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EGGY vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, EGGY paid 30.4% of its price in cash against RDVI’s 9.1%, though RDVI returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $158m on Aug 31, 2026 for NestYield Dynamic Income ETF, and $3.9bn on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF.

At a glance
30.4%
EGGY cash paid, 1 year
9.1%
RDVI cash paid, 1 year
−12.6%
EGGY total return, 1 year
+22.0%
RDVI total return, 1 year
EGGY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 27.4 pts behind SPY
EGGY
−12.6%
SPY
+14.8%

27.4 pts behind SPY

EGGY over 1 year: paid 30.4%, price −37.9%, total −12.6%, SPY +14.8%, −27.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

EGGY

−12.6%

27.4 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

27.4 pts behind SPY

EGGY over 1 year: paid 30.4%, price −37.9%, total −12.6%, SPY +14.8%, −27.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

EGGY

−12.6%

27.4 pts behind SPY

30.4% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. EGGY over 1 year: paid 30.4%, price −37.9%, total −12.6%, SPY +14.8%, −27.4 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% 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, with zero at the line. RDVI over 1 year: paid 9.1%, price +12.2%, total +22.0%, RDVY +22.2%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

RDVI costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 34.6 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

EGGY vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureEGGYRDVI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year−12.6%+22.0%
Price change, 1 yearfell 37.9%rose 12.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment40% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYFirst Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through RDVY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.92%0.75%
Net assets, EGGY as of Aug 31, 2026 and RDVI as of Nov 3, 2026$158m$3.9bn
Holdings
Holdings in common5%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · RDVI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score11.7EGGY92.5RDVI

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

Jan 3, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 95 weekly returns
EGGY RDVI
Return
Total return edge RDVI +12.9% +34.0%
Annualized edge RDVI +6.9% +17.4%
Price return edge RDVI −35.3% +14.6%
Risk
Volatility edge RDVI 30.8% 14.5%
Max drawdown edge RDVI −32.5% −14.8%
Downside capture 144.2% 97.1%
Beta 1.33 0.95
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge RDVI 0.24 0.90
Sortino edge RDVI 0.32 1.32
Treynor 0.056 0.126
Calmar edge RDVI 0.21 1.17
Against the benchmark
Alpha −7.9% a year −0.4% a year
Alpha t-stat −0.45 −0.67
Information ratio −0.17 −0.72
Tracking error 23.9% 1.3%

Each against its own benchmark: EGGY against SPY, Jan 3, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026; RDVI against RDVY, Oct 28, 2022 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Jan 2025 to Oct 2026, RDVI returned more: +34.0% to +12.9%. RDVI swung less: 14.5% to 30.8%. RDVI fell less at its worst: −14.8% to −32.5%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: EGGY vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureEGGYRDVIEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+12.9%+34.0%RDVIPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+6.9%+17.4%RDVITotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return−35.3%+14.6%RDVIPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility30.8%14.5%RDVISpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation23.3%9.9%RDVILike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−32.5%−14.8%RDVIDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture183.0%92.9%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture144.2%97.1%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta1.330.95Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.420.99Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.240.90RDVIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino0.321.32RDVIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.0560.126Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.211.17RDVIAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYRDVYThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−7.9% a year−0.4% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−0.45−0.67Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−42.6% to +26.8%−1.5% to +0.7%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.17−0.72Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error23.9%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, 95 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

5%

By the books each fund has filed, EGGY and RDVI hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

5% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EGGY RDVI
Micron Technology Inc 4.29% 1.83%
Alphabet Inc 4.80% 1.57%
Western Digital Corp 4.13% 0.72%
Vertiv Holdings Co 5.24% 0.47%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in EGGY
Seagate Technology Holdings PL 13.26%
Bloom Energy Corp 8.93%
Lumentum Holdings Inc 8.38%
SK hynix Inc 5.56%
Sandisk Corp 5.14%
Coherent Corp 5.11%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 4.62%
Vistra Corp 4.09%
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

EGGY NestYield Dynamic Income ETF · Option income on SPY, 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 S&P 500 (SPY) First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 49.4% 8.3%
Expense ratio 0.92% 0.75%
Cash paid, 1 year 30.4% 9.1%
Price change, 1 year −37.9% +12.2%
Total return, 1 year −12.6% +22.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +22.2%
Ahead or behind −27.4 pts −0.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 40%
Age 1.9 years 4.0 years
Net assets, EGGY as of Aug 31, 2026 and RDVI as of Nov 3, 2026 $158m $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: EGGY vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowEGGYRDVIEGGYRDVIEGGYRDVI
3 months−22.8%−1.9%8.7%2.0%−22.6 pts+0.6 pts
6 months−27.0%+7.9%15.7%4.3%−32.0 pts+0.1 pts
1 year−12.6%+22.0%30.4%9.1%−27.4 pts−0.2 pts
3 years–+76.0%–30.9%–−6.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: EGGY Dec 2024 · RDVI Oct 2022+6.8%+106.5%50.5%43.0%−24.6 pts−8.4 pts

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About each fund
EGGY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, EGGY paid 30.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 37.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −12.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 27.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 49.4%, paid monthly. Nest Egg estimates that 100% 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, EGGY or RDVI?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, EGGY paid 30.4% of its starting price in cash and RDVI paid 9.1%, so EGGY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, EGGY or RDVI?
With every distribution reinvested, EGGY returned −12.6% and RDVI +22.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, EGGY or RDVI?
EGGY charges 0.92% a year and RDVI charges 0.75%, so RDVI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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