Which paid more, FDND or RDVI?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and RDVI paid 9.1%, so RDVI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, FDND or RDVI?

With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and RDVI +22.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, FDND or RDVI?

FDND and RDVI both charge 0.75% a year, so neither is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FDND vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RDVI paid 9.1% of its price in cash against FDND’s 7.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $9.3m for FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF and $3.9bn for FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF.

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At a glance

7.3%

FDND cash paid, 1 year

9.1%

RDVI cash paid, 1 year

−2.6%

FDND total return, 1 year

+22.0%

RDVI total return, 1 year

FDND · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1 pt behind FDN

FDND

−2.6%

FDN

−1.6%

1 pt behind FDN

FDND over 1 year: paid 7.3%, price −10.1%, total −2.6%, FDN −1.6%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

FDN

−1.6%

FDND

−2.6%

1 pt behind FDN

Total return, distributions reinvested

1 pt behind FDN

FDND over 1 year: paid 7.3%, price −10.1%, total −2.6%, FDN −1.6%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

FDN

−1.6%

FDND

−2.6%

1 pt behind FDN

7.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. FDND over 1 year: paid 7.3%, price −10.1%, total −2.6%, FDN −1.6%, −1.0 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, 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

Both cost 0.75% a year; their one-year returns differ by 24.6 points; RDVI is far larger, $3.9bn against $9.3m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FDND vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FDND	RDVI
Paid and earned
Measure	FDND	RDVI
Total return, 1 year	−2.6%	+22.0%
Price change, 1 year	fell 10.1%	rose 12.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	40% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FDND	RDVI
Benchmark	First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund, measured through FDN	First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through RDVY
Against its benchmark, same days	behind by 1.0 pts
Cost and size
Measure	FDND	RDVI
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.75%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$9.3m	$3.9bn
Holdings
Measure	FDND	RDVI
Holdings in common	9%

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

IQ Income Score12.3FDND92.5RDVI

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

FDND 12.3

RDVI 92.5

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, FDND and RDVI hold 9% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

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0 half 100%

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9% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FDND RDVI

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 10.21% 1.89%

PayPal Holdings, Inc. 1.82% 1.78%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 5.05% 1.57%

Salesforce, Inc. 4.40% 1.51%

Booking Holdings Inc. 4.29% 1.16%

eBay Inc. 1.73% 0.54%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 8.81% 0.48%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FDND

Amazon.com, Inc. 10.68%

Netflix, Inc. 5.64%

Arista Networks, Inc. 4.26%

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 4.06%

Oracle Corporation 3.78%

Snowflake Inc. (Class A) 3.75%

Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 3.23%

Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 2.72%

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

FDND FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF · Writes calls on the Nasdaq-100, measured against the Dow Jones Internet Composite Index, 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

Issuer First Trust First Trust

Strategy option income dividend stocks with call overlay

Benchmark First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 8.3%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.75%

Cash paid, 1 year 7.3% 9.1%

Price change, 1 year −10.1% +12.2%

Total return, 1 year −2.6% +22.0%

Benchmark return, 1 year −1.6% +22.2%

Ahead or behind −1.0 pts −0.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 40%

Age 2.6 years 4.0 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $9.3m $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: FDND vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FDND	RDVI	FDND	RDVI	FDND	RDVI
3 months	−4.7%	−1.9%	2.0%	2.0%	+0.5 pts	+0.6 pts
6 months	+2.2%	+7.9%	4.0%	4.3%	0.0 pts	+0.1 pts
1 year	−2.6%	+22.0%	7.3%	9.1%	−1.0 pts	−0.2 pts
3 years	–	+76.0%	–	30.9%	–	−6.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FDND Mar 2024 · RDVI Oct 2022	+27.3%	+106.5%	21.9%	43.0%	−4.9 pts	−8.4 pts

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About each fund

FDND

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −2.6%. First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) returned −1.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.2%, paid monthly. First Trust 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, FDND or RDVI?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and RDVI paid 9.1%, so RDVI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, FDND or RDVI?: With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and RDVI +22.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FDND or RDVI?: FDND and RDVI both charge 0.75% a year, so neither is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) →First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) →FDND on its own →RDVI on its own →FDND dividend history →FDND holdings →RDVI dividend history →RDVI holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

FDND and RDVI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FDND prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

FDND and RDVI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for FDND ↗

RDVI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for RDVI ↗

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How this is computed

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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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