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DFSU vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFSU and RDVY hold 24% of their weight in the same names, and RDVY returned +20.2% over the year. Net assets: $2.3bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional US Sustainability Core 1 ETF, and $25.5bn on Oct 9, 2026 for First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF.

DFSU costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.2 points.

DFSU vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees
DFSURDVY
Expense ratio0.15%0.47%
Net assets, DFSU as of Jul 31, 2026 and RDVY as of Oct 9, 2026$2.3bn$25.5bn
Total return, 1 year+14.0%+20.2%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedNasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers Index
Holdings in common24%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund32.0%23.2%
Below its high4.9%, high on Aug 13, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+14.0%
DFSU total return, 1 year
+20.2%
RDVY total return, 1 year
0.15%
DFSU expense ratio
0.47%
RDVY expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFSU and RDVY hold 24% 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 Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

24% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFSU RDVY
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.14% 2.23%
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.46% 2.23%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.09% 2.20%
ALPHABET INC. 2.40% 1.98%
APPLE INC. 6.31% 1.66%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.62% 2.00%
VISA INC. 0.88% 2.16%
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 0.71% 0.98%
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0.59% 1.33%
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 0.55% 0.55%
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 0.54% 1.91%
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0.45% 2.62%
Only in DFSU
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.32%
BROADCOM INC. 2.27%
ALPHABET INC. 1.96%
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.41%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.98%
TESLA, INC. 0.71%
ABBVIE INC. 0.69%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 0.64%
Only in RDVY
Micron Technology, Inc. 2.21%
Accenture plc 1.94%
Costco Wholesale Corporation 1.89%
Southwest Airlines Co. 1.04%
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. 0.44%
Intuit Inc. 0.43%

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On the same fields

DFSU
Dimensional US Sustainability Core 1 ETF
RDVY
First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional First Trust
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers
Total return, 1 year +14.0% +20.2%
Its benchmark over the same days +16.7% (IWV) not published
Gap to its benchmark −2.6 pts vs IWV not available
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.47%
Already in the S&P 500 81.1% 94.3%
Holdings 1940 72
Net assets, DFSU as of Jul 31, 2026 and RDVY as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.3bn $25.5bn

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

About DFSU

DFSU is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 81% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,940 positions, with the top ten at 32.0%.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.0% with distributions reinvested, against +16.7% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

About RDVY

RDVY tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.2% with distributions reinvested. 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, DFSU or RDVY?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFSU returned +14.0% and RDVY +20.2%.
Which is cheaper, DFSU or RDVY?
DFSU is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFSU and RDVY overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 81% of DFSU and 94% of RDVY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
DFSU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFSU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional 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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