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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, RDVY returned +17.6% and SLV +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, RDVY or SLV?

RDVY 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 own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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RDVY vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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RDVY is an equity index fund and SLV a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, RDVY returned +17.6% against +14.9%.

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Net assets: $25.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, and $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust.

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At a glance

+17.6%

RDVY total return, 1 year

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

0.47%

RDVY expense ratio

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

RDVY costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.7 points.

RDVY vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	RDVY	SLV
Return
Measure	RDVY	SLV
Total return, 1 year	+17.6%	+14.9%
Drawdown
Measure	RDVY	SLV
Below its high	5.3%, high on Aug 13, 2026	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	RDVY	SLV
What it tracks	Nasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	RDVY	SLV
Expense ratio	0.47%	0.50%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$25.4bn	$26.5bn
Holdings
Measure	RDVY	SLV
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	94%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	22.1%

Method

Side by side

RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF SLV iShares Silver Trust

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer First Trust iShares

What it is Tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +17.6% +14.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.7% (VOO) +15.0% (SIVR)

Gap to its benchmark +3.9 pts vs VOO −0.1 pts vs SIVR

Expense ratio 0.47% 0.50%

Holdings 72 not counted

Net assets, RDVY as of Oct 27, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 $25.4bn $26.9bn

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

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About each fund

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.

SLV

Its expense ratio is 0.50% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

SLV holds silver. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.9% with distributions reinvested, against +15.0% for its benchmark, the price of silver. It sat 53.5% below its high of Jan 28, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, RDVY or SLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, RDVY returned +17.6% and SLV +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, RDVY or SLV?: RDVY 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 own filings.

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Sources and dates

RDVY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

RDVY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for RDVY ↗

iShares page for SLV ↗

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