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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EEM returned +16.3% and RDVY +17.6%.

Which is cheaper, EEM or RDVY?

RDVY is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EEM vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EEM returned +16.3% to RDVY's +17.6%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $29.1bn for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF and $25.4bn for First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF.

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At a glance

+16.3%

EEM total return, 1 year

+17.6%

RDVY total return, 1 year

0.72%

EEM expense ratio

0.47%

RDVY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

RDVY costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.3 points; EEM is 1.1 times larger.

EEM vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EEM	RDVY
Return
Measure	EEM	RDVY
Total return, 1 year	+16.3%	+17.6%
Drawdown
Measure	EEM	RDVY
Below its high	10.8%, high on Jun 22, 2026	5.3%, high on Aug 13, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EEM	RDVY
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets Index	Nasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers Index
Cost and size
Measure	EEM	RDVY
Expense ratio	0.72%	0.47%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$29.1bn	$25.4bn
Holdings
Measure	EEM	RDVY
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	37.2%	22.1%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, EEM 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 EEM RDVY

Only in one fund ↓

Only in EEM

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 15.98%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 6.88%

SK HYNIX 4.91%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.64%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.82%

MEDIATEK 1.54%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 0.94%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.91%

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

EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Markets 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 of Emerging markets Tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers

Total return, 1 year +16.3% +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 0.72% 0.47%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 94.3%

Holdings 1186 72

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $29.1bn $25.4bn

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

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About each fund

EEM

EEM tracks an index of Emerging markets. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +16.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.72% 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 1,186 positions, with the top ten at 37.2%. It sat 10.8% 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, EEM or RDVY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EEM returned +16.3% and RDVY +17.6%.
Which is cheaper, EEM or RDVY?: RDVY is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EEM and RDVY overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EEM and 94% of RDVY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

EEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EEM ↗

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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