Data as of .
JUDO vs RDVI: which paid, and which earned it?
JUDO and RDVI both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, JUDO and RDVI hold 23% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | JUDO | RDVI |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp. | 8.32% | 2.16% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 2.30% | 2.10% |
| Microsoft Corp. | 6.00% | 2.05% |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 1.90% | 2.18% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | 1.75% | 2.04% |
| Apple, Inc. | 4.88% | 1.66% |
| Visa, Inc. | 1.62% | 2.06% |
| General Electric Co. | 1.54% | 1.36% |
| American Express Co. | 1.32% | 1.80% |
| Applied Materials, Inc. | 1.29% | 2.30% |
| Lam Research Corp. | 1.16% | 2.31% |
| Mastercard, Inc. | 1.64% | 0.94% |
| Only in JUDO | Only in RDVI |
|---|---|
| Alphabet, Inc. 7.49% | The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.27% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. 5.20% | The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 2.22% |
| Broadcom, Inc. 3.92% | GE Vernova Inc. 2.19% |
| Eli Lilly & Co. 2.30% | KLA Corporation 2.16% |
| Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) 1.51% | The Allstate Corporation 2.14% |
| Chevron Corp. 1.50% | Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2.13% |
| Johnson & Johnson 1.41% | Expedia Group, Inc. 2.13% |
| AbbVie, Inc. 1.38% | U.S. Bancorp 2.08% |
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 Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JUDO | RDVI | JUDO | RDVI | JUDO | RDVI | |
| 3 months | +1.8% | +0.3% | 1.5% | 2.1% | −0.5 pts | −6.3 pts |
| 6 months | not published | +15.1% | not published | 4.6% | not published | +2.5 pts |
| 1 year | not published | +19.2% | not published | 8.8% | not published | −8.0 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +69.2% | not published | 29.6% | not published | +15.5 pts |
| Since launch | +14.7% | +101.2% | 2.6% | 41.0% | −1.8 pts | +32.0 pts |
| JUDO Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | RDVI FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF Dividend stocks with call overlay on SCHD, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Janus Henderson | First Trust |
| Strategy | covered call | dividend stocks with call overlay |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 6.4% | 8.8% |
| Expense ratio | 0.55% | 0.75% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 2.6% (since launch on Mar 25, 2026) | 8.8% |
| Price change, 1 year | +12.1% | +9.6% |
| Total return, 1 year | +14.7% (since launch on Mar 25, 2026) | +19.2% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +27.2% |
| Ahead or behind | −1.8 pts | −8.0 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 177 days | 1429 days |
| Net assets | $7m | $3.7bn |
JUDO in plain words
Over the period since launch on Mar 25, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, JUDO paid 2.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 12.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.8 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.4%, paid monthly.
RDVI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, RDVI paid 8.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +19.2%. US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy returned +27.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 8.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.8%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, JUDO or RDVI?
- JUDO charges 0.55% a year and RDVI charges 0.75%, so JUDO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, JUDO against RDVI, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/judo-vs-rdvi Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.