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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, RDVY returned +17.6% and VT +13.5%.

Which is cheaper, RDVY or VT?

VT is cheaper, by 0.41 percentage points a year. That is about $41 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do RDVY and VT overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 94% of RDVY and 55% of VT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

RDVY vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, RDVY returned +17.6% to VT's +13.5%; 18% 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 $81.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF.

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At a glance

+17.6%

RDVY total return, 1 year

+13.5%

VT total return, 1 year

0.47%

RDVY expense ratio

0.06%

VT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VT costs 0.41 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.1 points.

RDVY vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	RDVY	VT
Return
Measure	RDVY	VT
Total return, 1 year	+17.6%	+13.5%
Drawdown
Measure	RDVY	VT
Below its high	5.3%, high on Aug 13, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	RDVY	VT
What it tracks	Nasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers Index	FTSE Global All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	RDVY	VT
Expense ratio	0.47%	0.06%
Net assets, RDVY as of Oct 27, 2026 and VT as of Sep 30, 2026	$25.4bn	$81.8bn
Holdings
Measure	RDVY	VT
Holdings in common	18%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	22.1%	22.5%

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

Risk and return

Jan 17, 2014 to Oct 23, 2026 · 666 weekly returns

RDVY VT

Return

Total return edge RDVY +388.8% +247.7%

Annualized edge RDVY +13.2% +10.2%

Price return edge RDVY +292.1% +164.5%

Risk

Volatility edge VT 19.4% 15.8%

Max drawdown edge VT −39.0% −32.6%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge RDVY 0.63 0.57

Sortino edge RDVY 0.93 0.81

Calmar edge RDVY (slight) 0.34 0.31

Reading

RDVY returned more: +388.8% to +247.7%. VT swung less: 15.8% to 19.4%. VT fell less at its worst: −32.6% to −39.0%.

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Risk and return: RDVY vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	RDVY	VT	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+388.8%	+247.7%	RDVY	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+13.2%	+10.2%	RDVY	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+292.1%	+164.5%	RDVY	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	19.4%	15.8%	VT	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	13.3%	11.2%	VT	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−39.0%	−32.6%	VT	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.63	0.57	RDVY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.93	0.81	RDVY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.34	0.31	RDVY (slight)	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 666 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

18%

By the books each fund has filed, RDVY and VT hold 18% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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18% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first RDVY VT

Microsoft Corporation 2.22% 3.25%

NVIDIA Corporation 2.13% 4.54%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 1.82% 1.73%

Apple Inc. 1.72% 4.11%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.91% 1.36%

Micron Technology, Inc. 2.00% 1.02%

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.03% 0.75%

Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.26% 0.52%

Mastercard Incorporated 1.02% 0.38%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 0.52% 0.36%

Lam Research Corporation 1.94% 0.35%

Applied Materials, Inc. 2.06% 0.35%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in RDVY

Only in VT

Amazon.com Inc 2.06%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.62%

Broadcom Inc 1.39%

Alphabet Inc 1.36%

Tesla Inc 0.88%

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 0.85%

Eli Lilly & Co 0.79%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.77%

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Side by side

RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF VT Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers Tracks an index of Total World Stock

Total return, 1 year +17.6% +13.5%

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% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 94.3% 54.7%

Holdings 72 10194

Net assets, RDVY as of Oct 27, 2026 and VT as of Sep 30, 2026 $25.4bn $81.8bn

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

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RDVY and VT do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. RDVY follows Nasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers Index and VT follows FTSE Global All Cap Index.
Holdings in common. 18% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 RDVY returned +17.6% and VT +13.5% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 4.1 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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.

VT tracks an index of Total World Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 10,194 positions, with the top ten at 22.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, RDVY or VT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, RDVY returned +17.6% and VT +13.5%.
Which is cheaper, RDVY or VT?: VT is cheaper, by 0.41 percentage points a year. That is about $41 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do RDVY and VT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 94% of RDVY and 55% of VT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

RDVY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

RDVY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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VT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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