Which returned more over the last year, EDV or RDVY?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EDV returned −10.8% and RDVY returned +22.0%, so RDVY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, EDV or RDVY?

EDV charges 0.05% a year and RDVY charges 0.47%, so EDV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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EDV vs RDVY: how they differ

EDV and RDVY hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and RDVY returned more over the year.

Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund and First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EDV and RDVY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in EDV	Only in RDVY
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.82%	APPLIED MATERIALS INC 4.69%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.76%	LAM RESEARCH CORP 4.42%
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.72%	KLA CORP 4.14%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.70%	GE VERNOVA INC 2.80%
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.68%	BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP (THE) 2.15%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.65%	GE AEROSPACE 2.13%
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.60%	ALPHABET INC 2.12%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.57%	WILLIAMS SONOMA INC 2.12%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

EDV and RDVY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	EDV Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund	RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	First Trust
What it is	Extended Duration Treasury	First Rising Dividend Achievers
Total return, 1 year	−10.8%	+22.0%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−28.3 pts	+4.5 pts
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.47%
Holdings	82	71

EDV in plain words

EDV is a bond fund tracking the Extended Duration Treasury. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −10.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. It sat 57.3% below its high of Mar 9, 2020 on Sep 11, 2026.

RDVY in plain words

RDVY is an index equity fund tracking the First Rising Dividend Achievers. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +22.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.47% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 71 positions, with the top ten at 28.6%. It sat 3.9% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EDV or RDVY?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EDV returned −10.8% and RDVY returned +22.0%, so RDVY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, EDV or RDVY?: EDV charges 0.05% a year and RDVY charges 0.47%, so EDV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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