Which paid more, QQQY or SDVD?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQY paid 29.9% of its starting price in cash and SDVD paid 9.7%, so QQQY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, QQQY or SDVD?

With every distribution reinvested, QQQY returned +13.6% and SDVD +18.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, QQQY or SDVD?

QQQY charges 1.01% a year and SDVD charges 0.85%, so SDVD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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QQQY vs SDVD: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQY paid 29.9% of its price in cash against SDVD’s 9.7%, though SDVD returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $178m for Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution ETF and $903m for FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF.

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At a glance

29.9%

QQQY cash paid, 1 year

9.7%

SDVD cash paid, 1 year

+13.6%

QQQY total return, 1 year

+18.9%

SDVD total return, 1 year

QQQY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

QQQY

+13.6%

QQQ

+12.3%

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

QQQY over 1 year: paid 29.9%, price −17.8%, total +13.6%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QQQY

+13.6%

29.9% of it arrived as cash

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

QQQY over 1 year: paid 29.9%, price −17.8%, total +13.6%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QQQY

+13.6%

29.9% as cash

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

29.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. QQQY over 1 year: paid 29.9%, price −17.8%, total +13.6%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SDVD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.4 pts ahead of SDVY

SDVD

+18.9%

SDVY

+17.5%

1.4 pts ahead of SDVY

SDVD over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price +8.6%, total +18.9%, SDVY +17.5%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SDVY

+17.5%

SDVD

+18.9%

9.7% of it arrived as cash

1.4 pts ahead of SDVY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.4 pts ahead of SDVY

SDVD over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price +8.6%, total +18.9%, SDVY +17.5%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SDVY

+17.5%

SDVD

+18.9%

9.7% cash

1.4 pts ahead of SDVY

9.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SDVD over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price +8.6%, total +18.9%, SDVY +17.5%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SDVD costs 0.16 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.3 points; SDVD is 5.1 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QQQY vs SDVD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QQQY	SDVD
Paid and earned
Measure	QQQY	SDVD
Total return, 1 year	+13.6%	+18.9%
Price change, 1 year	fell 17.8%	rose 8.6%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	81% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	22% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	QQQY	SDVD
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through SDVY
Cost and size
Measure	QQQY	SDVD
Expense ratio	1.01%	0.85%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$178m	$903m
Holdings
Measure	QQQY	SDVD
Holdings in common	0%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · SDVD scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score33.8QQQY84.7SDVD

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

QQQY 33.8

SDVD 84.7

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

Sep 22, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026 · 162 weekly returns

QQQY SDVD

Return

Total return edge SDVD (slight) +54.5% +59.1%

Annualized edge SDVD (slight) +15.0% +16.1%

Price return edge SDVD −65.0% +20.8%

Risk

Volatility edge QQQY 14.9% 16.8%

Max drawdown edge QQQY −18.3% −22.2%

Downside capture 85.5% 95.9%

Beta 0.71 0.94

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge Tie 0.71 0.71

Sortino edge SDVD (slight) 1.01 1.04

Treynor 0.148 0.109

Calmar edge QQQY 0.82 0.73

Against the benchmark

Alpha −3.0% a year +0.8% a year

Alpha t-stat −1.01 0.75

Information ratio −1.11 0.10

Tracking error 7.6% 2.1%

Each against its own benchmark: QQQY against QQQ, Sep 22, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026; SDVD against SDVY, Aug 18, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Sep 2023 to Oct 2026, SDVD returned slightly more: +59.1% to +54.5%. QQQY swung less: 14.9% to 16.8%. QQQY fell less at its worst: −18.3% to −22.2%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: QQQY vs SDVD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QQQY	SDVD	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+54.5%	+59.1%	SDVD (slight)	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+15.0%	+16.1%	SDVD (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−65.0%	+20.8%	SDVD	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	14.9%	16.8%	QQQY	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	10.5%	11.4%	QQQY (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−18.3%	−22.2%	QQQY	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	61.4%	93.3%		Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	85.5%	95.9%		Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	0.71	0.94	Not an edge	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.88	0.99	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.71	0.71	Tie	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.01	1.04	SDVD (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.148	0.109		Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.82	0.73	QQQY	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	QQQ	SDVY		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	−3.0% a year	+0.8% a year	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	−1.01	0.75	Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−9.0% to +2.9%	−1.3% to +2.9%	Includes zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	−1.11	0.10		Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	7.6%	2.1%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 162 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, QQQY and SDVD hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QQQY SDVD

Only in one fund ↓

Only in QQQY

Ndx 12/18/2026 1000.34 C 98.45%

Ndx 11/05/2026 28516.79 C 0.38%

Ndx 11/05/2026 28437.17 C -0.51%

Only in SDVD

The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 1.09%

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated 1.06%

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 1.06%

Veralto Corporation 1.05%

Assurant, Inc. 1.02%

Interparfums, Inc. 1.02%

National HealthCare Corporation 1.02%

VeriSign, Inc. 1.02%

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Side by side

QQQY Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying weekly SDVD FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF · Writes calls on the Russell 2000, investing in the Nasdaq US Small-Mid Cap Rising Dividend Achievers Index, paying monthly

Issuer Defiance First Trust

Strategy option income dividend stocks with call overlay

Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY)

Pays weekly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 31.5% 8.2%

Expense ratio 1.01% 0.85%

Cash paid, 1 year 29.9% 9.7%

Price change, 1 year −17.8% +8.6%

Total return, 1 year +13.6% +18.9%

Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +17.5%

Ahead or behind +1.3 pts +1.4 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 81% 22%

Age 3.1 years 3.2 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $178m $903m

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: QQQY vs SDVD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	QQQY	SDVD	QQQY	SDVD	QQQY	SDVD
3 months	−3.5%	−2.3%	7.3%	2.0%	−0.1 pts	+0.5 pts
6 months	+0.4%	+3.3%	15.4%	4.1%	+0.7 pts	+0.9 pts
1 year	+13.6%	+18.9%	29.9%	9.7%	+1.3 pts	+1.4 pts
3 years	+51.9%	+60.8%	88.2%	31.3%	−39.4 pts	+1.0 pts
Since launchNot the same days: QQQY Sep 2023 · SDVD Aug 2023	+49.8%	+53.9%	88.1%	31.3%	−37.0 pts	+1.9 pts

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About each fund

QQQY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQY paid 29.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 17.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.6%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.3 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 31.5%, paid weekly. Defiance estimates that 81% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

SDVD

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SDVD paid 9.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.9%. First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY) returned +17.5% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.2%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 22% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, QQQY or SDVD?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQY paid 29.9% of its starting price in cash and SDVD paid 9.7%, so QQQY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, QQQY or SDVD?: With every distribution reinvested, QQQY returned +13.6% and SDVD +18.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, QQQY or SDVD?: QQQY charges 1.01% a year and SDVD charges 0.85%, so SDVD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY) →QQQY on its own →SDVD on its own →QQQY dividend history →QQQY holdings →SDVD dividend history →SDVD holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

QQQY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QQQY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

QQQY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Defiance page for QQQY ↗

SDVD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SDVD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SDVD 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for SDVD ↗

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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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