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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, RDVY returned +22.0% and VYM returned +17.6%, so RDVY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, RDVY or VYM?

RDVY charges 0.47% a year and VYM charges 0.04%, so VYM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 94% of RDVY and 92% of VYM 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 VYM: how they differ

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

First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF and Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund.

What they hold in common

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

Positions RDVY and VYM both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	RDVY	VYM
JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY	1.91%	3.36%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP	1.96%	1.45%
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY	0.97%	1.07%
ABBOTT LABORATORIES	0.58%	0.66%
CITIGROUP INC	0.54%	0.89%
PROGRESSIVE CORP (THE)	0.77%	0.49%
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP (THE)	2.15%	0.39%
US BANCORP	1.56%	0.37%
PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP INC (THE)	1.55%	0.36%
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC	1.63%	0.36%
ELEVANCE HEALTH INC	0.54%	0.34%
BAKER HUGHES COMPANY	1.77%	0.29%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in RDVY	Only in VYM
APPLIED MATERIALS INC 4.69%	Broadcom Inc 8.07%
LAM RESEARCH CORP 4.42%	Exxon Mobil Corp 2.73%
KLA CORP 4.14%	Johnson & Johnson 2.31%
GE VERNOVA INC 2.80%	Caterpillar Inc 1.73%
GE AEROSPACE 2.13%	AbbVie Inc 1.57%
ALPHABET INC 2.12%	Cisco Systems Inc 1.52%
ROSS STORES INC 2.01%	Chevron Corp 1.51%
CHUBB LTD (SWITZERLAND) 1.97%	Procter & Gamble Co/The 1.45%

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 VYM on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF	VYM Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	First Trust	Vanguard
What it is	First Rising Dividend Achievers	US high dividend
Total return, 1 year	+22.0%	+17.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+4.5 pts	+0.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.47%	0.04%
Already in the S&P 500	94.4%	92.2%
Holdings	71	608

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.

VYM in plain words

VYM is an index equity fund tracking the US high dividend. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 608 positions, with the top ten at 25.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, RDVY or VYM?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, RDVY returned +22.0% and VYM returned +17.6%, so RDVY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, RDVY or VYM?: RDVY charges 0.47% a year and VYM charges 0.04%, so VYM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do RDVY and VYM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 94% of RDVY and 92% of VYM 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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