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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 VWO: how they differ

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

First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF and Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, RDVY and VWO 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 RDVYOnly in VWO
APPLIED MATERIALS INC 4.69%Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 14.73%
LAM RESEARCH CORP 4.42%Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.28%
KLA CORP 4.14%Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.57%
GE VERNOVA INC 2.80%Delta Electronics Inc 1.18%
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP (THE) 2.15%MediaTek Inc 1.07%
GE AEROSPACE 2.13%Reliance Industries Ltd 0.90%
ALPHABET INC 2.12%HDFC Bank Ltd 0.81%
WILLIAMS SONOMA INC 2.12%Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.75%

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.

RDVY and VWO on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
RDVY
First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF
VWO
Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerFirst TrustVanguard
What it isFirst Rising Dividend AchieversEmerging markets
Total return, 1 year+22.0%+15.6%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500+4.5 pts−1.9 pts
Expense ratio0.47%0.06%
Already in the S&P 50094.4%0.0%
Holdings716355

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.

VWO in plain words

VWO is an index equity fund tracking the Emerging markets. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +15.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 6355 positions, with the top ten at 26.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, RDVY or VWO?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, RDVY returned +22.0% and VWO returned +15.6%, so RDVY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, RDVY or VWO?
RDVY charges 0.47% a year and VWO charges 0.06%, so VWO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do RDVY and VWO overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 94% of RDVY and 0% of VWO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 0% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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