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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, RDVY returned +17.6% and VCLT −5.9%.

Which is cheaper, RDVY or VCLT?

VCLT is cheaper, by 0.44 percentage points a year. That is about $44 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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RDVY vs VCLT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, RDVY returned +17.6% to VCLT's −5.9%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $25.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, and $7.5bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+17.6%

RDVY total return, 1 year

−5.9%

VCLT total return, 1 year

0.47%

RDVY expense ratio

0.03%

VCLT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VCLT costs 0.44 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 23.5 points.

RDVY vs VCLT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	RDVY	VCLT
Return
Measure	RDVY	VCLT
Total return, 1 year	+17.6%	−5.9%
Drawdown
Measure	RDVY	VCLT
Below its high	5.3%, high on Aug 13, 2026	17.8%, high on Sep 22, 2021
Benchmark
Measure	RDVY	VCLT
What it tracks	Nasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers Index	Bloomberg U.S. 10+ Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	RDVY	VCLT
Expense ratio	0.47%	0.03%
Net assets, RDVY as of Oct 27, 2026 and VCLT as of Sep 30, 2026	$25.4bn	$7.5bn
Holdings
Measure	RDVY	VCLT
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	94%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	22.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, RDVY and VCLT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first RDVY VCLT

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Only in RDVY

The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.42%

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2.32%

Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.26%

Microsoft Corporation 2.22%

Accenture plc 2.19%

The Allstate Corporation 2.17%

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 2.14%

Expedia Group, Inc. 2.13%

Only in VCLT

MKTLIQ 1.03%

Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc 0.37%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36%

CVS Health Corp 0.33%

Boeing Co 0.27%

Meta Platforms Inc 0.27%

AT&T Inc 0.24%

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Side by side

RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF VCLT Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer First Trust Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers Tracks an index of Long-Term Corporate Bond

Total return, 1 year +17.6% −5.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.7% (VOO) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +3.9 pts vs VOO not measured

Expense ratio 0.47% 0.03%

Holdings 72 2562

Net assets, RDVY as of Oct 27, 2026 and VCLT as of Sep 30, 2026 $25.4bn $7.5bn

RDVY and VCLT 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.

VCLT

VCLT tracks an index of Long-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −5.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 17.8% below its high of Sep 22, 2021 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, RDVY or VCLT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, RDVY returned +17.6% and VCLT −5.9%.
Which is cheaper, RDVY or VCLT?: VCLT is cheaper, by 0.44 percentage points a year. That is about $44 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

RDVY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

RDVY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for RDVY ↗

VCLT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VCLT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VCLT ↗

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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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