Data as of .
FGSI vs SDVD: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year SDVD paid 9.2% of its price in cash against FGSI’s 8.1%, and returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: SDVD scores higher
Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?
A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FGSI and SDVD hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | FGSI | SDVD |
|---|---|---|
| Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (Class A | 1.96% | 0.99% |
| Cincinnati Financial Corporation | 1.83% | 0.88% |
| US Dollar | 1.13% | 0.88% |
| Ralph Lauren Corporation | 1.73% | 0.80% |
| Comfort Systems USA, Inc. | 1.95% | 0.60% |
| Tapestry, Inc. | 1.59% | 0.21% |
| Only in FGSI | Only in SDVD |
|---|---|
| Newmont Corporation 2.70% | National HealthCare Corporation 1.12% |
| Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 2.63% | First BanCorp. 1.04% |
| Marvell Technology, Inc. 2.53% | OFG Bancorp 1.03% |
| Microsoft Corporation 2.45% | The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 1.01% |
| Arista Networks, Inc. 2.32% | Interparfums, Inc. 1.00% |
| DexCom, Inc. 2.28% | Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporat 1.00% |
| Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 2.22% | VeriSign, Inc. 1.00% |
| Target Corporation 2.22% | Assurant, Inc. 0.99% |
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FGSI | SDVD | FGSI | SDVD | FGSI | SDVD | |
| 3 months | +2.4% | −0.1% | 2.1% | 2.1% | +0.2 pts | −6.7 pts |
| 6 months | +10.0% | +8.3% | 4.4% | 4.4% | −8.0 pts | −4.3 pts |
| 1 year | +5.3% | +10.8% | 8.1% | 9.2% | −11.3 pts | −16.4 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +53.0% | not published | 30.7% | not published | −0.7 pts |
| Since launch | +11.9% | +47.6% | 9.8% | 29.7% | −14.3 pts | −4.1 pts |
| FGSI FT Vest Growth Strength & Target Income ETF Option income on SPY, paying monthly | SDVD FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF Dividend stocks with call overlay on SCHD, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | First Trust |
| Strategy | option income | dividend stocks with call overlay |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy | US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 8.6% | 8.8% |
| Expense ratio | 0.85% | 0.85% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.1% | 9.2% |
| Price change, 1 year | −3.2% | +1.2% |
| Total return, 1 year | +5.3% | +10.8% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +27.2% |
| Ahead or behind | −11.3 pts | −16.4 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 449 days | 1135 days |
| Net assets | $2m | $888m |
FGSI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FGSI paid 8.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.3%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 11.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.6%, paid monthly.
SDVD in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SDVD paid 9.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.8%. US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy returned +27.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 16.4 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.8%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, FGSI or SDVD?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FGSI paid 8.1% of its starting price in cash and SDVD paid 9.2%, so SDVD 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 SDVD?
- With every distribution reinvested, FGSI returned +5.3% and SDVD returned +10.8% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so SDVD returned more.
- Which is cheaper, FGSI or SDVD?
- FGSI charges 0.85% a year and SDVD charges 0.85%, so FGSI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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