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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 VXF: how they differ

RDVY and VXF hold 1% of their weight in the same names, and RDVY returned more over the year.

First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF and Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, RDVY and VXF hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions RDVY and VXF both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingRDVYVXF
EAST WEST BANCORP INC1.01%0.21%
MUELLER INDUSTRIES INC1.93%0.16%
UNUM GROUP0.51%0.15%
COCA-COLA CONSOLIDATED INC1.16%0.13%
ALLISON TRANSMISSION HOLDINGS INC0.40%0.11%
AECOM0.22%0.10%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in RDVYOnly in VXF
APPLIED MATERIALS INC 4.69%Space Exploration Technologies Corp 1.19%
LAM RESEARCH CORP 4.42%Snowflake Inc 1.03%
KLA CORP 4.14%Bloom Energy Corp 0.93%
GE VERNOVA INC 2.80%Cloudflare Inc 0.92%
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP (THE) 2.15%Astera Labs Inc 0.76%
GE AEROSPACE 2.13%Rocket Lab Corp 0.61%
ALPHABET INC 2.12%Cheniere Energy Inc 0.59%
WILLIAMS SONOMA INC 2.12%Ferguson Enterprises Inc 0.54%

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 VXF on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
RDVY
First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF
VXF
Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerFirst TrustVanguard
What it isFirst Rising Dividend AchieversExtended Market
Total return, 1 year+22.0%+14.1%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500+4.5 pts−3.4 pts
Expense ratio0.47%0.05%
Already in the S&P 50094.4%0.0%
Holdings713365

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.

VXF in plain words

VXF is an index equity fund tracking the Extended Market. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +14.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3365 positions, with the top ten at 7.6%. It sat 5.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, RDVY or VXF?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, RDVY returned +22.0% and VXF returned +14.1%, so RDVY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, RDVY or VXF?
RDVY charges 0.47% a year and VXF charges 0.05%, so VXF is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do RDVY and VXF overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 94% of RDVY and 0% of VXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 1% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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RDVY against VXF, 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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