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OVL vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OVL paid 9.9% of its price in cash against RDVI’s 9.1%, though RDVI returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $427m on Aug 31, 2026 for Overlay Shares Large Cap Equity ETF, and $3.9bn on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF.

At a glance
9.9%
OVL cash paid, 1 year
9.1%
RDVI cash paid, 1 year
+17.2%
OVL total return, 1 year
+22.0%
RDVI total return, 1 year
OVL · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.4 pts ahead of VOO
OVL
+17.2%
VOO
+14.8%

2.4 pts ahead of VOO

OVL over 1 year: paid 9.9%, price +6.6%, total +17.2%, VOO +14.8%, +2.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

OVL

+17.2%

9.9% of it arrived as cash

2.4 pts ahead of VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.4 pts ahead of VOO

OVL over 1 year: paid 9.9%, price +6.6%, total +17.2%, VOO +14.8%, +2.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

OVL

+17.2%

2.4 pts ahead of VOO

9.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. OVL over 1 year: paid 9.9%, price +6.6%, total +17.2%, VOO +14.8%, +2.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
RDVI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with RDVY
RDVI
+22.0%
RDVY
+22.2%

About even with RDVY

RDVI over 1 year: paid 9.1%, price +12.2%, total +22.0%, RDVY +22.2%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

RDVY

+22.2%

RDVI

+22.0%

9.1% of it arrived as cash

about even with RDVY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with RDVY

RDVI over 1 year: paid 9.1%, price +12.2%, total +22.0%, RDVY +22.2%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

RDVY

+22.2%

RDVI

+22.0%

about even with RDVY

9.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +22.2%. RDVI over 1 year: paid 9.1%, price +12.2%, total +22.0%, RDVY +22.2%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +22.2%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

RDVI costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.8 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

OVL vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureOVLRDVI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+17.2%+22.0%
Price change, 1 yearrose 6.6%rose 12.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment40% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOOFirst Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through RDVY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.79%0.75%
Net assets, OVL as of Aug 31, 2026 and RDVI as of Nov 3, 2026$427m$3.9bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · RDVI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score81.7OVL92.5RDVI

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

Risk and return

Oct 28, 2022 to Oct 30, 2026 · 209 weekly returns
OVL RDVI
Return
Total return edge OVL +115.2% +86.1%
Annualized edge OVL +21.0% +16.7%
Price return edge OVL +76.7% +31.5%
Risk
Volatility edge RDVI (slight) 16.3% 15.3%
Max drawdown edge RDVI −19.1% −16.4%
Downside capture 108.9% 97.1%
Beta 1.13 0.95
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge OVL 0.97 0.79
Sortino edge OVL 1.49 1.19
Treynor 0.130 0.126
Calmar edge OVL (slight) 1.10 1.02
Against the benchmark
Alpha −0.6% a year −0.4% a year
Alpha t-stat −0.66 −0.67
Information ratio 0.34 −0.72
Tracking error 3.4% 1.3%

Each against its own benchmark: OVL against VOO, Oct 11, 2019 to Oct 30, 2026; RDVI against RDVY, Oct 28, 2022 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Oct 2022 to Oct 2026, OVL returned more: +115.2% to +86.1%. RDVI swung slightly less: 15.3% to 16.3%. RDVI fell less at its worst: −16.4% to −19.1%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: OVL vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureOVLRDVIEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+115.2%+86.1%OVLPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+21.0%+16.7%OVLTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+76.7%+31.5%OVLPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility16.3%15.3%RDVI (slight)Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation10.6%10.1%RDVI (slight)Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−19.1%−16.4%RDVIDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture121.3%92.9%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture108.9%97.1%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta1.130.95Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.990.99Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.970.79OVLReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.491.19OVLReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1300.126Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.101.02OVL (slight)Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkVOORDVYThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−0.6% a year−0.4% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−0.66−0.67Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−2.4% to +1.2%−1.5% to +0.7%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio0.34−0.72Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error3.4%1.3%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 209 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, OVL and RDVI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first OVL RDVI
Only in one fund ↓
Only in OVL
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 99.97%
Only in RDVI
The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.39%
Accenture plc 2.35%
Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.35%
Veralto Corporation 2.34%
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2.32%
The Allstate Corporation 2.23%
Expedia Group, Inc. 2.17%
Chubb Limited 2.16%
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Side by side

OVL Overlay Shares Large Cap Equity ETF · Put-selling overlay on VOO, paying monthly RDVI FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF · Writes calls on the S&P 500, measured against the Nasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers Index, paying monthly
Strategy put-selling overlay dividend stocks with call overlay
Benchmark Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 10.6% 8.3%
Expense ratio 0.79% 0.75%
Cash paid, 1 year 9.9% 9.1%
Price change, 1 year +6.6% +12.2%
Total return, 1 year +17.2% +22.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +22.2%
Ahead or behind +2.4 pts −0.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 40%
Age 7.1 years 4.0 years
Net assets, OVL as of Aug 31, 2026 and RDVI as of Nov 3, 2026 $427m $3.9bn

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: OVL vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowOVLRDVIOVLRDVIOVLRDVI
3 months−0.5%−1.9%2.6%2.0%−0.4 pts+0.6 pts
6 months+4.4%+7.9%5.2%4.3%−0.6 pts+0.1 pts
1 year+17.2%+22.0%9.9%9.1%+2.4 pts−0.2 pts
3 years+92.6%+76.0%23.9%30.9%+9.3 pts−6.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: OVL Oct 2019 · RDVI Oct 2022+204.4%+106.5%51.2%43.0%+14.4 pts−8.4 pts

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About each fund
OVL

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OVL paid 9.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.2%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.6%, paid monthly. Overlay Shares estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 29, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

RDVI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RDVI paid 9.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 12.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +22.0%. First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) returned +22.2% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.3%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 40% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, OVL or RDVI?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OVL paid 9.9% of its starting price in cash and RDVI paid 9.1%, so OVL paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, OVL or RDVI?
With every distribution reinvested, OVL returned +17.2% and RDVI +22.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, OVL or RDVI?
OVL charges 0.79% a year and RDVI charges 0.75%, so RDVI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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