FTA 0.58% a year, against a cohort median near 0.18%. Plain cap-weighted value funds (VTV, SCHV, IUSV) charge a small fraction of that.
Thinly traded next to the category's giants, so spreads and limit orders matter more here.
Value by screen, not by market cap: the portfolio can look and behave quite differently from a standard large-cap value benchmark.

SCHV No data

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FTA vs SCHV Holdings

How FTA and SCHV differ

Overlap by weight

27.0%

Shared holdings make up 89.9% of FTA and 35.6% of SCHV.

Level by level

Holdings167 in both27.0%
Sector11 Sectors81.1%
Countryby domicile98.4%
Asset classEquity100%

Sector

Sector weights in FTA and SCHV, widest gap first
Sector	More in FTAMore in SCHV	FTA	SCHV
Technology	SCHV +7.9 points	9.7%	17.6%
Energy	FTA +6.8 points	14.1%	7.3%
Utilities	FTA +6.6 points	10.5%	3.9%
Health Care	SCHV +5.3 points	8.9%	14.2%
Industrials	SCHV +3.8 points	7.5%	11.3%
Consumer Discretionary	FTA +2.6 points	8.9%	6.3%
Communication	FTA +2.2 points	5.7%	3.5%
Consumer Staples	SCHV +1.7 points	7.1%	8.8%
Real Estate	FTA +0.4 points	4.4%	4.0%
Materials	FTA +0.3 points	3.1%	2.8%
Financials	SCHV +0.3 points	20.1%	20.4%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in FTA and SCHV, widest gap first
Country	More in FTAMore in SCHV	FTA	SCHV
United States	SCHV +1.4 points	97.5%	98.9%
United Kingdom	FTA +0.7 points	0.9%	0.2%
Ireland	FTA +0.5 points	0.6%	0.1%
Other countries (4)	FTA +0.1 points	0.9%	0.8%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

FTA9.8%
SCHV19.9%

Securities held

FTA187
SCHV568

Asset class

FTA: Equity
SCHV: Equity

Holdings

Only in FTA20
In both167
Only in SCHV401

Only in FTA

20 securities, 9.8% of FTA by weight

Carnival Corporation Ltd.0.96%
PTC Inc.0.91%
Roper Technologies, Inc.0.88%
Diamondback Energy, Inc.0.76%
First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (Class A)0.75%
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.0.74%
Super Micro Computer, Inc.0.66%
Delta Air Lines, Inc.0.63%
Phillips 660.53%
The Walt Disney Company0.51%
Intuit Inc.0.41%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.0.40%
Baker Hughes Company (Class A)0.33%
NVR, Inc.0.32%
Ulta Beauty, Inc.0.19%
AutoZone, Inc.0.18%
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated0.17%
ResMed Inc.0.17%
Constellation Energy Corporation0.17%
TE Connectivity Plc0.16%

Only in SCHV

401 securities, 64.4% of SCHV by weight

JPMorgan Chase2.98%
Johnson & Johnson2.16%
Walmart1.76%
AbbVie1.67%
Intel Corporation Corp1.49%
Cisco Systems Inc1.39%
Procter & Gamble1.22%
Merck & Co Inc1.18%
Coca-Cola1.17%
Philip Morris International1.06%
Lam Research1.04%
Texas Instrument0.93%
Goldman Sachs Group0.88%
Rtx0.88%
Netflix0.84%
Amgen Inc0.81%
International Business Machines Co0.79%
Oracle0.79%
Morgan Stanley0.74%
Analog Devices0.69%
Gilead Sciences0.67%
Amphenol Corp Class A0.66%
Qualcomm0.65%
Space Exploration Technologies Cor0.64%
Marvell Technology0.62%
Mcdonalds Corp0.59%
Abbott Laboratories0.59%
Union Pacific0.58%
Nextera Energy0.56%
Pfizer0.56%
American Express0.56%
Welltower0.55%
Tjx0.51%
Danaher0.48%
Charles Schwab0.47%
Dell Technologies Inc Class C0.47%
Altria Group Inc0.42%
Prologis Reit0.40%
Starbucks Corp0.39%
Newmont0.38%
Automatic Data Processing Inc0.37%
Stryker0.35%
Cme Group Class A0.35%
Corning0.33%
Bank of New York Mellon Corp0.33%
Duke Energy Corp0.32%
Csx0.32%
Johnson Controls International PLC0.31%
Emerson Electric0.31%
Freeport Mcmoran Inc0.31%

Weight gaps

The 100 widest of 167 Holdings in both funds.

