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

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IYE vs RDVY: how they differ

IYE and RDVY hold 2% of their weight in the same names, and IYE returned more over the year.

iShares U.S. Energy ETF and First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IYE and RDVY hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions IYE and RDVY both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingIYERDVY
BAKER HUGHES COMPANY3.13%1.77%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in IYEOnly in RDVY
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION 21.74%APPLIED MATERIALS INC 4.69%
CHEVRON CORPORATION 15.41%LAM RESEARCH CORP 4.42%
CONOCOPHILLIPS 6.51%KLA CORP 4.14%
THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. 4.38%GE VERNOVA INC 2.80%
SLB N.V. 3.95%BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP (THE) 2.15%
EOG RESOURCES, INC. 3.56%GE AEROSPACE 2.13%
VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION 3.54%ALPHABET INC 2.12%
MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION 3.44%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 Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

IYE and RDVY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IYE
iShares U.S. Energy ETF
RDVY
First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesFirst Trust
What it isU.S. EnergyFirst Rising Dividend Achievers
Total return, 1 year+48.8%+22.0%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500+31.3 pts+4.5 pts
Expense ratio0.37%0.47%
Already in the S&P 50089.0%94.4%
Holdings3871

IYE in plain words

IYE is an index equity fund tracking the U.S. Energy. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +48.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 89% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 38 positions, with the top ten at 69.0%.

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, IYE or RDVY?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYE returned +48.8% and RDVY returned +22.0%, so IYE returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, IYE or RDVY?
IYE charges 0.37% a year and RDVY charges 0.47%, so IYE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IYE and RDVY overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 89% of IYE and 94% of RDVY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 2% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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IYE against RDVY, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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