Data as of .
QQQI vs RDVI: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year QQQI paid 15.2% of its price in cash against RDVI’s 8.8%, though RDVI returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: RDVI 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, QQQI and RDVI hold 25% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | QQQI | RDVI |
|---|---|---|
| Lam Research Corp | 2.37% | 2.31% |
| Applied Materials Inc | 2.51% | 2.30% |
| Micron Technology Inc | 5.61% | 2.18% |
| NVIDIA Corp | 7.66% | 2.16% |
| Microsoft Corp | 4.38% | 2.05% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 2.65% | 2.04% |
| Alphabet Inc | 3.32% | 1.97% |
| Costco Wholesale Corp | 1.77% | 1.78% |
| KLA Corp | 1.69% | 2.16% |
| Apple Inc | 6.63% | 1.66% |
| Western Digital Corp | 0.95% | 0.92% |
| Booking Holdings Inc | 0.62% | 1.26% |
| Only in QQQI | Only in RDVI |
|---|---|
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc 4.12% | The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.27% |
| Amazon.com Inc 4.05% | The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 2.22% |
| Tesla Inc 3.35% | GE Vernova Inc. 2.19% |
| Alphabet Inc 3.07% | The Allstate Corporation 2.14% |
| Intel Corp 2.99% | Expedia Group, Inc. 2.13% |
| Broadcom Inc 2.82% | JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.10% |
| Walmart Inc 2.36% | U.S. Bancorp 2.08% |
| Sandisk Corp 1.43% | Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.06% |
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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QQQI | RDVI | QQQI | RDVI | QQQI | RDVI | |
| 3 months | −0.7% | +0.3% | 3.4% | 2.1% | +1.8 pts | −6.3 pts |
| 6 months | +16.7% | +15.1% | 7.7% | 4.6% | −7.5 pts | +2.5 pts |
| 1 year | +16.4% | +19.2% | 15.2% | 8.8% | −5.3 pts | −8.0 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +69.2% | not published | 29.6% | not published | +15.5 pts |
| Since launch | +59.6% | +101.2% | 39.9% | 41.0% | −12.3 pts | +32.0 pts |
| QQQI NEOS Nasdaq-100(R) High Income ETF Option income on QQQ, paying monthly | RDVI FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF Dividend stocks with call overlay on SCHD, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | NEOS | First Trust |
| Strategy | option income | dividend stocks with call overlay |
| Benchmark | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) | US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 14.0% | 8.8% |
| Expense ratio | 0.68% | 0.75% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 15.2% | 8.8% |
| Price change, 1 year | −0.1% | +9.6% |
| Total return, 1 year | +16.4% | +19.2% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +21.8% | +27.2% |
| Ahead or behind | −5.3 pts | −8.0 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | 98% | not published |
| Age | 962 days | 1429 days |
| Net assets | $14.8bn | $3.7bn |
QQQI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QQQI paid 15.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.4%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.0%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 98% of the distribution paid Jun 18, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).
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, QQQI or RDVI?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QQQI paid 15.2% of its starting price in cash and RDVI paid 8.8%, so QQQI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
- Which returned more once distributions are counted, QQQI or RDVI?
- With every distribution reinvested, QQQI returned +16.4% and RDVI returned +19.2% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so RDVI returned more.
- Which is cheaper, QQQI or RDVI?
- QQQI charges 0.68% a year and RDVI charges 0.75%, so QQQI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Other comparisons
Where these figures came from
ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure. It is not affiliated with any issuer, and a link is not an endorsement.
Cite this page. ETFIQ, QQQI against RDVI, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/qqqi-vs-rdvi Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.