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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CATH returned +14.5% and RDVY +20.2%.

Which is cheaper, CATH or RDVY?

CATH is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 99% of CATH and 94% of RDVY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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CATH vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees

CATH and RDVY hold 27% of their weight in the same names, and RDVY returned +20.2% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $1.4bn for Global X S&P 500 Catholic Values ETF and $25.5bn for First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF.

CATH costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.7 points; RDVY is 18.3 times larger.

	CATH	RDVY
Expense ratio	0.29%	0.47%
Net assets	$1.4bn	$25.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+14.5%	+20.2%
What it tracks	S&P 500 Catholic Values Index	Rising Dividend Achievers
Holdings in common	27%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	40.6%	23.2%
Below its high		4.9%, high on Aug 13, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+14.5%

CATH total return, 1 year

+20.2%

RDVY total return, 1 year

0.29%

CATH expense ratio

0.47%

RDVY expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CATH and RDVY hold 27% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CATH RDVY

MICROSOFT CORP 6.23% 2.23%

NVIDIA CORP 8.70% 2.23%

META PLATFORMS INC 2.37% 2.20%

ALPHABET INC-CL A 3.09% 1.98%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1.82% 2.21%

APPLE INC 7.70% 1.66%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.49% 2.00%

VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES 1.11% 2.16%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 0.88% 1.89%

MASTERCARD INC - A 0.80% 0.98%

APPLIED MATERIALS INC 0.63% 2.62%

LAM RESEARCH CORP 0.63% 2.55%

Only in CATH

AMAZON.COM INC 3.87%

BROADCOM INC 2.70%

ALPHABET INC-CL C 2.47%

TESLA INC 1.62%

AMGEN INC 1.04%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.04%

WALMART INC 1.04%

GILEAD SCIENCES INC 0.87%

Only in RDVY

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 1.52%

Mueller Industries, Inc. 1.42%

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. 0.53%

East West Bancorp, Inc. 0.51%

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. 0.40%

Abbott Laboratories 0.34%

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On the same fields

CATH

Global X S&P 500 Catholic Values ETF

RDVY

First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Global X First Trust

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

Total return, 1 year +14.5% +20.2%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −2.7 pts +3.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.29% 0.47%

Already in the S&P 500 98.9% 94.3%

Holdings 444 72

Net assets $1.4bn $25.5bn

CATH and RDVY on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

CATH in plain words

CATH tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.29% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 444 positions, with the top ten at 40.6%.

RDVY in plain words

RDVY tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.47% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 72 positions, with the top ten at 23.2%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CATH or RDVY?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CATH returned +14.5% and RDVY +20.2%.
Which is cheaper, CATH or RDVY?: CATH is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CATH and RDVY overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 99% of CATH and 94% of RDVY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

CATH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CATH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Global X page for CATH ↗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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