Holding weights in FTA and SCHV, widest gap first
Holding	More in FTAMore in SCHV	FTA	SCHV
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Class B)BRK.B	SCHV +2.40 points	0.89%	3.29%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp.XOM	SCHV +1.91 points	0.55%	2.46%
Ovintiv Inc.OVV	FTA +0.97 points	1.03%	0.06%
Permian Resources Corp.PR	FTA +0.94 points	1.01%	0.07%
Constellation Brands, Inc. (Class A)STZ	FTA +0.92 points	0.98%	0.06%
Global Payments Inc.GPN	FTA +0.91 points	0.97%	0.06%
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.FIS	FTA +0.90 points	0.96%	0.06%
The Home Depot, Inc.HD	SCHV +0.89 points	0.18%	1.07%
Amcor plcAMCR	FTA +0.86 points	0.93%	0.07%
Cincinnati Financial CorporationCINF	FTA +0.84 points	0.93%	0.09%
Cognizant Technology Solutions CorporationCTSH	FTA +0.84 points	0.93%	0.09%
Arch Capital Group Ltd.ACGL	FTA +0.82 points	0.94%	0.12%
Fiserv, Inc.FISV	FTA +0.83 points	0.91%	0.08%
EQT CorporationEQT	FTA +0.83 points	0.94%	0.11%
Edison InternationalEIX	FTA +0.83 points	0.90%	0.07%
HF Sinclair Corp.DINO	FTA +0.82 points	0.88%	0.06%
Markel Group IncMKL	FTA +0.82 points	0.90%	0.08%
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.CF	FTA +0.82 points	0.88%	0.06%
Expand Energy CorporationEXE	FTA +0.81 points	0.88%	0.07%
PulteGroup, Inc.PHM	FTA +0.80 points	0.88%	0.08%
Occidental Petroleum CorporationOXY	FTA +0.80 points	0.95%	0.15%
PG&E CorporationPCG	FTA +0.78 points	0.88%	0.10%
VICI Properties Inc.VICI	FTA +0.78 points	0.87%	0.09%
Charter Communications, Inc. (Class A)CHTR	FTA +0.78 points	0.82%	0.04%
Bank of America CorporationBAC	SCHV +0.78 points	0.30%	1.08%
The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc.HIG	FTA +0.77 points	0.89%	0.12%
American International Group, Inc.AIG	FTA +0.76 points	0.90%	0.14%
Fox Corporation (Class A)FOXA	FTA +0.76 points	0.83%	0.07%
The Allstate CorporationALL	FTA +0.75 points	0.96%	0.21%
Annaly Capital Management, Inc.NLY	FTA +0.74 points	0.79%	0.05%
Devon Energy CorporationDVN	FTA +0.75 points	0.93%	0.18%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.TROW	FTA +0.75 points	0.82%	0.07%
Chevron CorporationCVX	SCHV +0.73 points	0.76%	1.49%
Jones Lang LaSalle IncorporatedJLL	FTA +0.72 points	0.77%	0.05%
Leidos Holdings, Inc.LDOS	FTA +0.71 points	0.77%	0.06%
EOG Resources, Inc.EOG	FTA +0.71 points	0.99%	0.28%
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.BR	FTA +0.66 points	0.73%	0.07%
Evergy, Inc.EVRG	FTA +0.66 points	0.72%	0.06%
Halliburton CompanyHAL	FTA +0.65 points	0.75%	0.10%
Loews CorporationL	FTA +0.64 points	0.70%	0.06%
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.ZBH	FTA +0.64 points	0.70%	0.06%
Tenet Healthcare CorporationTHC	FTA +0.63 points	0.70%	0.07%
Ameren CorporationAEE	FTA +0.63 points	0.73%	0.10%
PPL CorporationPPL	FTA +0.62 points	0.71%	0.09%
Honeywell International Inc.HON	FTA +0.62 points	0.85%	0.23%
Comcast Corporation (Class A)CMCSA	FTA +0.62 points	0.88%	0.26%
Eversource EnergyES	FTA +0.62 points	0.70%	0.08%
Synchrony FinancialSYF	FTA +0.62 points	0.70%	0.08%
Consolidated Edison, Inc.ED	FTA +0.61 points	0.75%	0.14%
Exelon CorporationEXC	FTA +0.60 points	0.75%	0.15%
Gen Digital Inc.GEN	FTA +0.58 points	0.63%	0.05%
Xcel Energy Inc.XEL	FTA +0.58 points	0.74%	0.16%
D.R. Horton, Inc.DHI	FTA +0.58 points	0.70%	0.12%
Smurfit Westrock PlcSW	FTA +0.57 points	0.64%	0.07%
M&T Bank CorporationMTB	FTA +0.56 points	0.67%	0.11%
PayPal Holdings, Inc.PYPL	FTA +0.55 points	0.71%	0.16%
CRH PlcCRH	FTA +0.52 points	0.72%	0.20%
Ball CorporationBALL	FTA +0.51 points	0.57%	0.06%
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.UAL	FTA +0.51 points	0.62%	0.11%
FedEx CorporationFDX	FTA +0.50 points	0.72%	0.22%
General Motors CompanyGM	FTA +0.50 points	0.74%	0.24%
Truist Financial CorporationTFC	FTA +0.49 points	0.69%	0.20%
Brown & Brown, Inc.BRO	FTA +0.49 points	0.55%	0.06%
Dollar Tree, Inc.DLTR	FTA +0.48 points	0.56%	0.08%
NiSource Inc.NI	FTA +0.48 points	0.55%	0.07%
The Cigna GroupCI	FTA +0.46 points	0.72%	0.26%
PPG Industries, Inc.PPG	FTA +0.46 points	0.55%	0.09%
CMS Energy CorporationCMS	FTA +0.46 points	0.53%	0.07%
The Travelers Companies, Inc.TRV	FTA +0.46 points	0.73%	0.27%
Salesforce, Inc.CRM	SCHV +0.46 points	0.16%	0.62%
Best Buy Co., Inc.BBY	FTA +0.46 points	0.52%	0.06%
Lennar CorporationLEN	FTA +0.45 points	0.51%	0.06%
Copart, Inc.CPRT	FTA +0.45 points	0.53%	0.08%
Viatris Inc.VTRS	FTA +0.44 points	0.51%	0.07%
DTE Energy CompanyDTE	FTA +0.44 points	0.53%	0.09%
Zoetis Inc.ZTS	FTA +0.44 points	0.55%	0.11%
KeyCorpKEY	FTA +0.44 points	0.50%	0.06%
Invitation Homes Inc.INVH	FTA +0.43 points	0.48%	0.05%
Dollar General CorporationDG	FTA +0.44 points	0.53%	0.09%
Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.SUNB	FTA +0.44 points	0.55%	0.11%
Atmos Energy CorporationATO	FTA +0.44 points	0.53%	0.09%
Regions Financial CorporationRF	FTA +0.43 points	0.51%	0.08%
ConocoPhillipsCOP	FTA +0.42 points	1.01%	0.59%
PepsiCo, Inc.PEP	SCHV +0.42 points	0.17%	0.59%
Public Service Enterprise Group IncorporatedPEG	FTA +0.41 points	0.53%	0.12%
Huntington Bancshares IncorporatedHBAN	FTA +0.39 points	0.50%	0.11%
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.CFG	FTA +0.39 points	0.48%	0.09%
Bunge Global S.A.BG	FTA +0.38 points	0.43%	0.05%
Nucor CorporationNUE	FTA +0.36 points	0.56%	0.20%
ONEOK, Inc.OKE	FTA +0.35 points	0.55%	0.20%
Kinder Morgan, Inc.KMI	FTA +0.32 points	0.54%	0.22%
Chubb LimitedCB	FTA +0.32 points	0.73%	0.41%
Alliant Energy CorporationLNT	FTA +0.31 points	0.37%	0.06%
Weyerhaeuser CompanyWY	FTA +0.30 points	0.35%	0.05%
HCA Healthcare, Inc.HCA	FTA +0.30 points	0.53%	0.23%
Reliance Inc.RS	FTA +0.30 points	0.37%	0.07%
Tractor Supply CompanyTSCO	FTA +0.30 points	0.36%	0.06%
The Progressive CorporationPGR	FTA +0.29 points	0.73%	0.44%
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.CNP	FTA +0.29 points	0.38%	0.09%
East West Bancorp, Inc.EWBC	FTA +0.29 points	0.35%	0.06%

