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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JNK returned +1.7% and RDVY +17.6%.

Which is cheaper, JNK or RDVY?

JNK is cheaper, by 0.07 percentage points a year. That is about $7 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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JNK vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, JNK returned +1.7% to RDVY's +17.6%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $5.9bn for State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF and $25.4bn for First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF.

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At a glance

+1.7%

JNK total return, 1 year

+17.6%

RDVY total return, 1 year

0.40%

JNK expense ratio

0.47%

RDVY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

JNK costs 0.07 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.9 points; RDVY is 4.3 times larger.

JNK vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	JNK	RDVY
Return
Measure	JNK	RDVY
Total return, 1 year	+1.7%	+17.6%
Drawdown
Measure	JNK	RDVY
Below its high		5.3%, high on Aug 13, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	JNK	RDVY
What it tracks	Bloomberg High Yield Very Liquid Index	Nasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers Index
Cost and size
Measure	JNK	RDVY
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.47%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$5.9bn	$25.4bn
Holdings
Measure	JNK	RDVY
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		94%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		22.1%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, JNK and RDVY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JNK RDVY

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Only in JNK

1261229 BC LTD SR SECURED 144A 04/32 10 0.65%

MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC SR SECURED 144A 04/31 6.25 0.53%

QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC SR SECURED 144A 03/32 6.375 0.46%

ECHOSTAR CORP SR SECURED 11/29 10.75 0.45%

SOFTBANK GROUP CORP SR UNSECURED 144A 04/32 9.25 0.44%

SOFTBANK GROUP CORP SR UNSECURED 144A 04/34 9.75 0.43%

PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 SR SECURED 144A 05/31 6.5 0.42%

VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC SR SECURED 144A 02/29 9.5 0.42%

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

JNK State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street First Trust

What it is Tracks the Bloomberg High Yield Bond Tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers

Total return, 1 year +1.7% +17.6%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) +13.7% (VOO)

Gap to its benchmark +3.1 pts vs AGG +3.9 pts vs VOO

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.47%

Holdings 1142 72

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $5.9bn $25.4bn

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

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About each fund

JNK

JNK tracks the Bloomberg High Yield Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.7% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.40% a year.

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, JNK or RDVY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JNK returned +1.7% and RDVY +17.6%.
Which is cheaper, JNK or RDVY?: JNK is cheaper, by 0.07 percentage points a year. That is about $7 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

JNK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JNK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street 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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