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EWY vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWY returned +79.7% to RDVY's +17.6%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $24.4bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI South Korea ETF, and $25.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF.

At a glance
+79.7%
EWY total return, 1 year
+17.6%
RDVY total return, 1 year
0.59%
EWY expense ratio
0.47%
RDVY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

RDVY costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 62.1 points; RDVY is 1.1 times larger.

EWY vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureEWYRDVY
Return
Total return, 1 year+79.7%+17.6%
Drawdown
Below its high24.3%, high on Jun 18, 20265.3%, high on Aug 13, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksMSCI Korea 25/50 Daily 25 Capped IndexNasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.59%0.47%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026$22.5bn$25.3bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund60.9%22.1%

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

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, EWY 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 EWY RDVY
Only in one fund ↓
Only in EWY
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 23.14%
SK HYNIX 23.11%
SK SQUARE 2.78%
SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS LTD 2.67%
KB FINANCIAL GROUP 2.06%
SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP 1.54%
HYUNDAI MOTOR 1.51%
HANA FINANCIAL GROUP 1.39%
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

EWY iShares MSCI South Korea ETF RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Tracks the MSCI South Korea Tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers
Total return, 1 year +79.7% +17.6%
Its benchmark over the same days +16.3% (EEM) +13.7% (VOO)
Gap to its benchmark +63.4 pts vs EEM +3.9 pts vs VOO
Expense ratio 0.59% 0.47%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 94.3%
Holdings 78 72
Net assets, EWY as of Oct 28, 2026 and RDVY as of Oct 27, 2026 $24.4bn $25.4bn

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

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About each fund
EWY

EWY tracks the MSCI South Korea. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +79.7% with distributions reinvested, against +16.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.59% 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 78 positions, with the top ten at 60.9%. It sat 24.3% below its high of Jun 18, 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, EWY or RDVY?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWY returned +79.7% and RDVY +17.6%.
Which is cheaper, EWY or RDVY?
RDVY is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EWY and RDVY overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWY and 94% of RDVY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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