ETF comparison
RDVY vs VYM
Both Dividend.
First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
37 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of RDVY and VYM would leave roughly 12.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VYM is 43 bps cheaper than RDVY. On a $100,000 position that's about $430/yr more in fees for RDVY.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with RDVY vs VYM.
Top shared holdings
37 shared in total| # | Holding | In RDVY | In VYM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY | 1.90% | 3.82% | 1.90% |
| 2 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 1.96% | 1.66% | 1.66% |
| 3 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | 0.97% | 1.07% | 0.97% |
| 4 | ABBOTT LABORATORIES | 0.58% | 0.74% | 0.58% |
| 5 | CITIGROUP INC | 0.54% | 0.89% | 0.54% |
| 6 | PROGRESSIVE CORP (THE) | 0.76% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 7 | CHUBB LTD (SWITZERLAND) | 1.97% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 8 | BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP (THE) | 2.15% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 9 | AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC | 1.63% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 10 | ACCENTURE PLC | 1.00% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 11 | PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP INC (THE) | 1.55% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 12 | US BANCORP | 1.56% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
Only in RDVY
35 total- APPLIED MATERIALS INC 4.68%
- LAM RESEARCH CORP 4.42%
- KLA CORP 4.14%
- GE VERNOVA INC 2.80%
- GE AEROSPACE 2.13%
- ALPHABET INC 2.12%
- ROSS STORES INC 2.01%
- MUELLER INDUSTRIES INC 1.93%
- NVIDIA CORP 1.91%
- MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1.83%
Only in VYM
567 total- Broadcom Inc 7.35%
- ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.63%
- Johnson & Johnson 2.51%
- Cisco Systems Inc 1.86%
- AbbVie Inc 1.80%
- UnitedHealth Group Inc 1.52%
- Caterpillar Inc 1.50%
- Chevron Corp 1.48%
- Coca-Cola Co/The 1.38%
- Procter & Gamble Co/The 1.37%
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- RDVY vs NOBL · ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF 6.4%
- RDVY vs SCHD · Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF 5.3%
- RDVY vs DVY · iShares Select Dividend ETF 4.4%
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- VYM vs SPYD · State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF 12.5%
- VYM vs SPHB · Invesco S&P 500 High Beta ETF 12.2%
- VYM vs SPHQ · Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF 12.2%
- VYM vs TCAF · T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Equity ETF 11.0%
- VYM vs VB · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF 10.6%
- VYM vs FBCG · Fidelity Blue Chip Growth ETF 10.5%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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