Data as of .
RDVI vs ROCY: which paid, and which earned it?
RDVI and ROCY both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, RDVI and ROCY hold 25% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | RDVI | ROCY |
|---|---|---|
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 2.18% | 3.00% |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 2.16% | 8.37% |
| Microsoft Corporation | 2.05% | 4.97% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) | 2.04% | 2.43% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class A) | 1.97% | 5.33% |
| Lam Research Corporation | 2.31% | 1.76% |
| Apple Inc. | 1.66% | 6.71% |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 1.54% | 2.15% |
| Bank of America Corporation | 2.03% | 1.31% |
| American Express Company | 1.80% | 1.07% |
| Mastercard Incorporated | 0.94% | 1.57% |
| GE Vernova Inc. | 2.19% | 0.71% |
| Only in RDVI | Only in ROCY |
|---|---|
| Applied Materials, Inc. 2.30% | Amazon.com, Inc. 4.15% |
| The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.27% | Broadcom, Inc. 2.61% |
| The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 2.22% | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 1.69% |
| KLA Corporation 2.16% | Exxon Mobil Corp. 1.63% |
| The Allstate Corporation 2.14% | Tesla, Inc. 1.55% |
| Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2.13% | Eli Lilly & Co. 1.47% |
| Expedia Group, Inc. 2.13% | AbbVie, Inc. 1.46% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.10% | Seagate Technology Holdings plc 1.38% |
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RDVI | ROCY | RDVI | ROCY | RDVI | ROCY | |
| 3 months | +0.3% | +2.6% | 2.1% | 1.7% | −6.3 pts | +0.3 pts |
| 6 months | +15.1% | +14.8% | 4.6% | 3.7% | +2.5 pts | −3.3 pts |
| 1 year | +19.2% | not published | 8.8% | not published | −8.0 pts | not published |
| 3 years | +69.2% | not published | 29.6% | not published | +15.5 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +101.2% | +13.5% | 41.0% | 3.6% | +32.0 pts | −2.9 pts |
| RDVI FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF Dividend stocks with call overlay on SCHD, paying monthly | ROCY JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | JPMorgan |
| Strategy | dividend stocks with call overlay | covered call |
| Benchmark | US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 8.8% | 5.7% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.35% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.8% | 3.6% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | +9.6% | +9.7% |
| Total return, 1 year | +19.2% | +13.5% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +27.2% | +16.4% |
| Ahead or behind | −8.0 pts | −2.9 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 1429 days | 183 days |
| Net assets | $3.7bn | $726m |
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.
ROCY in plain words
Over the period since launch on Mar 19, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, ROCY paid 3.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.7%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, RDVI or ROCY?
- RDVI charges 0.75% a year and ROCY charges 0.35%, so ROCY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, RDVI against ROCY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/rdvi-vs-rocy Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.