Which paid more, QRMI or RDVI?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QRMI paid 11.6% of its starting price in cash and RDVI paid 9.1%, so QRMI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, QRMI or RDVI?

With every distribution reinvested, QRMI returned +3.7% and RDVI +22.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, QRMI or RDVI?

QRMI charges 0.60% a year and RDVI charges 0.75%, so QRMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

QRMI vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QRMI paid 11.6% of its price in cash against RDVI’s 9.1%, though RDVI returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $15m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X NASDAQ 100 Risk Managed Income ETF, and $3.9bn on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF.

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At a glance

11.6%

QRMI cash paid, 1 year

9.1%

RDVI cash paid, 1 year

+3.7%

QRMI total return, 1 year

+22.0%

RDVI total return, 1 year

QRMI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 8.6 pts behind QQQ

QRMI

+3.7%

QQQ

+12.3%

8.6 pts behind QQQ

QRMI over 1 year: paid 11.6%, price −8.1%, total +3.7%, QQQ +12.3%, −8.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QRMI

+3.7%

11.6% as cash

8.6 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

8.6 pts behind QQQ

QRMI over 1 year: paid 11.6%, price −8.1%, total +3.7%, QQQ +12.3%, −8.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QRMI

+3.7%

8.6 pts behind QQQ

11.6% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. QRMI over 1 year: paid 11.6%, price −8.1%, total +3.7%, QQQ +12.3%, −8.6 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, with zero at the line. RDVI over 1 year: paid 9.1%, price +12.2%, total +22.0%, RDVY +22.2%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QRMI costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.3 points; RDVI is far larger, $3.8bn against $15m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QRMI vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QRMI	RDVI
Paid and earned
Measure	QRMI	RDVI
Total return, 1 year	+3.7%	+22.0%
Price change, 1 year	fell 8.1%	rose 12.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	100% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment	40% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	QRMI	RDVI
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through RDVY
Cost and size
Measure	QRMI	RDVI
Expense ratio	0.60%	0.75%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$15m	$3.8bn
Holdings
Measure	QRMI	RDVI
Holdings in common	23%

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

IQ Income Score27.2QRMI92.5RDVI

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

QRMI 27.2

RDVI 92.5

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

What they share

23%

By the books each fund has filed, QRMI and RDVI hold 23% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

23% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QRMI RDVI

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.78% 2.16%

NVIDIA CORPORATION 8.14% 2.00%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION 1.96% 2.02%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 2.77% 1.89%

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 1.86% 1.97%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4.29% 1.83%

LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 1.70% 1.84%

APPLE INC. 7.60% 1.63%

ALPHABET INC. 3.48% 1.57%

KLA CORPORATION 1.11% 1.90%

WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION 0.88% 0.72%

BOOKING HOLDINGS INC. 0.70% 1.16%

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Only in QRMI

AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.90%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.60%

ALPHABET INC. 3.26%

BROADCOM INC. 3.10%

TESLA, INC. 2.60%

WALMART INC. 2.51%

INTEL CORPORATION 2.10%

NETFLIX, INC. 1.40%

Only in RDVI

The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.39%

Accenture plc 2.35%

Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.35%

Veralto Corporation 2.34%

The Allstate Corporation 2.23%

Expedia Group, Inc. 2.17%

Chubb Limited 2.16%

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 2.15%

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Side by side

QRMI Global X NASDAQ 100 Risk Managed Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, 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

Issuer Global X First Trust

Strategy option income dividend stocks with call overlay

Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 12.2% 8.3%

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.75%

Cash paid, 1 year 11.6% 9.1%

Price change, 1 year −8.1% +12.2%

Total return, 1 year +3.7% +22.0%

Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +22.2%

Ahead or behind −8.6 pts −0.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 40%

Age 5.2 years 4.0 years

Net assets, QRMI as of Oct 12, 2026 and RDVI as of Nov 3, 2026 $15m $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: QRMI vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	QRMI	RDVI	QRMI	RDVI	QRMI	RDVI
3 months	−0.1%	−1.9%	3.0%	2.0%	+3.4 pts	+0.6 pts
6 months	+1.0%	+7.9%	5.9%	4.3%	+1.3 pts	+0.1 pts
1 year	+3.7%	+22.0%	11.6%	9.1%	−8.6 pts	−0.2 pts
3 years	+25.7%	+76.0%	35.0%	30.9%	−65.7 pts	−6.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: QRMI Aug 2021 · RDVI Oct 2022	+8.5%	+106.5%	42.0%	43.0%	−83.2 pts	−8.4 pts

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About each fund

QRMI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QRMI paid 11.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 8.6 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.2%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 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, QRMI or RDVI?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QRMI paid 11.6% of its starting price in cash and RDVI paid 9.1%, so QRMI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, QRMI or RDVI?: With every distribution reinvested, QRMI returned +3.7% and RDVI +22.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, QRMI or RDVI?: QRMI charges 0.60% a year and RDVI charges 0.75%, so QRMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) →QRMI on its own →RDVI on its own →QRMI dividend history →QRMI holdings →RDVI dividend history →RDVI holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

QRMI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QRMI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

QRMI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for QRMI ↗

RDVI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

RDVI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

RDVI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for RDVI ↗

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It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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