Which is cheaper, RDVI or ROCQ?

RDVI charges 0.75% a year and ROCQ charges 0.35%, so ROCQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

RDVI vs ROCQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

RDVI and ROCQ both write options for income.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $3.9bn for FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF and $770m for JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF.

RDVI on its own →ROCQ on its own →

At a glance

9.1%

RDVI cash paid, 1 year

7.8%

ROCQ cash paid, since launch, Mar 19, 2026

+22.0%

RDVI total return, 1 year

+11.9%

ROCQ total return, since launch, Mar 19, 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. Total return, distributions reinvested. 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.

ROCQ · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 5.2 pts behind QQQ

ROCQ

+11.9%

QQQ

+17.1%

5.2 pts behind QQQ

ROCQ since launch: paid 7.8%, price +4.3%, total +11.9%, QQQ +17.1%, −5.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+17.1%

ROCQ

+11.9%

7.8% of it arrived as cash

5.2 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.2 pts behind QQQ

ROCQ since launch: paid 7.8%, price +4.3%, total +11.9%, QQQ +17.1%, −5.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+17.1%

ROCQ

+11.9%

5.2 pts behind QQQ

7.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +22.2%. ROCQ since launch: paid 7.8%, price +4.3%, total +11.9%, QQQ +17.1%, −5.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

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

Pair scorecard

ROCQ costs 0.40 points a year less; RDVI is 5.1 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

RDVI vs ROCQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	RDVI	ROCQ
Paid and earned
Measure	RDVI	ROCQ
Total return, 1 year	+22.0%	not published
Price change	rose 12.2% (1 year)	rose 4.3% (since Mar 19, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	40% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	RDVI	ROCQ
Benchmark	First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through RDVY	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Measure	RDVI	ROCQ
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$3.9bn	$770m
Holdings
Measure	RDVI	ROCQ
Holdings in common	14%

Method

What they share

14%

By the books each fund has filed, RDVI and ROCQ hold 14% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

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14% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first RDVI ROCQ

Microsoft Corporation 2.16% 7.25%

NVIDIA Corporation 2.00% 8.94%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.89% 3.36%

Lam Research Corporation 1.84% 2.35%

Micron Technology, Inc. 1.83% 5.12%

Apple Inc. 1.63% 8.27%

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 1.97% 1.18%

Mastercard Incorporated 1.08% 0.51%

Intuit Inc. 0.49% 0.64%

Expedia Group, Inc. 2.17% 0.24%

Howmet Aerospace Inc. 0.43% 0.21%

Abbott Laboratories 0.37% 0.18%

Only in one fund ↓

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%

Chubb Limited 2.16%

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 2.15%

Only in ROCQ

ALPHABET INC-CL C 5.12%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 4.95%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.10%

WALMART INC COMMON STOCK 4.05%

TESLA INC COMMON STOCK 2.99%

BROADCOM INC COMMON 2.71%

ANALOG DEVICES INC 2.38%

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP 2.02%

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Side by side

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 ROCQ JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust JPMorgan

Strategy dividend stocks with call overlay covered call

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

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.3% 11.6%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.35%

Cash paid, 1 year 9.1% 7.8% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +12.2% +4.3% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +22.0% +11.9% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +22.2% +17.1% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Ahead or behind −0.2 pts −5.2 pts (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Return of capital, latest estimate 40% not published

Age 4.0 years 230 days

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $3.9bn $770m

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: RDVI vs ROCQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	RDVI	ROCQ	RDVI	ROCQ	RDVI	ROCQ
3 months	−1.9%	−3.5%	2.0%	2.7%	+0.6 pts	−0.1 pts
6 months	+7.9%	−1.2%	4.3%	5.8%	+0.1 pts	−0.8 pts
1 year	+22.0%	–	9.1%	–	−0.2 pts	–
3 years	+76.0%	–	30.9%	–	−6.4 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: RDVI Oct 2022 · ROCQ Mar 2026	+106.5%	+11.9%	43.0%	7.8%	−8.4 pts	−5.2 pts

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About each fund

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). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

ROCQ

Over the period from its first trade on Mar 19, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, ROCQ paid 7.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.9%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +17.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.6%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, RDVI or ROCQ?: RDVI charges 0.75% a year and ROCQ charges 0.35%, so ROCQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) →Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →RDVI on its own →ROCQ on its own →RDVI dividend history →RDVI holdings →ROCQ dividend history →ROCQ holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

RDVI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

RDVI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

RDVI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for RDVI ↗

ROCQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ROCQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

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How this is computed

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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