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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWJ returned +18.1% and RDVY +17.6%.

Which is cheaper, EWJ or RDVY?

RDVY is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

EWJ vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWJ returned +18.1% to RDVY's +17.6%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $23.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI Japan ETF, and $25.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF.

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At a glance

+18.1%

EWJ total return, 1 year

+17.6%

RDVY total return, 1 year

0.49%

EWJ expense ratio

0.47%

RDVY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

RDVY costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.5 points; RDVY is 1.1 times larger.

EWJ vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWJ	RDVY
Return
Measure	EWJ	RDVY
Total return, 1 year	+18.1%	+17.6%
Drawdown
Measure	EWJ	RDVY
Below its high	4.4%, high on Oct 6, 2026	5.3%, high on Aug 13, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EWJ	RDVY
What it tracks	MSCI Japan Index	Nasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers Index
Cost and size
Measure	EWJ	RDVY
Expense ratio	0.49%	0.47%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$23.8bn	$25.4bn
Holdings
Measure	EWJ	RDVY
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	29.5%	22.1%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, EWJ 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 EWJ RDVY

Only in one fund ↓

Only in EWJ

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 4.40%

TOYOTA MOTOR 3.59%

ADVANTEST 3.03%

HITACHI 3.03%

RECRUIT HOLDINGS LTD 3.03%

SONY GROUP 2.89%

SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP 2.83%

TOKYO ELECTRON 2.55%

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

EWJ iShares MSCI Japan ETF RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares First Trust

What it is Tracks the MSCI Japan Tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers

Total return, 1 year +18.1% +17.6%

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

Gap to its benchmark +3.8 pts vs ACWX +3.9 pts vs VOO

Expense ratio 0.49% 0.47%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 94.3%

Holdings 169 72

Net assets, EWJ as of Oct 28, 2026 and RDVY as of Oct 27, 2026 $23.9bn $25.4bn

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

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About each fund

EWJ

EWJ tracks the MSCI Japan. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.1% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.49% 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 169 positions, with the top ten at 29.5%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Oct 6, 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, EWJ or RDVY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWJ returned +18.1% and RDVY +17.6%.
Which is cheaper, EWJ or RDVY?: RDVY is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EWJ and RDVY overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWJ and 94% of RDVY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

EWJ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EWJ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EWJ ↗

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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