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RDVY vs VTEB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, RDVY returned +17.6% to VTEB's −0.4%; 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 $49.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF.

RDVY on its own →VTEB on its own →
At a glance
+17.6%
RDVY total return, 1 year
−0.4%
VTEB total return, 1 year
0.47%
RDVY expense ratio
0.03%
VTEB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTEB costs 0.44 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.0 points.

RDVY vs VTEB: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureRDVYVTEB
Return
Total return, 1 year+17.6%−0.4%
Drawdown
Below its high5.3%, high on Aug 13, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksNasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers IndexS&P National AMT-Free Municipal Bond Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.47%0.03%
Net assets, RDVY as of Oct 27, 2026 and VTEB as of Sep 30, 2026$25.4bn$49.6bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
In the S&P 500, by weight94%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund22.1%

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

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, RDVY and VTEB 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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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first RDVY VTEB
Only in one fund ↓
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 VTEB
Vanguard Municipal Low Duration Fund 0.69%
State of California 0.15%
State of California 0.14%
New York State Dormitory Authority 0.13%
State of Illinois 0.12%
Ohio State University 0.12%
City of New York NY 0.10%
State of Wisconsin 0.10%
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Side by side

RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF VTEB Vanguard Tax-Exempt 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 Tax-Exempt Bond
Total return, 1 year +17.6% −0.4%
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 11155
Net assets, RDVY as of Oct 27, 2026 and VTEB as of Sep 30, 2026 $25.4bn $49.6bn

RDVY and VTEB 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.

VTEB

VTEB tracks an index of Tax-Exempt Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −0.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, RDVY or VTEB?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, RDVY returned +17.6% and VTEB −0.4%.
Which is cheaper, RDVY or VTEB?
VTEB 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 ↗
VTEB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
VTEB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Vanguard page for VTEB ↗

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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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