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OVLH vs RDVI: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year RDVI paid 8.8% of its price in cash against OVLH’s 0.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Overlay Shares Hedged Large Cap Equity ETF and FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF.

0.3%OVLH cash paid, 1 year
8.8%RDVI cash paid, 1 year
+9.1%OVLH total return, 1 year
+19.2%RDVI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: RDVI scores higher

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

OVLH 61.5RDVI 62.83.8, 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

OVLH7.5 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%OVLH+9.1%7.5 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%OVLH+9.1%7.5 pts behind SPY
RDVI8 pts behind SCHD · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SCHD+27.2%RDVI+19.2%8.8% of it arrived as cash8 pts behind SCHDTotal return, distributions reinvestedSCHD+27.2%RDVI+19.2%8 pts behind SCHD

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in OVLHOnly in RDVI
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.00%Lam Research Corporation 2.31%
Applied Materials, Inc. 2.30%
The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.27%
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 2.22%
GE Vernova Inc. 2.19%
Micron Technology, Inc. 2.18%
KLA Corporation 2.16%
NVIDIA Corporation 2.16%

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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

OVLH and RDVI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
OVLHRDVIOVLHRDVIOVLHRDVI
3 months+0.5%+0.3%0.0%2.1%−1.7 pts−6.3 pts
6 months+11.0%+15.1%0.0%4.6%−7.0 pts+2.5 pts
1 year+9.1%+19.2%0.3%8.8%−7.5 pts−8.0 pts
3 years+54.7%+69.2%1.7%29.6%−23.7 pts+15.5 pts
Since launch+73.7%+101.2%3.1%41.0%−45.2 pts+32.0 pts
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OVLH and RDVI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
OVLH
Overlay Shares Hedged Large Cap Equity ETF
Put-selling overlay, hedged on SPY, paying annual
RDVI
FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF
Dividend stocks with call overlay on SCHD, paying monthly
IssuerOverlay SharesFirst Trust
Strategyput-selling overlay, hedgeddividend stocks with call overlay
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy
Paysannualmonthly
Payout rate, annualized0.3%8.8%
Expense rationot published0.75%
Cash paid, 1 year0.3%8.8%
Price change, 1 year+8.8%+9.6%
Total return, 1 year+9.1%+19.2%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+27.2%
Ahead or behind−7.5 pts−8.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age2072 days1429 days
Net assets$116m$3.7bn

OVLH in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OVLH paid 0.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.3%, paid annual.

RDVI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, RDVI paid 8.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +19.2%. US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy returned +27.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 8.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.8%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, OVLH or RDVI?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OVLH paid 0.3% of its starting price in cash and RDVI paid 8.8%, so RDVI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, OVLH or RDVI?
With every distribution reinvested, OVLH returned +9.1% and RDVI returned +19.2% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so RDVI returned more.

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Where these figures came from

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OVLH against RDVI, 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.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, OVLH against RDVI, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/ovlh-vs-rdvi Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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