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DSI vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees

DSI and RDVY hold 18% of their weight in the same names, and RDVY returned +20.2% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $5.6bn for iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF and $25.5bn for First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF.

DSI costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.5 points; RDVY is 4.6 times larger.

DSI vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees
DSIRDVY
Expense ratio0.25%0.47%
Net assets$5.6bn$25.5bn
Total return, 1 year+18.7%+20.2%
What it tracksMSCI KLD 400 Social IndexNasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers Index
Holdings in common18%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund46.2%23.2%
Below its high4.9%, high on Aug 13, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+18.7%
DSI total return, 1 year
+20.2%
RDVY total return, 1 year
0.25%
DSI expense ratio
0.47%
RDVY expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DSI and RDVY hold 18% 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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18% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DSI RDVY
MICROSOFT 10.33% 2.23%
NVIDIA 14.42% 2.23%
ALPHABET CLASS A 5.64% 1.98%
VISA CLASS A 1.75% 2.16%
APPLIED MATERIAL INC 1.10% 2.62%
LAM RESEARCH 1.09% 2.55%
MASTERCARD CLASS A 1.31% 0.98%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 1.28% 0.55%
SALESFORCE 0.50% 1.56%
AMERICAN EXPRESS 0.45% 1.78%
CHARLES SCHWAB 0.44% 1.46%
WESTERN DIGITAL CORP 0.37% 0.83%
Only in DSI
ALPHABET CLASS C 4.45%
TESLA INC 3.00%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 2.71%
ABBVIE 1.34%
INTEL CORPORATION 1.26%
CATERPILLAR INC 1.01%
MERCK & CO INC 0.98%
PROCTER & GAMBLE 0.96%
Only in RDVY
KLA Corporation 2.39%
GE Vernova Inc. 2.34%
Micron Technology, Inc. 2.21%
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 2.20%
Expedia Group, Inc. 2.09%
Ross Stores, Inc. 2.02%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.00%
U.S. Bancorp 1.98%

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On the same fields

DSI
iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF
RDVY
First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares First Trust
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers
Total return, 1 year +18.7% +20.2%
Expense ratio 0.25% 0.47%
Already in the S&P 500 96.9% 94.3%
Holdings 403 72
Net assets $5.6bn $25.5bn

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

About DSI

DSI tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 403 positions, with the top ten at 46.2%.

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, DSI or RDVY?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DSI returned +18.7% and RDVY +20.2%.
Which is cheaper, DSI or RDVY?
DSI is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DSI and RDVY overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of DSI and 94% of RDVY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
DSI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DSI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for DSI ↗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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