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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTGS returned +7.0% and RDVY +20.2%.

Which is cheaper, FTGS or RDVY?

RDVY is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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FTGS vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees

FTGS and RDVY hold 22% of their weight in the same names, and RDVY returned +20.2% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $1.3bn for First Trust Growth Strength ETF and $25.5bn for First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF.

RDVY costs 0.13 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.2 points; RDVY is 19.4 times larger.

	FTGS	RDVY
Expense ratio	0.60%	0.47%
Net assets	$1.3bn	$25.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+7.0%	+20.2%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	Rising Dividend Achievers
Holdings in common	22%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.9%	23.2%
Below its high		4.9%, high on Aug 13, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+7.0%

FTGS total return, 1 year

+20.2%

RDVY total return, 1 year

0.60%

FTGS expense ratio

0.47%

RDVY expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTGS and RDVY hold 22% 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 Oct 9, 2026.

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22% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FTGS RDVY

Microsoft Corporation 2.62% 2.23%

NVIDIA Corporation 2.18% 2.23%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 2.15% 2.20%

Costco Wholesale Corporation 1.94% 1.89%

Chubb Limited 1.87% 2.02%

Ross Stores, Inc. 1.84% 2.02%

Baker Hughes Company (Class A) 1.96% 1.79%

Cincinnati Financial Corporation 1.75% 1.89%

ResMed Inc. 2.23% 1.49%

Mastercard Incorporated 2.09% 0.98%

Ralph Lauren Corporation 1.88% 0.95%

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 2.04% 0.65%

Only in FTGS

Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 3.05%

Marvell Technology, Inc. 2.82%

Newmont Corporation 2.54%

Arista Networks, Inc. 2.48%

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 2.37%

Fortinet, Inc. 2.33%

CME Group Inc. 2.21%

Target Corporation 2.13%

Only in RDVY

Applied Materials, Inc. 2.62%

Lam Research Corporation 2.55%

KLA Corporation 2.39%

GE Vernova Inc. 2.34%

The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.24%

Micron Technology, Inc. 2.21%

Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.16%

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2.13%

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On the same fields

FTGS

First Trust Growth Strength ETF

RDVY

First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust First Trust

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers

Total return, 1 year +7.0% +20.2%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −10.3 pts +3.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.47%

Already in the S&P 500 93.8% 94.3%

Holdings 50 72

Net assets $1.3bn $25.5bn

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

FTGS in plain words

FTGS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +7.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% 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 50 positions, with the top ten at 24.9%.

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, FTGS or RDVY?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTGS returned +7.0% and RDVY +20.2%.
Which is cheaper, FTGS or RDVY?: RDVY is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTGS and RDVY overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 94% of FTGS and 94% of RDVY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

FTGS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FTGS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FTGS ↗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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