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QLC vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees

QLC and RDVY hold 29% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $1.0bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Northern Trust US Quality Large Cap ETF, and $25.5bn on Oct 9, 2026 for First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF.

QLC costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.4 points.

QLC vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees
QLCRDVY
Expense ratio0.25%0.47%
Net assets, QLC as of Jul 31, 2026 and RDVY as of Oct 9, 2026$1.0bn$25.5bn
Total return, 1 year+19.8%+20.2%
What it tracksNorthern Trust Quality Large Cap IndexNasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers Index
Holdings in common29%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.6%23.2%
Below its high4.9%, high on Aug 13, 2026

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

+19.8%
QLC total return, 1 year
+20.2%
RDVY total return, 1 year
0.25%
QLC expense ratio
0.47%
RDVY expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QLC and RDVY hold 29% 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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29% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding QLC RDVY
Microsoft Corp. 4.25% 2.23%
NVIDIA Corp. 7.10% 2.23%
Alphabet, Inc. 4.09% 1.98%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.98% 2.00%
Apple, Inc. 7.33% 1.66%
Bank of America Corp. 1.46% 1.91%
Meta Platforms, Inc. 1.40% 2.20%
GE Aerospace 1.21% 1.33%
Applied Materials, Inc. 1.15% 2.62%
Micron Technology, Inc. 1.09% 2.21%
KLA Corp. 1.08% 2.39%
Lam Research Corp. 0.80% 2.55%
Only in QLC
Alphabet, Inc. 3.66%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.94%
Amazon.com, Inc. 2.59%
Johnson & Johnson 1.81%
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. 1.27%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) 1.17%
Eli Lilly & Co. 1.12%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 0.94%
Only in RDVY
The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.24%
Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.16%
Chubb Limited 2.02%
Ross Stores, Inc. 2.02%
The Allstate Corporation 1.97%
Veralto Corporation 1.96%
Cincinnati Financial Corporation 1.89%
Costco Wholesale Corporation 1.89%

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On the same fields

QLC
Northern Trust US Quality Large Cap 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 +19.8% +20.2%
Expense ratio 0.25% 0.47%
Already in the S&P 500 96.4% 94.3%
Holdings 177 72
Net assets, QLC as of Jul 31, 2026 and RDVY as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.0bn $25.5bn

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

About QLC

QLC tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 177 positions, with the top ten at 37.6%.

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, QLC or RDVY?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QLC returned +19.8% and RDVY +20.2%.
Which is cheaper, QLC or RDVY?
QLC is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QLC and RDVY overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 96% of QLC and 94% of RDVY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
QLC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QLC 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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