Which is cheaper, ACQQ or SDVD?

ACQQ charges 0.72% a year and SDVD charges 0.85%, so ACQQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

ACQQ vs SDVD: Dividend Yield & Total Return

ACQQ and SDVD both write options for income.

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Net assets: $39m on Nov 4, 2026 for ProShares Nasdaq-100 Autocallable Income ETF, and $903m on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF.

ACQQ on its own →SDVD on its own →

At a glance

3.3%

ACQQ cash paid, since launch, Aug 14, 2026

9.7%

SDVD cash paid, 1 year

−12.0%

ACQQ total return, since launch, Aug 14, 2026

+18.9%

SDVD total return, 1 year

ACQQ · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 6.7 pts behind QQQ

ACQQ

−12.0%

QQQ

−5.3%

6.7 pts behind QQQ

ACQQ since launch: paid 3.3%, price −15.0%, total −12.0%, QQQ −5.3%, −6.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

−5.3%

ACQQ

−12.0%

6.7 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

6.7 pts behind QQQ

ACQQ since launch: paid 3.3%, price −15.0%, total −12.0%, QQQ −5.3%, −6.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

−5.3%

ACQQ

−12.0%

6.7 pts behind QQQ

3.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. ACQQ since launch: paid 3.3%, price −15.0%, total −12.0%, QQQ −5.3%, −6.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SDVD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.4 pts ahead of SDVY

SDVD

+18.9%

SDVY

+17.5%

1.4 pts ahead of SDVY

SDVD over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price +8.6%, total +18.9%, SDVY +17.5%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SDVY

+17.5%

SDVD

+18.9%

9.7% of it arrived as cash

1.4 pts ahead of SDVY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.4 pts ahead of SDVY

SDVD over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price +8.6%, total +18.9%, SDVY +17.5%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SDVY

+17.5%

SDVD

+18.9%

1.4 pts ahead of SDVY

9.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SDVD over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price +8.6%, total +18.9%, SDVY +17.5%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

ACQQ costs 0.13 points a year less; SDVD is far larger, $903m against $39m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ACQQ vs SDVD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	ACQQ	SDVD
Paid and earned
Measure	ACQQ	SDVD
Total return, 1 year	not published	+18.9%
Price change	fell 15.0% (since Aug 14, 2026)	rose 8.6% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	88% of the Nov 6, 2026 payment	22% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	ACQQ	SDVD
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through SDVY
Cost and size
Measure	ACQQ	SDVD
Expense ratio	0.72%	0.85%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$39m	$903m
Holdings
Measure	ACQQ	SDVD
Holdings in common	0%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ACQQ and SDVD hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACQQ SDVD

Only in one fund ↓

Only in ACQQ

NDX100 35% VOLATILITY AUTOCALLABLE SWAP BANK OF AMERICA NA 99.96%

Only in SDVD

The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 1.09%

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated 1.06%

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 1.06%

Veralto Corporation 1.05%

Assurant, Inc. 1.02%

Interparfums, Inc. 1.02%

National HealthCare Corporation 1.02%

VeriSign, Inc. 1.02%

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Side by side

ACQQ ProShares Nasdaq-100 Autocallable Income ETF · Autocallable on QQQ SDVD FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF · Writes calls on the Russell 2000, investing in the Nasdaq US Small-Mid Cap Rising Dividend Achievers Index, paying monthly

Issuer ProShares First Trust

Strategy autocallable dividend stocks with call overlay

Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY)

Pays not established monthly

Payout rate, annualized 18.1% 8.2%

Expense ratio 0.72% 0.85%

Cash paid, 1 year 3.3% (since launch, Aug 14, 2026) 9.7%

Price change, 1 year −15.0% (since launch, Aug 14, 2026) +8.6%

Total return, 1 year −12.0% (since launch, Aug 14, 2026) +18.9%

Benchmark return, 1 year −5.3% (since launch, Aug 14, 2026) +17.5%

Ahead or behind −6.7 pts (since launch, Aug 14, 2026) +1.4 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 88% 22%

Age 82 days 3.2 years

Net assets, ACQQ as of Nov 4, 2026 and SDVD as of Nov 3, 2026 $39m $903m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

Window by window

Window by window: ACQQ vs SDVD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	ACQQ	SDVD	ACQQ	SDVD	ACQQ	SDVD
3 months	–	−2.3%	–	2.0%	–	+0.5 pts
6 months	–	+3.3%	–	4.1%	–	+0.9 pts
1 year	–	+18.9%	–	9.7%	–	+1.4 pts
3 years	–	+60.8%	–	31.3%	–	+1.0 pts
Since launchNot the same days: ACQQ Aug 2026 · SDVD Aug 2023	−12.0%	+53.9%	3.3%	31.3%	−6.7 pts	+1.9 pts

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About each fund

ACQQ

Over the period from its first trade on Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, ACQQ paid 3.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 15.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −12.0%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned −5.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.7 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 18.1%, paid periodically. ProShares estimates that 88% of the distribution paid Nov 6, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

SDVD

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SDVD paid 9.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.9%. First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY) returned +17.5% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.2%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 22% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ACQQ or SDVD?: ACQQ charges 0.72% a year and SDVD charges 0.85%, so ACQQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →ACQQ on its own →SDVD on its own →ACQQ dividend history →ACQQ holdings →SDVD dividend history →SDVD holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

ACQQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACQQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

ACQQ 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

ProShares page for ACQQ ↗

SDVD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SDVD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SDVD 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for SDVD ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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