Data as of .
OCTJ vs SDVD: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year SDVD paid 9.2% of its price in cash against OCTJ’s 5.2%, and returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: OCTJ scores higher
Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?
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
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, OCTJ and SDVD hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in OCTJ | Only in SDVD |
|---|---|
| TREASURY BILL 98.69% | National HealthCare Corporation 1.12% |
| TREASURY BILL 1.31% | 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 Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCTJ | SDVD | OCTJ | SDVD | OCTJ | SDVD | |
| 3 months | +1.1% | −0.1% | 1.3% | 2.1% | −1.1 pts | −6.7 pts |
| 6 months | +4.0% | +8.3% | 2.7% | 4.4% | −14.1 pts | −4.3 pts |
| 1 year | +5.5% | +10.8% | 5.2% | 9.2% | −11.1 pts | −16.4 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +53.0% | not published | 30.7% | not published | −0.7 pts |
| Since launch | +18.9% | +47.6% | 15.9% | 29.7% | −66.0 pts | −4.1 pts |
| OCTJ Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - October Defined income on SPY, paying quarterly | SDVD FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF Dividend stocks with call overlay on SCHD, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Innovator | First Trust |
| Strategy | defined income | dividend stocks with call overlay |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy |
| Pays | quarterly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 5.3% | 8.8% |
| Expense ratio | 0.79% | 0.85% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 5.2% | 9.2% |
| Price change, 1 year | +0.1% | +1.2% |
| Total return, 1 year | +5.5% | +10.8% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +27.2% |
| Ahead or behind | −11.1 pts | −16.4 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 1082 days | 1135 days |
| Net assets | $15m | $888m |
OCTJ in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OCTJ paid 5.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 11.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.3%, paid quarterly.
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, OCTJ or SDVD?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OCTJ paid 5.2% 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, OCTJ or SDVD?
- With every distribution reinvested, OCTJ returned +5.5% and SDVD returned +10.8% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so SDVD returned more.
- Which is cheaper, OCTJ or SDVD?
- OCTJ charges 0.79% a year and SDVD charges 0.85%, so OCTJ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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