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RDVY vs VHT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, RDVY returned +17.6% to VHT's +25.0%; 2% 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 $19.1bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Health Care ETF.

At a glance
+17.6%
RDVY total return, 1 year
+25.0%
VHT total return, 1 year
0.47%
RDVY expense ratio
0.09%
VHT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VHT costs 0.38 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.4 points.

RDVY vs VHT: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureRDVYVHT
Return
Total return, 1 year+17.6%+25.0%
Drawdown
Below its high5.3%, high on Aug 13, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksNasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers IndexMSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Health Care 25/50
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.47%0.09%
Net assets, RDVY as of Oct 27, 2026 and VHT as of Sep 30, 2026$25.4bn$19.1bn
Holdings
Holdings in common2%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund22.1%51.8%

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

What they share

2%

By the books each fund has filed, RDVY and VHT hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first RDVY VHT
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 1.67% 1.09%
Elevance Health Inc. 0.60% 1.15%
ResMed Inc. 1.63% 0.45%
Abbott Laboratories 0.35% 2.41%
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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 VHT
Eli Lilly & Co 12.95%
Johnson & Johnson 8.79%
AbbVie Inc 6.46%
Merck & Co Inc 5.02%
UnitedHealth Group Inc 4.66%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc 3.51%
Amgen Inc 3.18%
Gilead Sciences Inc 2.59%
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Side by side

RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF VHT Vanguard Health Care ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers Tracks an index of Health Care
Total return, 1 year +17.6% +25.0%
Its benchmark over the same days +13.7% (VOO) +25.4% (FHLC)
Gap to its benchmark +3.9 pts vs VOO −0.4 pts vs FHLC
Expense ratio 0.47% 0.09%
Already in the S&P 500 94.3% 85.5%
Holdings 72 414
Net assets, RDVY as of Oct 27, 2026 and VHT as of Sep 30, 2026 $25.4bn $19.1bn

RDVY and VHT 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.

VHT

VHT tracks an index of Health Care. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +25.0% with distributions reinvested, against +25.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Health Care 25/50. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 414 positions, with the top ten at 51.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, RDVY or VHT?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, RDVY returned +17.6% and VHT +25.0%.
Which is cheaper, RDVY or VHT?
VHT is cheaper, by 0.38 percentage points a year. That is about $38 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do RDVY and VHT overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 94% of RDVY and 86% of VHT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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