Data as of Nov 12, 2026.
INK vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Return, fees and overlap, side by side.
Pair scorecard
INK costs 0.40 points a year less; RDVI is far larger, $3.9bn against $5.3m.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | INK | RDVI |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | not published | +18.0% |
| Price change | fell 1.2% (since Nov 4, 2026) | rose 8.4% (1 year) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 40% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | not published | First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through RDVY |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 0.75% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 11, 2026 | $5.3m | $3.9bn |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | not published | |
Not measured
INK since launch: paid 0.0%, price −1.2%, total −1.2%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
INK
−1.2%
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
INK since launch: paid 0.0%, price −1.2%, total −1.2%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
INK
−1.2%
0.0% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. INK since launch: paid 0.0%, price −1.2%, total −1.2%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
Data to Nov 12, 2026.About even with RDVY
RDVI over 1 year: paid 8.9%, price +8.4%, total +18.0%, RDVY +17.9%, +0.1 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
RDVY
+17.9%
RDVI
+18.0%
8.9% of it arrived as cash
about even with RDVY
Total return, distributions reinvested
About even with RDVY
RDVI over 1 year: paid 8.9%, price +8.4%, total +18.0%, RDVY +17.9%, +0.1 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
RDVY
+17.9%
RDVI
+18.0%
about even with RDVY
8.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. RDVI over 1 year: paid 8.9%, price +8.4%, total +18.0%, RDVY +17.9%, +0.1 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
Data to Nov 12, 2026.Side by side
As of Nov 12, 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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | INK | RDVI | INK | RDVI | INK | RDVI |
| 3 months | – | −4.1% | – | 2.0% | – | +0.7 pts |
| 6 months | – | +8.0% | – | 4.4% | – | +0.4 pts |
| 1 year | – | +18.0% | – | 8.9% | – | 0.0 pts |
| 3 years | – | +75.9% | – | 31.4% | – | −6.1 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: INK Nov 2026 · RDVI Oct 2022 | −1.2% | +103.0% | 0.0% | 43.0% | not measured | −8.2 pts |
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INK
Over the period from its first trade on Nov 4, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026, INK paid 0.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −1.2%.
RDVI
Over the year to Nov 12, 2026, RDVI paid 8.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.0%. First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) returned +17.9% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.4%, 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.
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How this is computed
Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.
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