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Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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GARP vs RDVY: how they differ

GARP and RDVY hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and GARP returned more over the year.

iShares MSCI USA Quality GARP ETF and First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GARP and RDVY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in GARPOnly in RDVY
APPLE 5.23%Lam Research Corporation 3.09%
MICROSOFT 5.16%Applied Materials, Inc. 2.99%
NVIDIA 5.09%KLA Corporation 2.47%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.81%The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 2.46%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.76%The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.26%
VISA CLASS A 4.60%GE Vernova Inc. 2.24%
LAM RESEARCH 4.02%Bank of America Corporation 2.18%
CATERPILLAR INC 3.65%Ross Stores, Inc. 2.16%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 10, 2026.

GARP and RDVY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
GARP
iShares MSCI USA Quality GARP ETF
RDVY
First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesFirst Trust
What it isMSCI USA Quality GARPFirst Rising Dividend Achievers
Total return, 1 year+29.5%+22.0%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500+12.0 pts+4.5 pts
Expense ratio0.15%0.47%
Already in the S&P 50094.4%94.4%
Holdings13372

GARP in plain words

GARP is an index equity fund tracking the MSCI USA Quality GARP. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +29.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 133 positions, with the top ten at 43.2%.

RDVY in plain words

RDVY is an index equity fund tracking the First Rising Dividend Achievers. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +22.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.47% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 72 positions, with the top ten at 24.1%. It sat 3.9% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GARP or RDVY?
In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GARP returned +29.5% and RDVY returned +22.0%, so GARP returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, GARP or RDVY?
GARP charges 0.15% a year and RDVY charges 0.47%, so GARP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do GARP and RDVY overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 94% of GARP and 94% of RDVY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 0% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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GARP against RDVY, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 13, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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