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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EFA returned +12.1% and RDVY +17.6%.

Which is cheaper, EFA or RDVY?

EFA is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EFA vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EFA returned +12.1% to RDVY's +17.6%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $76.8bn for iShares MSCI EAFE ETF and $25.4bn for First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF.

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At a glance

+12.1%

EFA total return, 1 year

+17.6%

RDVY total return, 1 year

0.32%

EFA expense ratio

0.47%

RDVY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

EFA costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.5 points; EFA is 3.0 times larger.

EFA vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EFA	RDVY
Return
Measure	EFA	RDVY
Total return, 1 year	+12.1%	+17.6%
Drawdown
Measure	EFA	RDVY
Below its high	4.7%, high on Aug 25, 2026	5.3%, high on Aug 13, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EFA	RDVY
What it tracks	MSCI EAFE Index	Nasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers Index
Cost and size
Measure	EFA	RDVY
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.47%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$76.8bn	$25.4bn
Holdings
Measure	EFA	RDVY
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	14.3%	22.1%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, EFA and RDVY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EFA RDVY

ARISTOCRAT LEISURE 0.11% 2.17%

AEROPORTS DE PARIS SA 0.02% 2.32%

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Only in EFA

ASML HOLDING 2.98%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.58%

SHELL 1.42%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.38%

NOVARTIS AG 1.33%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.21%

NESTLE SA 1.21%

SAP 1.13%

Only in RDVY

The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.42%

Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.26%

Microsoft Corporation 2.22%

Accenture plc 2.19%

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 2.14%

Expedia Group, Inc. 2.13%

NVIDIA Corporation 2.13%

Chubb Limited 2.12%

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Side by side

EFA iShares MSCI EAFE 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 Developed markets ex US Tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers

Total return, 1 year +12.1% +17.6%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.3% (ACWX) +13.7% (VOO)

Gap to its benchmark −2.2 pts vs ACWX +3.9 pts vs VOO

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.47%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 94.3%

Holdings 665 72

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $76.8bn $25.4bn

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

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About each fund

EFA

EFA tracks an index of Developed markets ex US. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.1% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.32% 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 665 positions, with the top ten at 14.3%. It sat 4.7% below its high of Aug 25, 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, EFA or RDVY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EFA returned +12.1% and RDVY +17.6%.
Which is cheaper, EFA or RDVY?: EFA is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EFA and RDVY overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EFA and 94% of RDVY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

EFA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EFA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EFA ↗

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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