Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
RDVY vs VYMI: how they differ
RDVY and VYMI hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and VYMI returned more over the year.
First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF and Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Index Fund.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, RDVY and VYMI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in RDVY | Only in VYMI |
|---|---|
| APPLIED MATERIALS INC 4.69% | HSBC Holdings PLC 1.73% |
| LAM RESEARCH CORP 4.42% | Novartis AG 1.56% |
| KLA CORP 4.14% | Nestle SA 1.44% |
| GE VERNOVA INC 2.80% | Shell PLC 1.43% |
| BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP (THE) 2.15% | Royal Bank of Canada 1.38% |
| GE AEROSPACE 2.13% | Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.15% |
| ALPHABET INC 2.12% | Toyota Motor Corp 1.12% |
| WILLIAMS SONOMA INC 2.12% | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 1.08% |
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 First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF | VYMI Vanguard International 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 | International High Dividend Yield |
| Total return, 1 year | +22.0% | +28.2% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +17.5% | +17.5% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | +4.5 pts | +10.7 pts |
| Expense ratio | 0.47% | 0.07% |
| Already in the S&P 500 | 94.4% | 0.1% |
| Holdings | 71 | 1582 |
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.
VYMI in plain words
VYMI is an index equity fund tracking the International High Dividend Yield. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +28.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% 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 1582 positions, with the top ten at 13.5%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, RDVY or VYMI?
- In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, RDVY returned +22.0% and VYMI returned +28.2%, so VYMI returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Which is cheaper, RDVY or VYMI?
- RDVY charges 0.47% a year and VYMI charges 0.07%, so VYMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
- How much do RDVY and VYMI overlap with the S&P 500?
- By their latest filed holdings, 94% of RDVY and 0% of VYMI 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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