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QDF vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees

QDF and RDVY hold 31% of their weight in the same names, and RDVY returned +20.2% over the year. Net assets: $2.2bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Northern Trust Quality Dividend ETF, and $25.5bn on Oct 9, 2026 for First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF.

QDF costs 0.08 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.8 points.

QDF vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees
QDFRDVY
Expense ratio0.39%0.47%
Net assets, QDF as of Jul 31, 2026 and RDVY as of Oct 9, 2026$2.2bn$25.5bn
Total return, 1 year+17.4%+20.2%
What it tracksNorthern Trust Quality Dividend IndexNasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers Index
Holdings in common31%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund39.4%23.2%
Below its high4.9%, high on Aug 13, 2026

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

+17.4%
QDF total return, 1 year
+20.2%
RDVY total return, 1 year
0.39%
QDF expense ratio
0.47%
RDVY expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QDF and RDVY hold 31% 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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31% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding QDF RDVY
Lam Research Corp. 2.57% 2.55%
Microsoft Corp. 3.97% 2.23%
NVIDIA Corp. 6.33% 2.23%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.56% 2.00%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.40% 1.98%
Apple, Inc. 8.67% 1.66%
KLA Corp. 1.65% 2.39%
GE Vernova, Inc. 1.44% 2.34%
GE Aerospace 2.62% 1.33%
Booking Holdings, Inc. 1.06% 1.20%
Western Digital Corp. 1.27% 0.83%
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 0.75% 2.13%
Only in QDF
Broadcom, Inc. 4.01%
AbbVie, Inc. 2.94%
Johnson & Johnson 2.81%
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) 2.29%
Alphabet, Inc. 1.95%
Philip Morris International, Inc. 1.90%
Union Pacific Corp. 1.18%
Gilead Sciences, Inc. 1.11%
Only in RDVY
Applied Materials, Inc. 2.62%
The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.24%
Micron Technology, Inc. 2.21%
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 2.20%
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 2.06%
Chubb Limited 2.02%
Ross Stores, Inc. 2.02%
The Allstate Corporation 1.97%

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On the same fields

QDF
Northern Trust Quality Dividend ETF
RDVY
First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Northern Trust First Trust
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers
Total return, 1 year +17.4% +20.2%
Expense ratio 0.39% 0.47%
Already in the S&P 500 85.9% 94.3%
Holdings 123 72
Net assets, QDF as of Jul 31, 2026 and RDVY as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.2bn $25.5bn

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

About QDF

QDF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 123 positions, with the top ten at 39.4%.

About RDVY

RDVY tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.2% with distributions reinvested. 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, QDF or RDVY?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QDF returned +17.4% and RDVY +20.2%.
Which is cheaper, QDF or RDVY?
QDF is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QDF and RDVY overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 86% of QDF and 94% of RDVY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
QDF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QDF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗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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