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Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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RDVY vs SPHQ: how they differ

RDVY and SPHQ hold 27% of their weight in the same names, and RDVY returned more over the year.

First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF and Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, RDVY and SPHQ hold 27% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions RDVY and SPHQ both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingRDVYSPHQ
Lam Research Corporation3.09%4.10%
Applied Materials, Inc.2.99%2.39%
KLA Corporation2.47%2.33%
GE Vernova Inc.2.24%3.92%
Visa Inc. (Class A)1.98%5.68%
GE Aerospace1.88%3.62%
Costco Wholesale Corporation1.69%3.85%
Apple Inc.1.65%5.60%
Mastercard Incorporated1.33%5.78%
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.1.98%1.06%
Accenture plc1.45%0.96%
The Progressive Corporation0.77%1.38%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in RDVYOnly in SPHQ
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 2.46%Netflix Inc 4.00%
Bank of America Corporation 2.18%Cisco Systems Inc 3.51%
NVIDIA Corporation 2.12%Sandisk Corp 3.36%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.09%Procter & Gamble Co/The 2.86%
Salesforce, Inc. 2.04%QUALCOMM Inc 2.51%
Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 2.01%Texas Instruments Inc 2.11%
Chubb Limited 1.99%Newmont Corp 1.98%
Microsoft Corporation 1.94%AppLovin Corp 1.67%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 10, 2026.

RDVY and SPHQ on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
RDVY
First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF
SPHQ
Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerFirst TrustInvesco
What it isFirst Rising Dividend AchieversS&P 500 Quality
Total return, 1 year+22.0%+17.4%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500+4.5 pts−0.1 pts
Expense ratio0.47%0.15%
Already in the S&P 50094.4%99.9%
Holdings72100

RDVY in plain words

RDVY is an index equity fund tracking the First Rising Dividend Achievers. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +22.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.47% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 72 positions, with the top ten at 24.1%. It sat 3.9% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

SPHQ in plain words

SPHQ is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500 Quality. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 100 positions, with the top ten at 43.4%. It sat 6.1% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, RDVY or SPHQ?
In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, RDVY returned +22.0% and SPHQ returned +17.4%, so RDVY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, RDVY or SPHQ?
RDVY charges 0.47% a year and SPHQ charges 0.15%, so SPHQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do RDVY and SPHQ overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 94% of RDVY and 100% of SPHQ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 27% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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