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KHPI vs SDVD: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year SDVD paid 9.2% of its price in cash against KHPI’s 9.1% and the two finished level on total return.

Kensington Hedged Premium Income ETF and FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF.

9.1%KHPI cash paid, 1 year
9.2%SDVD cash paid, 1 year
+11.0%KHPI total return, 1 year
+10.8%SDVD total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: KHPI scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

KHPI 55.5SDVD 37.83.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

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

KHPI5.5 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%KHPI+11.0%9.1% of it arrived as cash5.5 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%KHPI+11.0%5.5 pts behind SPY
SDVD16.4 pts behind SCHD · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SCHD+27.2%SDVD+10.8%9.2% of it arrived as cash16.4 pts behind SCHDTotal return, distributions reinvestedSCHD+27.2%SDVD+10.8%16.4 pts behind SCHD

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, KHPI and SDVD hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in KHPIOnly in SDVD
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.00%National HealthCare Corporation 1.12%
First BanCorp. 1.04%
OFG Bancorp 1.03%
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 1.01%
Interparfums, Inc. 1.00%
Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporat 1.00%
VeriSign, Inc. 1.00%
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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

KHPI and SDVD over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
KHPISDVDKHPISDVDKHPISDVD
3 months+1.9%−0.1%2.2%2.1%−0.3 pts−6.7 pts
6 months+11.3%+8.3%4.7%4.4%−6.8 pts−4.3 pts
1 year+11.0%+10.8%9.1%9.2%−5.5 pts−16.4 pts
3 yearsnot published+53.0%not published30.7%not published−0.7 pts
Since launch+24.6%+47.6%18.4%29.7%−17.7 pts−4.1 pts
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KHPI and SDVD on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
KHPI
Kensington Hedged Premium 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
IssuerKensingtonFirst Trust
Strategycovered calldividend stocks with call overlay
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyUS dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized9.0%8.8%
Expense ratio0.98%0.85%
Cash paid, 1 year9.1%9.2%
Price change, 1 year+1.5%+1.2%
Total return, 1 year+11.0%+10.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+27.2%
Ahead or behind−5.5 pts−16.4 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age743 days1135 days
Net assets$401m$888m

KHPI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, KHPI paid 9.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.0%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.5 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, KHPI or SDVD?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, KHPI paid 9.1% 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, KHPI or SDVD?
With every distribution reinvested, KHPI returned +11.0% and SDVD returned +10.8% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so KHPI returned more.
Which is cheaper, KHPI or SDVD?
KHPI charges 0.98% a year and SDVD charges 0.85%, so SDVD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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KHPI against SDVD, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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