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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +17.9% and RDVY +17.6%.

Which is cheaper, AVEM or RDVY?

AVEM is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVEM and 94% of RDVY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AVEM vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVEM returned +17.9% to RDVY's +17.6%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $27.3bn for Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF and $25.4bn for First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF.

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At a glance

+17.9%

AVEM total return, 1 year

+17.6%

RDVY total return, 1 year

0.33%

AVEM expense ratio

0.47%

RDVY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVEM costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.3 points; AVEM is 1.1 times larger.

AVEM vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVEM	RDVY
Return
Measure	AVEM	RDVY
Total return, 1 year	+17.9%	+17.6%
Drawdown
Measure	AVEM	RDVY
Below its high	10.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026	5.3%, high on Aug 13, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVEM	RDVY
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Nasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVEM	RDVY
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.47%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$27.3bn	$25.4bn
Holdings
Measure	AVEM	RDVY
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	28.7%	22.1%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AVEM 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 AVEM RDVY

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AVEM

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR SP ADR ADR 6.82%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFAC COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 6.09%

SAMSUNG ELECTR GDR REG S GDR 5.35%

SK HYNIX INC COMMON STOCK KRW5000.0 4.89%

TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD COMMON STOCK HKD.00002 1.49%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK H COMMON STOCK CNY1.0 1.02%

MEDIATEK INC COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.96%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.73%

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

AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis First Trust

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers

Total return, 1 year +17.9% +17.6%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.7% (VOO)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +3.9 pts vs VOO

Expense ratio 0.33% 0.47%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 94.3%

Holdings 4088 72

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $27.3bn $25.4bn

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

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About each fund

AVEM

AVEM is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.33% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 4,088 positions, with the top ten at 28.7%. It sat 10.2% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 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, AVEM or RDVY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +17.9% and RDVY +17.6%.
Which is cheaper, AVEM or RDVY?: AVEM is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVEM and RDVY overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVEM and 94% of RDVY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

AVEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

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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