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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, RDVY returned +22.0% and VGSH returned +1.8%, so RDVY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, RDVY or VGSH?

RDVY charges 0.47% a year and VGSH charges 0.03%, so VGSH 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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RDVY vs VGSH: how they differ

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

First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF and Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, RDVY and VGSH 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 RDVY	Only in VGSH
APPLIED MATERIALS INC 4.69%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.26%
LAM RESEARCH CORP 4.42%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.41%
KLA CORP 4.14%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.36%
GE VERNOVA INC 2.80%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.32%
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP (THE) 2.15%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.31%
GE AEROSPACE 2.13%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.30%
ALPHABET INC 2.12%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.27%
WILLIAMS SONOMA INC 2.12%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.27%

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 VGSH on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF	VGSH Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	First Trust	Vanguard
What it is	First Rising Dividend Achievers	Short-Term Treasury
Total return, 1 year	+22.0%	+1.8%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+4.5 pts	−15.7 pts
Expense ratio	0.47%	0.03%
Holdings	71	91

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.

VGSH in plain words

VGSH is a bond fund tracking the Short-Term Treasury. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, RDVY or VGSH?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, RDVY returned +22.0% and VGSH returned +1.8%, so RDVY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, RDVY or VGSH?: RDVY charges 0.47% a year and VGSH charges 0.03%, so VGSH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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