Which is cheaper, KIQQ or SDVD?

KIQQ charges 0.79% a year and SDVD charges 0.85%, so KIQQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

KIQQ vs SDVD: Dividend Yield & Total Return

KIQQ and SDVD both write options for income.

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Net assets: $2.4m on Nov 4, 2026 for KraneShares InspereX Nasdaq Dynamic Buffered High Income Index ETF, and $903m on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF.

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At a glance

6.9%

KIQQ cash paid, since launch, Jan 7, 2026

9.7%

SDVD cash paid, 1 year

+0.9%

KIQQ total return, since launch, Jan 7, 2026

+18.9%

SDVD total return, 1 year

KIQQ · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 10.4 pts behind QQQ

KIQQ

+0.9%

QQQ

+11.3%

10.4 pts behind QQQ

KIQQ since launch: paid 6.9%, price −6.0%, total +0.9%, QQQ +11.3%, −10.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+11.3%

KIQQ

+0.9%

10.4 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

10.4 pts behind QQQ

KIQQ since launch: paid 6.9%, price −6.0%, total +0.9%, QQQ +11.3%, −10.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+11.3%

KIQQ

+0.9%

10.4 pts behind QQQ

6.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. KIQQ since launch: paid 6.9%, price −6.0%, total +0.9%, QQQ +11.3%, −10.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SDVD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.4 pts ahead of SDVY

SDVD

+18.9%

SDVY

+17.5%

1.4 pts ahead of SDVY

SDVD over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price +8.6%, total +18.9%, SDVY +17.5%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SDVY

+17.5%

SDVD

+18.9%

9.7% of it arrived as cash

1.4 pts ahead of SDVY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.4 pts ahead of SDVY

SDVD over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price +8.6%, total +18.9%, SDVY +17.5%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SDVY

+17.5%

SDVD

+18.9%

9.7% cash

1.4 pts ahead of SDVY

9.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SDVD over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price +8.6%, total +18.9%, SDVY +17.5%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

KIQQ costs 0.06 points a year less; SDVD is far larger, $903m against $2.3m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

KIQQ vs SDVD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	KIQQ	SDVD
Paid and earned
Measure	KIQQ	SDVD
Total return, 1 year	not published	+18.9%
Price change	fell 6.0% (since Jan 7, 2026)	rose 8.6% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	99% of the Sep 30, 2026 payment	22% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	KIQQ	SDVD
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through SDVY
Cost and size
Measure	KIQQ	SDVD
Expense ratio	0.79%	0.85%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$2.3m	$903m
Holdings
Measure	KIQQ	SDVD
Holdings in common	0%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, KIQQ and SDVD hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first KIQQ SDVD

Only in one fund ↓

Only in KIQQ

+NDXDBHIO/-FED FUNDS 97.94%

APPLE INC 9.00%

NVIDIA CORP 8.54%

MICROSOFT CORP 7.18%

AMAZON.COM INC 4.97%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 4.32%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 3.92%

TESLA INC 3.55%

Only in SDVD

The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 1.09%

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated 1.06%

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 1.06%

Veralto Corporation 1.05%

Assurant, Inc. 1.02%

Interparfums, Inc. 1.02%

National HealthCare Corporation 1.02%

VeriSign, Inc. 1.02%

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Side by side

KIQQ KraneShares InspereX Nasdaq Dynamic Buffered High Income Index ETF · Buffer with income on QQQ, paying monthly SDVD FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF · Writes calls on the Russell 2000, investing in the Nasdaq US Small-Mid Cap Rising Dividend Achievers Index, paying monthly

Issuer KraneShares First Trust

Strategy buffer with income dividend stocks with call overlay

Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 7.5% 8.2%

Expense ratio 0.79% 0.85%

Cash paid, 1 year 6.9% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026) 9.7%

Price change, 1 year −6.0% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026) +8.6%

Total return, 1 year +0.9% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026) +18.9%

Benchmark return, 1 year +11.3% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026) +17.5%

Ahead or behind −10.4 pts (since launch, Jan 7, 2026) +1.4 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 99% 22%

Age 301 days 3.2 years

Net assets, KIQQ as of Nov 4, 2026 and SDVD as of Nov 3, 2026 $2.4m $903m

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: KIQQ vs SDVD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	KIQQ	SDVD	KIQQ	SDVD	KIQQ	SDVD
3 months	−3.7%	−2.3%	1.7%	2.0%	−0.2 pts	+0.5 pts
6 months	−4.4%	+3.3%	3.7%	4.1%	−4.0 pts	+0.9 pts
1 year	–	+18.9%	–	9.7%	–	+1.4 pts
3 years	–	+60.8%	–	31.3%	–	+1.0 pts
Since launchNot the same days: KIQQ Jan 2026 · SDVD Aug 2023	+0.9%	+53.9%	6.9%	31.3%	−10.4 pts	+1.9 pts

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About each fund

KIQQ

Over the period from its first trade on Jan 7, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, KIQQ paid 6.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 6.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.9%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +11.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.5%, paid monthly. KraneShares estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Sep 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

SDVD

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SDVD paid 9.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.9%. First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY) returned +17.5% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.2%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 22% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, KIQQ or SDVD?: KIQQ charges 0.79% a year and SDVD charges 0.85%, so KIQQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →KIQQ on its own →SDVD on its own →KIQQ dividend history →KIQQ holdings →SDVD dividend history →SDVD holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

KIQQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

KIQQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

KIQQ 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

KraneShares page for KIQQ ↗

SDVD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SDVD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SDVD 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for SDVD ↗

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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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