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.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

RDVI vs ROCY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

RDVI and ROCY 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 $884m for JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF.

RDVI on its own →ROCY on its own →

At a glance

9.1%

RDVI cash paid, 1 year

4.8%

ROCY cash paid, since launch, Mar 19, 2026

+22.0%

RDVI total return, 1 year

+15.3%

ROCY 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.

ROCY · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 1.8 pts behind SPY

ROCY

+15.3%

SPY

+17.1%

1.8 pts behind SPY

ROCY since launch: paid 4.8%, price +10.2%, total +15.3%, SPY +17.1%, −1.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+17.1%

ROCY

+15.3%

4.8% as cash

1.8 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.8 pts behind SPY

ROCY since launch: paid 4.8%, price +10.2%, total +15.3%, SPY +17.1%, −1.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+17.1%

ROCY

+15.3%

1.8 pts behind SPY

4.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +22.2%. ROCY since launch: paid 4.8%, price +10.2%, total +15.3%, SPY +17.1%, −1.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

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

Pair scorecard

ROCY costs 0.40 points a year less; RDVI is 4.4 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

RDVI vs ROCY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	RDVI	ROCY
Paid and earned
Measure	RDVI	ROCY
Total return, 1 year	+22.0%	not published
Price change	rose 12.2% (1 year)	rose 10.2% (since Mar 19, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	40% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	RDVI	ROCY
Benchmark	First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through RDVY	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	RDVI	ROCY
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$3.9bn	$884m
Holdings
Measure	RDVI	ROCY
Holdings in common	23%

Method

What they share

23%

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

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23% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first RDVI ROCY

Microsoft Corporation 2.16% 6.59%

NVIDIA Corporation 2.00% 8.20%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.89% 2.54%

Micron Technology, Inc. 1.83% 2.11%

Apple Inc. 1.63% 7.31%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 1.57% 4.13%

Wells Fargo & Company 1.53% 2.02%

Bank of America Corporation 1.74% 1.09%

Mastercard Incorporated 1.08% 1.88%

American Express Company 1.88% 0.98%

Lam Research Corporation 1.84% 0.89%

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 1.97% 0.78%

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%

Expedia Group, Inc. 2.17%

Chubb Limited 2.16%

Only in ROCY

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 4.16%

BROADCOM INC COMMON 2.17%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.01%

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.64%

ABBVIE INC COMMON STOCK 1.58%

TESLA INC COMMON STOCK 1.39%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.34%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 1.34%

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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 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 First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.3% 6.6%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.35%

Cash paid, 1 year 9.1% 4.8% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +12.2% +10.2% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +22.0% +15.3% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

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

Ahead or behind −0.2 pts −1.8 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 $884m

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 ROCY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	RDVI	ROCY	RDVI	ROCY	RDVI	ROCY
3 months	−1.9%	+1.1%	2.0%	1.6%	+0.6 pts	+1.2 pts
6 months	+7.9%	+6.5%	4.3%	3.5%	+0.1 pts	+1.5 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 · ROCY Mar 2026	+106.5%	+15.3%	43.0%	4.8%	−8.4 pts	−1.9 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.

ROCY

Over the period from its first trade on Mar 19, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, ROCY paid 4.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 10.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +17.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.6%, 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 to next

First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) →S&P 500 (SPY) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →RDVI on its own →ROCY on its own →RDVI dividend history →RDVI holdings →ROCY dividend history →ROCY 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 ↗

ROCY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ROCY 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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