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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, RDVY returned +22.0% and VO returned +12.0%, so RDVY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, RDVY or VO?

RDVY charges 0.47% a year and VO charges 0.03%, so VO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do RDVY and VO overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 94% of RDVY and 91% of VO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 11% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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

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RDVY vs VO: how they differ

RDVY and VO hold 11% of their weight in the same names, and RDVY returned more over the year.

First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF and Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, RDVY and VO hold 11% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions RDVY and VO both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	RDVY	VO
ROSS STORES INC	2.01%	0.67%
MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS INC	1.30%	0.63%
PACCAR INC	0.97%	0.61%
ALLSTATE CORP (THE)	2.01%	0.59%
WESTERN DIGITAL CORP	0.59%	1.07%
BAKER HUGHES COMPANY	1.77%	0.53%
AFLAC INC	0.97%	0.52%
HOWMET AEROSPACE INC	0.51%	1.04%
EBAY INC	1.00%	0.48%
STATE STREET CORP	1.20%	0.43%
METLIFE INC	0.42%	0.45%
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC	1.23%	0.40%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in RDVY	Only in VO
APPLIED MATERIALS INC 4.69%	Vertiv Holdings Co 1.23%
LAM RESEARCH CORP 4.42%	Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 1.05%
KLA CORP 4.14%	Quanta Services Inc 1.05%
GE VERNOVA INC 2.80%	Cummins Inc 0.95%
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP (THE) 2.15%	Datadog Inc 0.84%
GE AEROSPACE 2.13%	Bloom Energy Corp 0.79%
ALPHABET INC 2.12%	Constellation Energy Corp 0.78%
WILLIAMS SONOMA INC 2.12%	Robinhood Markets Inc 0.77%

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.

RDVY and VO on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF	VO Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	First Trust	Vanguard
What it is	First Rising Dividend Achievers	Mid-Cap
Total return, 1 year	+22.0%	+12.0%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+4.5 pts	−5.5 pts
Expense ratio	0.47%	0.03%
Already in the S&P 500	94.4%	91.4%
Holdings	71	282

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.

VO in plain words

VO is an index equity fund tracking the Mid-Cap. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +12.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 91% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 282 positions, with the top ten at 9.6%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, RDVY or VO?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, RDVY returned +22.0% and VO returned +12.0%, so RDVY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, RDVY or VO?: RDVY charges 0.47% a year and VO charges 0.03%, so VO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do RDVY and VO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 94% of RDVY and 91% of VO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 11% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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