Data as of .
BIGY vs SDVD: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year BIGY paid 12.5% of its price in cash against SDVD’s 9.2%, and returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: BIGY scores higher
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A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, BIGY and SDVD hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in BIGY | Only in SDVD |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp 6.30% | National HealthCare Corporation 1.12% |
| Apple Inc 6.13% | First BanCorp. 1.04% |
| Alphabet Inc 5.61% | OFG Bancorp 1.03% |
| Amazon.com Inc 5.45% | The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 1.01% |
| Broadcom Inc 3.73% | Interparfums, Inc. 1.00% |
| Meta Platforms Inc 3.59% | Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporat 1.00% |
| Microsoft Corp 3.35% | VeriSign, Inc. 1.00% |
| Walmart Inc 3.32% | Assurant, Inc. 0.99% |
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIGY | SDVD | BIGY | SDVD | BIGY | SDVD | |
| 3 months | +2.6% | −0.1% | 3.0% | 2.1% | +0.3 pts | −6.7 pts |
| 6 months | +15.0% | +8.3% | 6.9% | 4.4% | −3.0 pts | −4.3 pts |
| 1 year | +13.0% | +10.8% | 12.5% | 9.2% | −3.6 pts | −16.4 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +53.0% | not published | 30.7% | not published | −0.7 pts |
| Since launch | +28.9% | +47.6% | 21.8% | 29.7% | −2.4 pts | −4.1 pts |
| BIGY YieldMax(R) Target 12(TM) Big 50 Option Income ETF Synthetic covered call on SPY, paying monthly | SDVD FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF Dividend stocks with call overlay on SCHD, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | YieldMax | First Trust |
| Strategy | synthetic covered call | dividend stocks with call overlay |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy | US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 12.1% | 8.8% |
| Expense ratio | 1.09% | 0.85% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 12.5% | 9.2% |
| Price change, 1 year | −0.3% | +1.2% |
| Total return, 1 year | +13.0% | +10.8% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +27.2% |
| Ahead or behind | −3.6 pts | −16.4 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | 0% | not published |
| Age | 666 days | 1135 days |
| Net assets | $33m | $888m |
BIGY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, BIGY paid 12.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.0%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.6 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.1%, paid monthly. YieldMax estimates that 0% of the distribution paid Sep 3, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).
SDVD in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SDVD paid 9.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.8%. US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy returned +27.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 16.4 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.8%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, BIGY or SDVD?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, BIGY paid 12.5% of its starting price in cash and SDVD paid 9.2%, so BIGY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
- Which returned more once distributions are counted, BIGY or SDVD?
- With every distribution reinvested, BIGY returned +13.0% and SDVD returned +10.8% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so BIGY returned more.
- Which is cheaper, BIGY or SDVD?
- BIGY charges 1.09% a year and SDVD charges 0.85%, so SDVD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, BIGY against SDVD, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/bigy-vs-sdvd Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.