Are IBB and RDVY in the same category?

IBB is a thematic ETF and RDVY is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IBB returned +37.5% and RDVY +17.6%.

Which is cheaper, IBB or RDVY?

IBB is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 40% of IBB and 94% of RDVY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IBB vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IBB returned +37.5% to RDVY's +17.6%, and IBB charges 0.44% to RDVY's 0.47%.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $11.0bn for iShares Biotechnology ETF and $25.4bn for First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF.

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At a glance

+37.5%

IBB total return, 1 year

+17.6%

RDVY total return, 1 year

0.44%

IBB expense ratio

0.47%

RDVY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IBB costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 19.9 points; RDVY is 2.3 times larger.

IBB vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IBB	RDVY
Return
Measure	IBB	RDVY
Total return, 1 year	+37.5%	+17.6%
Drawdown
Measure	IBB	RDVY
Below its high		5.3%, high on Aug 13, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IBB	RDVY
What it tracks	Biotech	Nasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers Index
Cost and size
Measure	IBB	RDVY
Expense ratio	0.44%	0.47%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$11.0bn	$25.4bn
Active share vs the S&P 500	99%
Holdings
Measure	IBB	RDVY
Holdings in common	2%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	50%	22.1%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IBB and RDVY hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IBB RDVY

REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS 5.64% 1.67%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IBB

GILEAD SCIENCES 8.56%

AMGEN INC 8.20%

VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS 7.53%

MODERNA 5.29%

NATERA 3.85%

ARGENX SE ADR 3.42%

ILLUMINA INC 2.93%

BIOGEN 2.58%

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

IBB iShares Biotechnology ETF RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF

Where it sits Thematic ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares First Trust

What it is Biotech Tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers

Total return, 1 year +37.5% +17.6%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.7% (VOO)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +3.9 pts vs VOO

Expense ratio 0.44% 0.47%

Already in the S&P 500 40.2% 94.3%

Holdings 245 72

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $11.0bn $25.4bn

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

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About each fund

IBB

By weight, 40% of IBB's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 99%. The top ten holdings are 50% of the fund across 245 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +37.5% with distributions reinvested.

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

Are IBB and RDVY in the same category?: IBB is a thematic ETF and RDVY is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which returned more over the last year, IBB or RDVY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IBB returned +37.5% and RDVY +17.6%.
Which is cheaper, IBB or RDVY?: IBB is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IBB and RDVY overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 40% of IBB and 94% of RDVY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where to next

IBB on its own →RDVY on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →IBB dividend history →IBB holdings →RDVY dividend history →RDVY holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

IBB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IBB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IBB ↗

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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