LVDS vs WTV

LVDSBJPMorgan Fundamental Data Science Large Value ETF

WTVAWisdomTree U.S. Value Fund

In short

LVDS Human analysts plus machine pattern-hunting: JPMorgan screens large US value names through a fundamental data science process, holding roughly 130 stocks against a Russell 1000 Value yardstick, on a track record that starts in 2003.

WTV Most value funds shop for low price tags. WTV shops for cash coming back to shareholders: dividends plus net buybacks, filtered for quality and profitability. Actively run, priced like an index fund at 0.12%.

Stated mandate

LVDS The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation. It invests primarily in large-capitalization U.S. companies with attractive valuations, using a fundamental data-science approach to assess prospects and risk.

WTV The fund seeks income and capital appreciation through primarily U.S. equities selected for high total shareholder yield and favorable relative quality characteristics.

Why people hold it

• LVDS Stays in its lane: built as large-cap US value and measured against the Russell 1000 Value Index, with holdings that match the label rather than drifting toward growth.jpmorgan.com
• At 0.51% it charges about what a typical active US value ETF does, and it sits in the upper half of that peer group on the things we measure.
• The strategy's record begins in 2003, so this process has been run through multiple market cycles, not just the latest stretch.
• Active by design: a team pairs fundamental research with data science to pick roughly 130 names, and the fund pays out quarterly.jpmorgan.com

• WTV Charges 0.12% a year, under a quarter of the 0.55% typical for active US value funds, and less than every same-benchmark rival in its group (JAVA 0.44%, CGVV 0.33%, TEQI 0.54%).
• "Value" here means cash returned: dividend yield plus net buyback yield, with quality and profitability screens, rather than a plain low price-to-book sort.wisdomtree.com
• About 160 US stocks, a multi-billion-dollar asset base, and a live track record dating to 2007. Distributions land quarterly.

Worth knowing

• LVDS It trades thinly and stays small by assets, so the bid-ask gap can matter more on a single trade than the fee does over a year. Limit orders are the usual answer.
• Cheaper value rivals exist: WTV at 0.12% and AVLV at 0.15%. The premium here buys human judgment instead of a rulebook.
• Because managers choose the holdings, results can diverge from the Russell 1000 Value in either direction, by more than a plain index tracker would.

• WTV Full equity with no downside cushion, and a value tilt that can lean into a handful of sectors. Risk is the least polished part of the profile.
• Rules-based active, not an index tracker, so results can diverge from the Russell 1000 Value in either direction.
• Buybacks supply much of the shareholder yield, and companies can scale repurchases back more easily than they cut dividends.wisdomtree.com

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