Which is cheaper, RDVI or SIOO?

RDVI charges 0.75% a year and SIOO charges 0.59%, so SIOO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

RDVI vs SIOO: Dividend Yield & Total Return

RDVI and SIOO 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 $25m for VistaShares Target 15 S&P 100 Distribution ETF.

RDVI on its own →SIOO on its own →

At a glance

9.1%

RDVI cash paid, 1 year

13.6%

SIOO cash paid, since launch, Dec 11, 2025

+22.0%

RDVI total return, 1 year

+10.8%

SIOO total return, since launch, Dec 11, 2025

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.

SIOO · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 About even with OEF

SIOO

+10.8%

OEF

+10.9%

About even with OEF

SIOO since launch: paid 13.6%, price −3.6%, total +10.8%, OEF +10.9%, −0.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

OEF

+10.9%

SIOO

+10.8%

13.6% of it arrived as cash

about even with OEF

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with OEF

SIOO since launch: paid 13.6%, price −3.6%, total +10.8%, OEF +10.9%, −0.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

OEF

+10.9%

SIOO

+10.8%

about even with OEF

13.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SIOO since launch: paid 13.6%, price −3.6%, total +10.8%, OEF +10.9%, −0.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SIOO costs 0.16 points a year less; RDVI is far larger, $3.9bn against $25m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

RDVI vs SIOO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	RDVI	SIOO
Paid and earned
Measure	RDVI	SIOO
Total return, 1 year	+22.0%	not published
Price change	rose 12.2% (1 year)	fell 3.6% (since Dec 11, 2025)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	40% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	97% of the Oct 27, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	RDVI	SIOO
Benchmark	First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through RDVY	S&P 100, measured through OEF
Cost and size
Measure	RDVI	SIOO
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.59%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$3.9bn	$25m
Holdings
Measure	RDVI	SIOO
Holdings in common	22%

Method

What they share

22%

By the books each fund has filed, RDVI and SIOO hold 22% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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22% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first RDVI SIOO

Microsoft Corporation 2.16% 6.30%

NVIDIA Corporation 2.00% 8.37%

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.02% 1.92%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.89% 2.84%

Micron Technology, Inc. 1.83% 1.84%

Apple Inc. 1.63% 9.09%

Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.35% 1.51%

Mastercard Incorporated 1.08% 1.11%

Costco Wholesale Corporation 2.02% 0.94%

GE Aerospace 1.38% 0.70%

Bank of America Corporation 1.74% 0.69%

Applied Materials, Inc. 1.97% 0.60%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in RDVI

The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.39%

Veralto Corporation 2.34%

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2.32%

The Allstate Corporation 2.23%

Expedia Group, Inc. 2.17%

Chubb Limited 2.16%

Cincinnati Financial Corporation 2.12%

Ross Stores, Inc. 2.09%

Only in SIOO

Amazon.com Inc 4.54%

Broadcom Inc 3.17%

Alphabet Inc 2.80%

Eli Lilly & Co 2.30%

Tesla Inc 2.23%

Berkshire Hathaway Inc 2.20%

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 1.63%

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 1.43%

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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 SIOO VistaShares Target 15 S&P 100 Distribution ETF · Covered call on OEF, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust VistaShares

Strategy dividend stocks with call overlay covered call

Benchmark First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) S&P 100 (OEF)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.3% 15.4%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.59%

Cash paid, 1 year 9.1% 13.6% (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Price change, 1 year +12.2% −3.6% (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Total return, 1 year +22.0% +10.8% (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Benchmark return, 1 year +22.2% +10.9% (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Ahead or behind −0.2 pts −0.1 pts (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Return of capital, latest estimate 40% 97%

Age 4.0 years 328 days

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $3.9bn $25m

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 SIOO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	RDVI	SIOO	RDVI	SIOO	RDVI	SIOO
3 months	−1.9%	+0.8%	2.0%	3.7%	+0.6 pts	+1.0 pts
6 months	+7.9%	+5.6%	4.3%	7.5%	+0.1 pts	+1.1 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 · SIOO Dec 2025	+106.5%	+10.8%	43.0%	13.6%	−8.4 pts	−0.1 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.

SIOO

Over the period from its first trade on Dec 11, 2025 to Nov 4, 2026, SIOO paid 13.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.8%. S&P 100 (OEF) returned +10.9% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.4%, paid monthly. VistaShares estimates that 97% of the distribution paid Oct 27, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, RDVI or SIOO?: RDVI charges 0.75% a year and SIOO charges 0.59%, so SIOO 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 100 (OEF) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →RDVI on its own →SIOO on its own →RDVI dividend history →RDVI holdings →SIOO dividend history →SIOO 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 ↗

SIOO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SIOO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SIOO 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

VistaShares page for SIOO ↗

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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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