Which paid more, EIPI or TDVI?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, EIPI paid 7.7% of its starting price in cash and TDVI paid 8.3%, so TDVI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, EIPI or TDVI?

With every distribution reinvested, EIPI returned +21.8% and TDVI +18.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, EIPI or TDVI?

EIPI charges 1.11% a year and TDVI charges 0.75%, so TDVI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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EIPI vs TDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TDVI paid 8.3% of its price in cash against EIPI’s 7.7%, though EIPI returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $1.1bn for FT Energy Income Partners Enhanced Income ETF and $658m for FT Vest Technology Dividend Target Income ETF.

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At a glance

7.7%

EIPI cash paid, 1 year

8.3%

TDVI cash paid, 1 year

+21.8%

EIPI total return, 1 year

+18.6%

TDVI total return, 1 year

EIPI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 3.8 pts behind its own holdings

EIPI

+21.8%

Own

+25.6%

3.8 pts behind its own holdings

EIPI over 1 year: paid 7.7%, price +13.7%, total +21.8%, its own holdings +25.6%, −3.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+25.6%

EIPI

+21.8%

7.7% of it arrived as cash

3.8 pts behind its own holdings

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.8 pts behind its own holdings

EIPI over 1 year: paid 7.7%, price +13.7%, total +21.8%, its own holdings +25.6%, −3.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+25.6%

EIPI

+21.8%

7.7% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. EIPI over 1 year: paid 7.7%, price +13.7%, total +21.8%, its own holdings +25.6%, −3.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

TDVI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with TDIV

TDVI

+18.6%

TDIV

+18.6%

About even with TDIV

TDVI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +9.6%, total +18.6%, TDIV +18.6%, 0.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

TDIV

+18.6%

TDVI

+18.6%

8.3% of it arrived as cash

about even with TDIV

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with TDIV

TDVI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +9.6%, total +18.6%, TDIV +18.6%, 0.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

TDIV

+18.6%

TDVI

+18.6%

about even with TDIV

8.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +25.6%. TDVI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +9.6%, total +18.6%, TDIV +18.6%, 0.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +25.6%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

TDVI costs 0.36 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.2 points; EIPI is 1.7 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

EIPI vs TDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	EIPI	TDVI
Paid and earned
Measure	EIPI	TDVI
Total return, 1 year	+21.8%	+18.6%
Price change, 1 year	rose 13.7%	rose 9.6%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	0% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	EIPI	TDVI
Benchmark	its own holdings	First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund, measured through TDIV
Cost and size
Measure	EIPI	TDVI
Expense ratio	1.11%	0.75%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$1.1bn	$658m
Holdings
Measure	EIPI	TDVI
Holdings in common	0%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · EIPI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score95.5EIPI90.1TDVI

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

EIPI 95.5

TDVI 90.1

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 17, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 128 weekly returns

EIPI TDVI

Return

Total return edge TDVI +50.9% +62.7%

Annualized edge TDVI +18.2% +21.9%

Price return edge TDVI +21.6% +33.2%

Risk

Volatility edge EIPI 12.8% 20.0%

Max drawdown edge EIPI −8.8% −19.8%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge EIPI 1.04 0.88

Sortino edge EIPI 1.50 1.33

Calmar edge EIPI 2.08 1.11

Reading

From May 2024 to Oct 2026, TDVI returned more: +62.7% to +50.9%. EIPI swung less: 12.8% to 20.0%. EIPI fell less at its worst: −8.8% to −19.8%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: EIPI vs TDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	EIPI	TDVI	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+50.9%	+62.7%	TDVI	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+18.2%	+21.9%	TDVI	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+21.6%	+33.2%	TDVI	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	12.8%	20.0%	EIPI	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	8.9%	13.3%	EIPI	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−8.8%	−19.8%	EIPI	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	1.04	0.88	EIPI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.50	1.33	EIPI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	2.08	1.11	EIPI	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 128 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

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

50%

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EIPI TDVI

Only in one fund ↓

Only in EIPI

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. 8.56%

Energy Transfer LP 6.48%

MPLX LP 4.47%

Kinder Morgan, Inc. 3.97%

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. 3.53%

ONEOK, Inc. 3.03%

Shell plc (ADR) 2.79%

Duke Energy Corporation 2.58%

Only in TDVI

Texas Instruments Incorporated 9.67%

International Business Machines Corporation 8.63%

Microsoft Corporation 8.29%

Broadcom Inc. 7.24%

Oracle Corporation 6.83%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (ADR) 3.94%

QUALCOMM Incorporated 3.89%

Analog Devices, Inc. 3.58%

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Side by side

EIPI FT Energy Income Partners Enhanced Income ETF · Covered call on its own holdings, paying monthly TDVI FT Vest Technology Dividend Target Income ETF · Writes calls on the S&P 500, investing in the Nasdaq Technology Dividend Index, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust First Trust

Strategy covered call dividend stocks with call overlay

Benchmark EIPI's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026) First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund (TDIV)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 6.8% 7.7%

Expense ratio 1.11% 0.75%

Cash paid, 1 year 7.7% 8.3%

Price change, 1 year +13.7% +9.6%

Total return, 1 year +21.8% +18.6%

Benchmark return, 1 year +25.6% +18.6%

Ahead or behind −3.8 pts 0.0 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 0% 0%

Age 2.5 years 3.2 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $1.1bn $658m

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: EIPI vs TDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	EIPI	TDVI	EIPI	TDVI	EIPI	TDVI
3 months	+2.2%	+0.7%	1.7%	1.9%	+0.3 pts	+0.6 pts
6 months	+2.5%	+3.3%	3.4%	3.9%	+1.1 pts	+0.2 pts
1 year	+21.8%	+18.6%	7.7%	8.3%	−3.7 pts	0.0 pts
3 years	–	+103.0%	–	32.1%	–	−6.1 pts
Since launchNot the same days: EIPI May 2024 · TDVI Aug 2023	+49.6%	+102.9%	24.0%	33.3%	not measured	−5.0 pts

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About each fund

EIPI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, EIPI paid 7.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 13.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +21.8%. EIPI's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026) returned +25.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.8%, 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.

TDVI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TDVI paid 8.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.6%. First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund (TDIV) returned +18.6% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.7%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, EIPI or TDVI?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, EIPI paid 7.7% of its starting price in cash and TDVI paid 8.3%, so TDVI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, EIPI or TDVI?: With every distribution reinvested, EIPI returned +21.8% and TDVI +18.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, EIPI or TDVI?: EIPI charges 1.11% a year and TDVI charges 0.75%, so TDVI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund (TDIV) →EIPI on its own →TDVI on its own →EIPI dividend history →EIPI holdings →TDVI dividend history →TDVI holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

EIPI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EIPI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

EIPI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for EIPI ↗

TDVI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

TDVI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

TDVI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for TDVI ↗

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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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