Which is cheaper, GRNI or RDVI?

GRNI charges 0.99% 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

GRNI vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

GRNI and RDVI both write options for income.

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Net assets: $55m on Jul 31, 2026 for Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap & Income ETF, and $3.9bn on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF.

GRNI on its own →RDVI on its own →

At a glance

9.5%

GRNI cash paid, since launch, Nov 18, 2025

9.1%

RDVI cash paid, 1 year

+9.0%

GRNI total return, since launch, Nov 18, 2025

+22.0%

RDVI total return, 1 year

GRNI · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

GRNI

+9.0%

none

Not measured

GRNI since launch: paid 9.5%, price −0.6%, total +9.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

GRNI

+9.0%

9.5% of it arrived as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

GRNI since launch: paid 9.5%, price −0.6%, total +9.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

GRNI

+9.0%

9.5% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. GRNI since launch: paid 9.5%, price −0.6%, total +9.0%, not measured against a benchmark. 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

RDVI costs 0.24 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

GRNI vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	GRNI	RDVI
Paid and earned
Measure	GRNI	RDVI
Total return, 1 year	not published	+22.0%
Price change	fell 6.4% (6 months)	rose 12.2% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate		40% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	GRNI	RDVI
Benchmark	its own stocks	First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through RDVY
Against its benchmark, same days	behind by 0.8 pts
Cost and size
Measure	GRNI	RDVI
Expense ratio	0.99%	0.75%
Net assets, GRNI as of Jul 31, 2026 and RDVI as of Nov 3, 2026	$55m	$3.9bn
Holdings
Measure	GRNI	RDVI
Holdings in common	24%

Method

What they share

24%

By the books each fund has filed, GRNI and RDVI hold 24% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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24% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GRNI RDVI

Microsoft Corp 2.56% 2.16%

Bank of New York Mellon Corp 2.63% 2.15%

GE Vernova Inc 2.22% 2.13%

Costco Wholesale Corp 2.04% 2.02%

JPMorgan Chase & Co 2.69% 2.02%

NVIDIA Corp 2.09% 2.00%

KLA Corp 2.33% 1.90%

Meta Platforms Inc 2.12% 1.89%

American Express Co 2.51% 1.88%

Apple Inc 2.36% 1.63%

Alphabet Inc 2.13% 1.57%

General Electric Co 2.79% 1.38%

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Only in GRNI

Arista Networks Inc 2.98%

Packaging Corp of America 2.69%

Robinhood Markets Inc 2.65%

Eli Lilly & Co 2.61%

Monster Beverage Corp 2.56%

Eaton Corp PLC 2.53%

ServiceNow Inc 2.53%

Union Pacific Corp 2.52%

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

GRNI Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap & Income ETF · Option income on its own stocks, 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 Fundstrat First Trust

Strategy option income dividend stocks with call overlay

Benchmark GRNI's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 10.5% 8.3%

Expense ratio 0.99% 0.75%

Cash paid, 1 year 9.5% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025) 9.1%

Price change, 1 year −0.6% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025) +12.2%

Total return, 1 year +9.0% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025) +22.0%

Benchmark return, 1 year not published +22.2%

Ahead or behind not available −0.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 40%

Age 351 days 4.0 years

Net assets, GRNI as of Jul 31, 2026 and RDVI as of Nov 3, 2026 $55m $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: GRNI vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	GRNI	RDVI	GRNI	RDVI	GRNI	RDVI
3 months	−3.9%	−1.9%	2.5%	2.0%	−0.6 pts	+0.6 pts
6 months	−1.6%	+7.9%	5.0%	4.3%	−0.8 pts	+0.1 pts
1 year	–	+22.0%	–	9.1%	–	−0.2 pts
3 years	–	+76.0%	–	30.9%	–	−6.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: GRNI Nov 2025 · RDVI Oct 2022	+9.0%	+106.5%	9.5%	43.0%	not measured	−8.4 pts

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About each fund

GRNI

GRNI's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) returned −0.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.8 pts.

Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, GRNI paid 5.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 6.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −1.6%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.5%, paid monthly.

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). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, GRNI or RDVI?: GRNI charges 0.99% a year and RDVI charges 0.75%, so RDVI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →GRNI on its own →RDVI on its own →GRNI dividend history →GRNI holdings →RDVI dividend history →RDVI holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

GRNI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GRNI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Fundstrat website ↗

RDVI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

RDVI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

RDVI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for RDVI ↗

Links are sources, not endorsements. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

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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