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IVVW vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IVVW paid 17.5% of its price in cash against RDVI’s 9.1%, though RDVI returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $349m on Nov 4, 2026 for iShares IVV Premium Income+ ETF, and $3.9bn on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF.

At a glance
17.5%
IVVW cash paid, 1 year
9.1%
RDVI cash paid, 1 year
+14.8%
IVVW total return, 1 year
+22.0%
RDVI total return, 1 year
IVVW · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with SPY
IVVW
+14.8%
SPY
+14.8%

About even with SPY

IVVW over 1 year: paid 17.5%, price −4.1%, total +14.8%, SPY +14.8%, 0.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

IVVW

+14.8%

17.5% of it arrived as cash

about even with SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with SPY

IVVW over 1 year: paid 17.5%, price −4.1%, total +14.8%, SPY +14.8%, 0.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

IVVW

+14.8%

17.5% cash

about even with SPY

17.5% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. IVVW over 1 year: paid 17.5%, price −4.1%, total +14.8%, SPY +14.8%, 0.0 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, 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

IVVW costs 0.50 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.2 points; RDVI is 11.3 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

IVVW vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureIVVWRDVI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+14.8%+22.0%
Price change, 1 yearfell 4.1%rose 12.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate49% of the Oct 7, 2026 payment40% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYFirst Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through RDVY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.25%0.75%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$344m$3.9bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · RDVI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score47.6IVVW92.5RDVI

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

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

Risk and return

Mar 22, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 136 weekly returns
IVVW RDVI
Return
Total return edge RDVI +37.2% +45.3%
Annualized edge RDVI +12.9% +15.4%
Price return edge RDVI −11.7% +16.5%
Risk
Volatility edge IVVW 10.0% 14.8%
Max drawdown edge IVVW (slight) −15.0% −16.4%
Downside capture 62.0% 97.1%
Beta 0.63 0.95
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge IVVW (slight) 0.83 0.75
Sortino edge IVVW (slight) 1.16 1.09
Treynor 0.133 0.126
Calmar edge RDVI (slight) 0.86 0.94
Against the benchmark
Alpha +0.7% a year −0.4% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.28 −0.67
Information ratio −0.55 −0.72
Tracking error 6.9% 1.3%

Each against its own benchmark: IVVW against SPY, Mar 22, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026; RDVI against RDVY, Oct 28, 2022 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Mar 2024 to Oct 2026, RDVI returned more: +45.3% to +37.2%. IVVW swung less: 10.0% to 14.8%. IVVW fell slightly less at its worst: −15.0% to −16.4%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: IVVW vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureIVVWRDVIEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+37.2%+45.3%RDVIPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+12.9%+15.4%RDVITotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return−11.7%+16.5%RDVIPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility10.0%14.8%IVVWSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation7.1%10.2%IVVWLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−15.0%−16.4%IVVW (slight)Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture51.5%92.9%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture62.0%97.1%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.630.95Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.820.99Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.830.75IVVW (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.161.09IVVW (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1330.126Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.860.94RDVI (slight)Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYRDVYThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+0.7% a year−0.4% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.28−0.67Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−4.5% to +6.0%−1.5% to +0.7%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.55−0.72Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error6.9%1.3%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 136 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, IVVW and RDVI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IVVW RDVI
Only in one fund ↓
Only in IVVW
ISHARES CORE S&P ETF TRUST 100.36%
NOV26 SPX C @ 7821.5 0.00%
NOV26 SPX C @ 7821.5 -0.03%
NOV26 SPX C @ 7699.92 -0.18%
NOV26 SPX C @ 7655.87 -0.29%
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

IVVW iShares IVV Premium Income+ ETF · Covered call on SPY, 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
Strategy covered call dividend stocks with call overlay
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 15.7% 8.3%
Expense ratio 0.25% 0.75%
Cash paid, 1 year 17.5% 9.1%
Price change, 1 year −4.1% +12.2%
Total return, 1 year +14.8% +22.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +22.2%
Ahead or behind 0.0 pts −0.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 49% 40%
Age 2.6 years 4.0 years
Net assets, IVVW as of Nov 4, 2026 and RDVI as of Nov 3, 2026 $349m $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: IVVW vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowIVVWRDVIIVVWRDVIIVVWRDVI
3 months+2.0%−1.9%3.9%2.0%+2.2 pts+0.6 pts
6 months+8.0%+7.9%7.8%4.3%+3.0 pts+0.1 pts
1 year+14.8%+22.0%17.5%9.1%0.0 pts−0.2 pts
3 years–+76.0%–30.9%–−6.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: IVVW Mar 2024 · RDVI Oct 2022+40.5%+106.5%42.6%43.0%−14.4 pts−8.4 pts

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About each fund
IVVW

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IVVW paid 17.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 4.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.8%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.7%, paid monthly. iShares estimates that 49% of the distribution paid Oct 7, 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. 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).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, IVVW or RDVI?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IVVW paid 17.5% of its starting price in cash and RDVI paid 9.1%, so IVVW paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, IVVW or RDVI?
With every distribution reinvested, IVVW returned +14.8% and RDVI +22.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, IVVW or RDVI?
IVVW charges 0.25% a year and RDVI charges 0.75%, so IVVW is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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