Data as of .
OEI vs SDVD: which paid, and which earned it?
OEI and SDVD both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, OEI and SDVD hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in OEI | Only in SDVD |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp 8.32% | National HealthCare Corporation 1.12% |
| Microsoft Corp 5.99% | First BanCorp. 1.04% |
| Amazon.com Inc 4.56% | OFG Bancorp 1.03% |
| Apple Inc 4.28% | The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 1.01% |
| Alphabet Inc 3.48% | Interparfums, Inc. 1.00% |
| Broadcom Inc 3.04% | Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporat 1.00% |
| Alphabet Inc 2.79% | VeriSign, Inc. 1.00% |
| Micron Technology Inc 2.57% | 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 Jul 31, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OEI | SDVD | OEI | SDVD | OEI | SDVD | |
| 3 months | +4.8% | −0.1% | 2.3% | 2.1% | +2.5 pts | −6.7 pts |
| 6 months | +12.5% | +8.3% | 4.9% | 4.4% | −5.6 pts | −4.3 pts |
| 1 year | not published | +10.8% | not published | 9.2% | not published | −16.4 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +53.0% | not published | 30.7% | not published | −0.7 pts |
| Since launch | +14.4% | +47.6% | 8.6% | 29.7% | −0.9 pts | −4.1 pts |
| OEI Optimized Equity Income ETF Option income on SPY, paying monthly | SDVD FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF Dividend stocks with call overlay on SCHD, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Core Alternative | First Trust |
| Strategy | option income | dividend stocks with call overlay |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy | US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 9.2% | 8.8% |
| Expense ratio | 1.02% | 0.85% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.6% (since launch on Oct 22, 2025) | 9.2% |
| Price change, 1 year | +5.2% | +1.2% |
| Total return, 1 year | +14.4% (since launch on Oct 22, 2025) | +10.8% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +15.3% | +27.2% |
| Ahead or behind | −0.9 pts | −16.4 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 331 days | 1135 days |
| Net assets | $46m | $888m |
OEI in plain words
Over the period since launch on Oct 22, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, OEI paid 8.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.4%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +15.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.2%, 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 is cheaper, OEI or SDVD?
- OEI charges 1.02% 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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Cite this page. ETFIQ, OEI against SDVD, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/oei-vs-sdvd Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.