Which paid more, FGSI or RDVI?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FGSI paid 8.3% 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, FGSI or RDVI?

With every distribution reinvested, FGSI returned +9.0% and RDVI +22.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, FGSI or RDVI?

FGSI charges 0.85% a year and RDVI charges 0.75%, so RDVI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FGSI 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 FGSI’s 8.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $2.0m for FT Vest Growth Strength & Target Income ETF and $3.9bn for FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF.

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At a glance

8.3%

FGSI cash paid, 1 year

9.1%

RDVI cash paid, 1 year

+9.0%

FGSI total return, 1 year

+22.0%

RDVI total return, 1 year

FGSI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with FTGS

FGSI

+9.0%

FTGS

+8.8%

About even with FTGS

FGSI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +0.2%, total +9.0%, FTGS +8.8%, +0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

FTGS

+8.8%

FGSI

+9.0%

8.3% of it arrived as cash

about even with FTGS

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with FTGS

FGSI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +0.2%, total +9.0%, FTGS +8.8%, +0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

FTGS

+8.8%

FGSI

+9.0%

about even with FTGS

8.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. FGSI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +0.2%, total +9.0%, FTGS +8.8%, +0.2 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 +22.2%. 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 +22.2%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

RDVI costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.0 points; RDVI is far larger, $3.9bn against $2.0m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FGSI vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FGSI	RDVI
Paid and earned
Measure	FGSI	RDVI
Total return, 1 year	+9.0%	+22.0%
Price change, 1 year	rose 0.2%	rose 12.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	53% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	40% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FGSI	RDVI
Benchmark	First Trust Growth Strength ETF, measured through FTGS	First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through RDVY
Cost and size
Measure	FGSI	RDVI
Expense ratio	0.85%	0.75%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$2.0m	$3.9bn
Holdings
Measure	FGSI	RDVI
Holdings in common	21%

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

IQ Income Score63.2FGSI92.5RDVI

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

FGSI 63.2

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

21%

By the books each fund has filed, FGSI and RDVI hold 21% 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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21% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FGSI RDVI

Cincinnati Financial Corporation 2.15% 2.12%

Expedia Group, Inc. 1.96% 2.17%

NVIDIA Corporation 1.93% 2.00%

PayPal Holdings, Inc. 2.05% 1.78%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.73% 1.89%

Baker Hughes Company (Class A) 1.89% 1.66%

Salesforce, Inc. 1.84% 1.51%

ResMed Inc. 1.89% 1.46%

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 2.01% 1.43%

Mastercard Incorporated 2.10% 1.08%

Ralph Lauren Corporation 2.04% 1.00%

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 2.18% 0.62%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FGSI

Eli Lilly and Company 2.25%

United Therapeutics Corporation 2.25%

Blackstone Inc. 2.21%

Delta Air Lines, Inc. 2.20%

General Dynamics Corporation 2.16%

S&P Global Inc. 2.16%

Arch Capital Group Ltd. 2.12%

Five Below, Inc. 2.12%

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%

Chubb Limited 2.16%

Microsoft Corporation 2.16%

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Side by side

FGSI FT Vest Growth Strength & Target Income ETF · Writes calls on the S&P 500, measured against The Growth Strength 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 Growth Strength ETF (FTGS) First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.3% 8.3%

Expense ratio 0.85% 0.75%

Cash paid, 1 year 8.3% 9.1%

Price change, 1 year +0.2% +12.2%

Total return, 1 year +9.0% +22.0%

Benchmark return, 1 year +8.8% +22.2%

Ahead or behind +0.2 pts −0.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 53% 40%

Age 1.4 years 4.0 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $2.0m $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: FGSI vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FGSI	RDVI	FGSI	RDVI	FGSI	RDVI
3 months	−2.2%	−1.9%	2.0%	2.0%	+0.6 pts	+0.6 pts
6 months	+6.3%	+7.9%	4.3%	4.3%	+0.2 pts	+0.1 pts
1 year	+9.0%	+22.0%	8.3%	9.1%	+0.2 pts	−0.2 pts
3 years	–	+76.0%	–	30.9%	–	−6.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FGSI Jun 2025 · RDVI Oct 2022	+13.6%	+106.5%	11.3%	43.0%	−0.7 pts	−8.4 pts

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About each fund

FGSI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FGSI paid 8.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.0%. First Trust Growth Strength ETF (FTGS) returned +8.8% 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 53% 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. 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, FGSI or RDVI?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FGSI paid 8.3% 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, FGSI or RDVI?: With every distribution reinvested, FGSI returned +9.0% and RDVI +22.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FGSI or RDVI?: FGSI charges 0.85% a year and RDVI charges 0.75%, so RDVI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

FGSI and RDVI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FGSI and RDVI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

FGSI and RDVI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for FGSI ↗

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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