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FQAL vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees

FQAL and RDVY hold 26% of their weight in the same names, and RDVY returned +20.2% over the year. Net assets: $1.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Fidelity Quality Factor ETF, and $25.5bn on Oct 9, 2026 for First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF.

FQAL costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.0 points.

FQALRDVY
Expense ratio0.15%0.47%
Net assets, FQAL as of Sep 30, 2026 and RDVY as of Oct 9, 2026$1.4bn$25.5bn
Total return, 1 year+15.2%+20.2%
What it tracksnot read by ETFIQRising Dividend Achievers
Holdings in common26%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund38.1%23.2%
Below its high4.9%, high on Aug 13, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+15.2%
FQAL total return, 1 year
+20.2%
RDVY total return, 1 year
0.15%
FQAL expense ratio
0.47%
RDVY expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FQAL and RDVY hold 26% 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 Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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26% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FQAL RDVY
MICROSOFT CORP 5.62% 2.23%
NVIDIA CORP 7.69% 2.23%
ALPHABET INC 5.58% 1.98%
JPMORGAN CHASE and CO 1.97% 2.00%
META PLATFORMS INC 1.90% 2.20%
APPLE INC 7.22% 1.66%
APPLIED MATERIALS INC 1.54% 2.62%
VISA INC 1.48% 2.16%
LAM RESEARCH CORP 1.31% 2.55%
KLA CORP 1.13% 2.39%
BOOKING HOLDINGS INC 1.05% 1.20%
MASTERCARD INC 1.23% 0.98%
Only in FQAL
BROADCOM INC 3.36%
ELI LILLY and CO 1.77%
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC 1.42%
JOHNSON and JOHNSON 1.37%
FORTINET INC 1.27%
HOME DEPOT INC 1.16%
ABBVIE INC 1.14%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.12%
Only in RDVY
GE Vernova Inc. 2.34%
The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.24%
Micron Technology, Inc. 2.21%
Expedia Group, Inc. 2.09%
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 2.06%
Chubb Limited 2.02%
Ross Stores, Inc. 2.02%
U.S. Bancorp 1.98%

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On the same fields

FQAL
Fidelity Quality Factor ETF
RDVY
First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Fidelity First Trust
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers
Total return, 1 year +15.2% +20.2%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −2.1 pts +3.0 pts
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.47%
Already in the S&P 500 94.0% 94.3%
Holdings 124 72
Net assets, FQAL as of Sep 30, 2026 and RDVY as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.4bn $25.5bn

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

FQAL in plain words

FQAL tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +15.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 124 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

RDVY in plain words

RDVY tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. 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, FQAL or RDVY?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FQAL returned +15.2% and RDVY +20.2%.
Which is cheaper, FQAL or RDVY?
FQAL is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FQAL and RDVY overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 94% of FQAL and 94% of RDVY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
FQAL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FQAL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Fidelity website ↗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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