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RDVY vs USMC: Differences, Returns & Fees

RDVY and USMC hold 23% of their weight in the same names, and RDVY returned +20.2% over the year. Net assets: $25.5bn on Oct 9, 2026 for First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, and $5.2bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Principal U.S. Mega-Cap ETF.

USMC costs 0.35 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.4 points; RDVY is 4.9 times larger.

RDVY vs USMC: Differences, Returns & Fees
RDVYUSMC
Expense ratio0.47%0.12%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$25.4bn$5.2bn
Total return, 1 year+20.2%+14.8%
What it tracksNasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers IndexNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common23%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund23.2%54.3%
Below its high4.9%, high on Aug 13, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+20.2%
RDVY total return, 1 year
+14.8%
USMC total return, 1 year
0.47%
RDVY expense ratio
0.12%
USMC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, RDVY and USMC hold 23% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

23% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding RDVY USMC
Microsoft Corporation 2.23% 4.30%
NVIDIA Corporation 2.23% 7.54%
Micron Technology, Inc. 2.21% 8.75%
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 2.20% 3.51%
Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.16% 4.33%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.00% 4.40%
Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 1.98% 5.80%
Bank of America Corporation 1.91% 3.58%
Costco Wholesale Corporation 1.89% 3.74%
Apple Inc. 1.66% 6.63%
GE Aerospace 1.33% 3.41%
Mastercard Incorporated 0.98% 4.01%
Only in RDVY
Applied Materials, Inc. 2.62%
Lam Research Corporation 2.55%
KLA Corporation 2.39%
GE Vernova Inc. 2.34%
The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.24%
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2.13%
Expedia Group, Inc. 2.09%
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 2.06%
Only in USMC
Broadcom Inc 4.77%
Amazon.com Inc 3.60%
AbbVie Inc 3.39%
Johnson & Johnson 3.20%
Caterpillar Inc 3.17%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 3.10%
Netflix Inc 3.00%
Procter & Gamble Co/The 2.74%

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On the same fields

RDVY
First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF
USMC
Principal U.S. Mega-Cap ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer First Trust Principal
What it is Tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +20.2% +14.8%
Its benchmark over the same days not published +17.3% (VOO)
Gap to its benchmark not available −2.5 pts vs VOO
Expense ratio 0.47% 0.12%
Already in the S&P 500 94.3% 99.8%
Holdings 72 26
Net assets, RDVY as of Oct 9, 2026 and USMC as of Oct 8, 2026 $25.5bn $5.2bn

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

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.

About USMC

USMC is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.12% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 26 positions, with the top ten at 54.3%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, RDVY or USMC?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, RDVY returned +20.2% and USMC +14.8%.
Which is cheaper, RDVY or USMC?
USMC is cheaper, by 0.35 percentage points a year. That is about $35 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do RDVY and USMC overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 94% of RDVY and 100% of USMC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
RDVY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗RDVY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for RDVY ↗USMC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗USMC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Principal website ↗

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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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