All 187 FTA holdings⁠All 570 SCHV holdings⁠

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

FTA vs SCHV Cost

Overpaying FTA vs SCHV

$10,604

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

FTA 0.58%
$11,453
SCHV 0.04%
$849

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

FTA 0.58%
SCHV 0.04%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	FTA	SCHV	Overpaying
10	$1,041	$73	$968
20	$3,986	$288	$3,698
30	$11,453	$849	$10,604

Expense ratio

0.58%FTA
0.04%SCHV, cheaper

SCHV0.04%FTA0.58%

0.03%0.80%

Middle half of US Value Index funds
Median 0.20%

SCHV 3rd cheapest of 40 funds

FTA 36th cheapest of 40 funds

FTA vs SCHV Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Yield (12M): FTA 1.68%; SCHV 1.81%, better
Payout (12M): FTA $1.75; SCHV $0.63
Last payment: FTA $0.53; SCHV $0.16
Ex-dividend: FTA Sep 24, 2026; SCHV Sep 23, 2026
Paid on: FTA Sep 30, 2026; SCHV Sep 28, 2026
Frequency: FTA Quarterly; SCHV Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

FTAQuarterly · 40 paymentsAll FTA payments⁠

SCHVQuarterly · 40 paymentsAll SCHV payments⁠

FTA vs SCHV Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

FTA
SCHV

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: FTA 13.5%SCHV 11.9%, better
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: FTA 1.14SCHV 1.31, better
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: FTA −19.8%SCHV −19.8%
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: FTA 0.64SCHV 0.76; Market = 1

FTA and SCHV in the news

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FTA vs SCHV

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it

Worth knowing

How FTA and SCHV differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in FTA

Only in SCHV

Weight gaps

Cost over time

Year by year

Distribution history

Fall from peak · 5 years

Risk facts

Best value ETFs: Vanguard's 0.03% fund, unless you want Russell's list

One US value fund returned 68% with Micron at 22.5%. The median returned 22%

How FTA and SCHV differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in FTA

Only in SCHV

Weight gaps