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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, RDVY returned +20.2% and VTHR +16.8%.

Which is cheaper, RDVY or VTHR?

VTHR 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 VTHR overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 94% of RDVY and 88% of VTHR by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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RDVY vs VTHR: Differences, Returns & Fees

RDVY and VTHR hold 24% 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 $4.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF.

VTHR costs 0.41 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.4 points.

RDVY vs VTHR: Differences, Returns & Fees
	RDVY	VTHR
Expense ratio	0.47%	0.06%
Net assets, RDVY as of Oct 9, 2026 and VTHR as of Sep 30, 2026	$25.5bn	$4.9bn
Total return, 1 year	+20.2%	+16.8%
What it tracks	Nasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers Index	Russell 3000 Index
Holdings in common	24%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	23.2%	33.4%
Below its high	4.9%, high on Aug 13, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+20.2%

RDVY total return, 1 year

+16.8%

VTHR total return, 1 year

0.47%

RDVY expense ratio

0.06%

VTHR expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, RDVY and VTHR hold 24% 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 Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding RDVY VTHR

Microsoft Corporation 2.23% 5.09%

NVIDIA Corporation 2.23% 6.96%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 1.98% 2.67%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 2.20% 1.70%

Apple Inc. 1.66% 6.19%

Micron Technology, Inc. 2.21% 1.46%

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.00% 1.29%

Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.16% 0.85%

Mastercard Incorporated 0.98% 0.64%

Costco Wholesale Corporation 1.89% 0.57%

Bank of America Corporation 1.91% 0.55%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 0.55% 0.59%

Only in RDVY

Only in VTHR

Amazon.com Inc 3.40%

Broadcom Inc 2.33%

Alphabet Inc 2.16%

Tesla Inc 1.45%

Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.27%

Eli Lilly & Co 1.25%

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 1.03%

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 0.91%

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On the same fields

RDVY

First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF

VTHR

Vanguard Russell 3000 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

Total return, 1 year +20.2% +16.8%

Its benchmark over the same days not published +16.7% (IWV)

Gap to its benchmark not available +0.1 pts vs IWV

Expense ratio 0.47% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 94.3% 88.3%

Holdings 72 2978

Net assets, RDVY as of Oct 9, 2026 and VTHR as of Sep 30, 2026 $25.5bn $4.9bn

RDVY and VTHR 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 VTHR

VTHR tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.8% with distributions reinvested, against +16.7% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,978 positions, with the top ten at 33.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, RDVY or VTHR?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, RDVY returned +20.2% and VTHR +16.8%.
Which is cheaper, RDVY or VTHR?: VTHR 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 VTHR overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 94% of RDVY and 88% of VTHR 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 ↗VTHR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VTHR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VTHR ↗

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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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