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DOGG vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DOGG paid 9.7% of its price in cash against RDVI’s 9.1%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $96m for FT Vest DJIA Dogs 10 Target Income ETF and $3.9bn for FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF.

At a glance
9.7%
DOGG cash paid, 1 year
9.1%
RDVI cash paid, 1 year
+26.9%
DOGG total return, 1 year
+22.0%
RDVI total return, 1 year
DOGG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 12 pts ahead of DIA
DOGG
+26.9%
DIA
+14.9%

12 pts ahead of DIA

DOGG over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price +16.1%, total +26.9%, DIA +14.9%, +12.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

DIA

+14.9%

DOGG

+26.9%

9.7% of it arrived as cash

12 pts ahead of DIA

Total return, distributions reinvested

12 pts ahead of DIA

DOGG over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price +16.1%, total +26.9%, DIA +14.9%, +12.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

DIA

+14.9%

DOGG

+26.9%

12 pts ahead of DIA

9.7% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. DOGG over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price +16.1%, total +26.9%, DIA +14.9%, +12.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
RDVI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with RDVY
RDVI
+22.0%
RDVY
+22.2%

About even with RDVY

RDVI over 1 year: paid 9.1%, price +12.2%, total +22.0%, RDVY +22.2%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

RDVY

+22.2%

RDVI

+22.0%

9.1% of it arrived as cash

about even with RDVY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with RDVY

RDVI over 1 year: paid 9.1%, price +12.2%, total +22.0%, RDVY +22.2%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

RDVY

+22.2%

RDVI

+22.0%

about even with RDVY

9.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +26.9%. RDVI over 1 year: paid 9.1%, price +12.2%, total +22.0%, RDVY +22.2%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +26.9%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.75% a year; their one-year returns differ by 4.9 points; RDVI is far larger, $3.9bn against $96m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DOGG vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDOGGRDVI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+26.9%+22.0%
Price change, 1 yearrose 16.1%rose 12.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate0% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment40% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkDow Jones Industrial Average, measured through DIAFirst Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through RDVY
Against its benchmark, same daysahead by 12.0 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.75%0.75%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$96m$3.9bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · DOGG scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score94.9DOGG92.5RDVI

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

Risk and return

May 5, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026 · 182 weekly returns
DOGG RDVI
Return
Total return edge RDVI +56.8% +82.4%
Annualized edge RDVI +13.7% +18.7%
Price return edge RDVI +13.9% +34.8%
Risk
Volatility edge DOGG (slight) 13.2% 14.5%
Max drawdown edge DOGG −9.0% −16.4%
Downside capture 71.3% 97.1%
Beta 0.65 0.95
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge RDVI 0.69 0.94
Sortino edge RDVI 1.01 1.44
Treynor 0.140 0.126
Calmar edge DOGG 1.52 1.14
Against the benchmark
Alpha +2.5% a year −0.4% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.46 −0.67
Information ratio −0.09 −0.72
Tracking error 11.1% 1.3%

Each against its own benchmark: DOGG against DIA, May 5, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026; RDVI against RDVY, Oct 28, 2022 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From May 2023 to Oct 2026, RDVI returned more: +82.4% to +56.8%. DOGG swung slightly less: 13.2% to 14.5%. DOGG fell less at its worst: −9.0% to −16.4%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: DOGG vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDOGGRDVIEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+56.8%+82.4%RDVIPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+13.7%+18.7%RDVITotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+13.9%+34.8%RDVIPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility13.2%14.5%DOGG (slight)Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation9.1%9.5%DOGG (slight)Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−9.0%−16.4%DOGGDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture65.5%92.9%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture71.3%97.1%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.650.95Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.390.99Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.690.94RDVIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.011.44RDVIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1400.126Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.521.14DOGGAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkDIARDVYThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+2.5% a year−0.4% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.46−0.67Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−8.4% to +13.4%−1.5% to +0.7%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.09−0.72Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error11.1%1.3%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 182 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

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

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DOGG RDVI
Only in one fund ↓
Only in DOGG
Verizon Communications Inc. 5.19%
The Coca-Cola Company 5.13%
McDonald's Corporation 5.12%
The Home Depot, Inc. 5.09%
The Procter & Gamble Company 5.08%
Amgen Inc. 5.05%
NIKE, Inc. (Class B) 5.01%
Merck & Co., Inc. 4.97%
Only in RDVI
The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.39%
Accenture plc 2.35%
Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.35%
Veralto Corporation 2.34%
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2.32%
The Allstate Corporation 2.23%
Expedia Group, Inc. 2.17%
Chubb Limited 2.16%
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Side by side

DOGG FT Vest DJIA Dogs 10 Target Income ETF · Option income on DIA, paying monthly RDVI FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF · Writes calls on the S&P 500, measured against the Nasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers Index, paying monthly
Strategy option income dividend stocks with call overlay
Benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 8.4% 8.3%
Expense ratio 0.75% 0.75%
Cash paid, 1 year 9.7% 9.1%
Price change, 1 year +16.1% +12.2%
Total return, 1 year +26.9% +22.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.9% +22.2%
Ahead or behind +12.0 pts −0.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 0% 40%
Age 3.5 years 4.0 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $96m $3.9bn

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: DOGG vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowDOGGRDVIDOGGRDVIDOGGRDVI
3 months+7.3%−1.9%2.2%2.0%+8.8 pts+0.6 pts
6 months+13.7%+7.9%4.5%4.3%+6.2 pts+0.1 pts
1 year+26.9%+22.0%9.7%9.1%+12.1 pts−0.2 pts
3 years+55.7%+76.0%28.9%30.9%−8.5 pts−6.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: DOGG Apr 2023 · RDVI Oct 2022+57.4%+106.5%32.5%43.0%−9.6 pts−8.4 pts

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About each fund
DOGG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DOGG paid 9.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 16.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +26.9%. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) returned +14.9% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 12.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.4%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 0% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

RDVI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RDVI paid 9.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 12.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +22.0%. First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) returned +22.2% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.3%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 40% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, DOGG or RDVI?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DOGG paid 9.7% of its starting price in cash and RDVI paid 9.1%, so DOGG paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, DOGG or RDVI?
With every distribution reinvested, DOGG returned +26.9% and RDVI +22.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, DOGG or RDVI?
DOGG and RDVI both charge 0.75% a year, so neither is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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