Data as of .
FTHI vs SDVD: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year SDVD paid 9.2% of its price in cash against FTHI’s 8.9%, and returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: FTHI scores higher
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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, FTHI and SDVD hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | FTHI | SDVD |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 5.90% | 0.88% |
| EMCOR Group, Inc. | 0.58% | 0.90% |
| InterDigital, Inc. | 0.58% | 0.87% |
| Comfort Systems USA, Inc. | 0.52% | 0.60% |
| Curtiss-Wright Corporation | 0.45% | 0.56% |
| Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. | 0.27% | 0.47% |
| ITT Inc. | 0.26% | 0.45% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 0.25% | 0.61% |
| East West Bancorp, Inc. | 0.25% | 0.94% |
| UMB Financial Corporation | 0.24% | 0.72% |
| Watts Water Technologies, Inc. | 0.21% | 0.95% |
| The Gap, Inc. | 0.14% | 0.73% |
| Only in FTHI | Only in SDVD |
|---|---|
| Apple Inc. 7.75% | National HealthCare Corporation 1.12% |
| NVIDIA Corporation 6.90% | First BanCorp. 1.04% |
| Microsoft Corporation 2.94% | OFG Bancorp 1.03% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.67% | The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 1.01% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. 2.53% | Interparfums, Inc. 1.00% |
| Dell Technologies Inc. (Class C) 2.52% | Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporat 1.00% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 2.41% | VeriSign, Inc. 1.00% |
| Bank of America 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTHI | SDVD | FTHI | SDVD | FTHI | SDVD | |
| 3 months | +1.7% | −0.1% | 2.2% | 2.1% | −0.6 pts | −6.7 pts |
| 6 months | +9.8% | +8.3% | 4.6% | 4.4% | −8.2 pts | −4.3 pts |
| 1 year | +9.7% | +10.8% | 8.9% | 9.2% | −6.9 pts | −16.4 pts |
| 3 years | +47.9% | +53.0% | 28.9% | 30.7% | −30.5 pts | −0.7 pts |
| Since launch | +156.3% | +47.6% | 82.6% | 29.7% | −257.8 pts | −4.1 pts |
| FTHI First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF Covered call 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 | covered call | 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 | 9.0% | 8.8% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.85% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.9% | 9.2% |
| Price change, 1 year | +0.3% | +1.2% |
| Total return, 1 year | +9.7% | +10.8% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +27.2% |
| Ahead or behind | −6.9 pts | −16.4 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 4637 days | 1135 days |
| Net assets | $2.5bn | $888m |
FTHI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.7%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.0%, 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, FTHI or SDVD?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% 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, FTHI or SDVD?
- With every distribution reinvested, FTHI returned +9.7% and SDVD returned +10.8% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so SDVD returned more.
- Which is cheaper, FTHI or SDVD?
- FTHI charges 0.75% a year and SDVD charges 0.85%, so FTHI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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