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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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RDVY vs URTH: how they differ

RDVY and URTH hold 18% of their weight in the same names, and RDVY returned more over the year.

First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF and iShares MSCI World ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, RDVY and URTH hold 18% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions RDVY and URTH both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingRDVYURTH
ALPHABET INC2.12%2.43%
NVIDIA CORP1.91%5.64%
META PLATFORMS INC1.50%1.51%
MICROSOFT CORP1.45%3.50%
APPLE INC1.44%5.04%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC1.83%1.20%
JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY1.91%0.90%
VISA INC1.82%0.60%
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP1.73%0.47%
MASTERCARD INC1.19%0.46%
LAM RESEARCH CORP4.42%0.44%
APPLIED MATERIALS INC4.69%0.39%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in RDVYOnly in URTH
CHUBB LTD (SWITZERLAND) 1.97%AMAZON.COM, INC. 2.86%
MUELLER INDUSTRIES INC 1.93%BROADCOM INC. 2.21%
COCA-COLA CONSOLIDATED INC 1.16%ALPHABET INC. 2.01%
EAST WEST BANCORP INC 1.01%TESLA, INC. 1.35%
RALPH LAUREN CORP 1.01%ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 0.97%
ACCENTURE PLC 1.00%ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0.92%
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COMPANY 0.59%BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 0.72%
EVEREST GROUP LTD 0.54%ASML Holding N.V. 0.69%

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.

RDVY and URTH on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
RDVY
First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF
URTH
iShares MSCI World ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerFirst TrustiShares
What it isFirst Rising Dividend AchieversMSCI World
Total return, 1 year+22.0%+17.4%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500+4.5 pts−0.1 pts
Expense ratio0.47%0.24%
Already in the S&P 50094.4%70.3%
Holdings711322

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.

URTH in plain words

URTH is an index equity fund tracking the MSCI World. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 70% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1322 positions, with the top ten at 27.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, RDVY or URTH?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, RDVY returned +22.0% and URTH returned +17.4%, so RDVY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, RDVY or URTH?
RDVY charges 0.47% a year and URTH charges 0.24%, so URTH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do RDVY and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 94% of RDVY and 70% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 18% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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RDVY against URTH, 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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