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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and RDVY +17.6%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or RDVY?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.44 percentage points a year. That is about $44 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AGG vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AGG returned −1.4% to RDVY's +17.6%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $139.4bn for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF and $25.4bn for First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

+17.6%

RDVY total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.47%

RDVY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.44 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 19.0 points; AGG is 5.5 times larger.

AGG vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	RDVY
Return
Measure	AGG	RDVY
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+17.6%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	RDVY
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020	5.3%, high on Aug 13, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	RDVY
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	Nasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers Index
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	RDVY
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.47%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$139.4bn	$25.4bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	RDVY
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		94%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		22.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AGG and RDVY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AGG RDVY

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AGG

BLACKROCK CASH CL INST SL AGENCY 3.02%

TREASURY NOTE 0.40%

TREASURY NOTE (OLD) 0.40%

TREASURY NOTE 0.40%

TREASURY NOTE 0.39%

TREASURY NOTE 0.38%

Only in RDVY

The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.42%

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2.32%

Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.26%

Microsoft Corporation 2.22%

Accenture plc 2.19%

The Allstate Corporation 2.17%

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 2.14%

Expedia Group, Inc. 2.13%

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares First Trust

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +17.6%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.3% (SCHZ) +13.7% (VOO)

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SCHZ +3.9 pts vs VOO

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.47%

Holdings 13469 72

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $139.4bn $25.4bn

AGG and RDVY on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

AGG

AGG tracks an index of US aggregate bonds. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.4% with distributions reinvested, against −1.3% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.4% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

RDVY

RDVY tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.47% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 72 positions, with the top ten at 22.1%. It sat 5.3% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or RDVY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and RDVY +17.6%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or RDVY?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.44 percentage points a year. That is about $44 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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AGG on its own →RDVY on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →AGG dividend history →AGG holdings →RDVY dividend history →RDVY holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

AGG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AGG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AGG ↗

RDVY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

RDVY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for RDVY ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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