Data as of .
RDVI vs SDTY: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year SDTY paid 24.4% of its price in cash against RDVI’s 8.8%, though RDVI returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: RDVI scores higher
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A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, RDVI and SDTY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in RDVI | Only in SDTY |
|---|---|
| Lam Research Corporation 2.31% | TREASURY BILL 92.47% |
| Applied Materials, Inc. 2.30% | TREASURY BILL 3.84% |
| The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.27% | TREASURY BILL 3.68% |
| The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 2.22% | |
| GE Vernova Inc. 2.19% | |
| Micron Technology, Inc. 2.18% | |
| KLA Corporation 2.16% | |
| NVIDIA Corporation 2.16% |
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 Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RDVI | SDTY | RDVI | SDTY | RDVI | SDTY | |
| 3 months | +0.3% | +3.2% | 2.1% | 5.9% | −6.3 pts | +1.0 pts |
| 6 months | +15.1% | +16.5% | 4.6% | 13.7% | +2.5 pts | −1.6 pts |
| 1 year | +19.2% | +15.8% | 8.8% | 24.4% | −8.0 pts | −0.8 pts |
| 3 years | +69.2% | not published | 29.6% | not published | +15.5 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +101.2% | +22.3% | 41.0% | 35.4% | +32.0 pts | −5.8 pts |
| RDVI FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF Dividend stocks with call overlay on SCHD, paying monthly | SDTY YieldMax(R) S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF 0DTE covered call on SPY, paying weekly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | YieldMax |
| Strategy | dividend stocks with call overlay | 0DTE covered call |
| Benchmark | US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| Pays | monthly | weekly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 8.8% | 19.8% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 1.08% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.8% | 24.4% |
| Price change, 1 year | +9.6% | −10.8% |
| Total return, 1 year | +19.2% | +15.8% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +27.2% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | −8.0 pts | −0.8 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | 100% |
| Age | 1429 days | 589 days |
| Net assets | $3.7bn | $28m |
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.
SDTY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SDTY paid 24.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.8%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.8 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 19.8%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Sep 17, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, RDVI or SDTY?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, RDVI paid 8.8% of its starting price in cash and SDTY paid 24.4%, so SDTY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
- Which returned more once distributions are counted, RDVI or SDTY?
- With every distribution reinvested, RDVI returned +19.2% and SDTY returned +15.8% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so RDVI returned more.
- Which is cheaper, RDVI or SDTY?
- RDVI charges 0.75% a year and SDTY charges 1.08%, so RDVI 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 SDTY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/rdvi-vs-sdty Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.