Which paid more, RDVI or SIXH?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RDVI paid 9.1% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.1%, so RDVI 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 SIXH?

With every distribution reinvested, RDVI returned +22.0% and SIXH +23.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, RDVI or SIXH?

RDVI charges 0.75% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so SIXH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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RDVI vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RDVI paid 9.1% of its price in cash against SIXH’s 2.1%, though SIXH returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $3.9bn on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF, and $603m on Aug 31, 2026 for ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.

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At a glance

9.1%

RDVI cash paid, 1 year

2.1%

SIXH cash paid, 1 year

+22.0%

RDVI total return, 1 year

+23.5%

SIXH total return, 1 year

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.

SIXH · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH

+23.5%

Own

+18.0%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

2.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +23.5%. SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +23.5%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SIXH costs 0.06 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.5 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

RDVI vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	RDVI	SIXH
Paid and earned
Measure	RDVI	SIXH
Total return, 1 year	+22.0%	+23.5%
Price change, 1 year	rose 12.2%	rose 21.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	40% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	RDVI	SIXH
Benchmark	First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through RDVY	its own holdings
Cost and size
Measure	RDVI	SIXH
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.69%
Net assets, RDVI as of Nov 3, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026	$3.9bn	$603m
Holdings
Measure	RDVI	SIXH
Holdings in common	20%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · SIXH scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score92.5RDVI98.5SIXH

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

RDVI 92.5

SIXH 98.5

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

Risk and return

Oct 28, 2022 to Oct 30, 2026 · 209 weekly returns

RDVI SIXH

Return

Total return edge RDVI +86.1% +59.1%

Annualized edge RDVI +16.7% +12.2%

Price return edge SIXH +31.5% +46.6%

Risk

Volatility edge SIXH 15.3% 7.8%

Max drawdown edge SIXH −16.4% −7.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge SIXH 0.79 0.93

Sortino edge SIXH 1.19 1.39

Calmar edge SIXH 1.02 1.67

Reading

From Oct 2022 to Oct 2026, RDVI returned more: +86.1% to +59.1%. SIXH swung less: 7.8% to 15.3%. SIXH fell less at its worst: −7.3% to −16.4%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: RDVI vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	RDVI	SIXH	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+86.1%	+59.1%	RDVI	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+16.7%	+12.2%	RDVI	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+31.5%	+46.6%	SIXH	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	15.3%	7.8%	SIXH	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	10.1%	5.2%	SIXH	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−16.4%	−7.3%	SIXH	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.79	0.93	SIXH	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.19	1.39	SIXH	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	1.02	1.67	SIXH	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 209 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

20%

By the books each fund has filed, RDVI and SIXH hold 20% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

20% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first RDVI SIXH

U.S. Bancorp 2.06% 2.39%

Costco Wholesale Corporation 2.02% 2.42%

Lam Research Corporation 1.84% 2.52%

Micron Technology, Inc. 1.83% 2.85%

NVIDIA Corporation 2.00% 1.34%

The Charles Schwab Corporation 1.35% 1.27%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.89% 1.26%

Apple Inc. 1.63% 1.25%

Wells Fargo & Company 1.53% 1.22%

American Express Company 1.88% 1.20%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 1.57% 1.16%

GE Vernova Inc. 2.13% 1.11%

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 SIXH

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 4.95%

Altria Group, Inc. 4.90%

AT&T INC. 4.08%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 3.92%

PEPSICO, INC. 3.69%

Philip Morris International Inc. 3.60%

PFIZER INC. 2.78%

COMCAST CORPORATION 2.72%

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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 SIXH ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF · Option income on its own holdings, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust Exchange Traded Concepts

Strategy dividend stocks with call overlay option income

Benchmark First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.3% 3.2%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.69%

Cash paid, 1 year 9.1% 2.1%

Price change, 1 year +12.2% +21.2%

Total return, 1 year +22.0% +23.5%

Benchmark return, 1 year +22.2% +18.0%

Ahead or behind −0.2 pts +5.5 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 40% not published

Age 4.0 years 6.5 years

Net assets, RDVI as of Nov 3, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026 $3.9bn $603m

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 SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	RDVI	SIXH	RDVI	SIXH	RDVI	SIXH
3 months	−1.9%	+6.0%	2.0%	0.5%	+0.6 pts	+1.8 pts
6 months	+7.9%	+10.3%	4.3%	1.0%	+0.1 pts	+3.5 pts
1 year	+22.0%	+23.5%	9.1%	2.1%	−0.2 pts	+5.5 pts
3 years	+76.0%	+47.6%	30.9%	6.8%	−6.4 pts	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: RDVI Oct 2022 · SIXH May 2020	+106.5%	+104.1%	43.0%	16.7%	−8.4 pts	not measured

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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.

SIXH

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SIXH paid 2.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 21.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +23.5%. SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026) returned +18.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 3.2%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, RDVI or SIXH?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RDVI paid 9.1% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.1%, so RDVI 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 SIXH?: With every distribution reinvested, RDVI returned +22.0% and SIXH +23.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, RDVI or SIXH?: RDVI charges 0.75% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so SIXH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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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 ↗

SIXH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SIXH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Exchange Traded Concepts website ↗

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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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