Which is cheaper, RDVI or VAIE?

RDVI charges 0.75% a year and VAIE charges 0.74%, so VAIE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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RDVI vs VAIE: Dividend Yield & Total Return

RDVI and VAIE both write options for income. Net assets: $3.8bn on Oct 20, 2026 for FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF, and $67m on Oct 19, 2026 for VegaShares US Equity Autocallable Income ETF.

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VAIE costs 0.01 points a year less; RDVI is far larger, $3.8bn against $67m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

RDVI vs VAIE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	RDVI	VAIE
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.74%
Net assets, as of Oct 19, 2026	$3.8bn	$67m
Total return, 1 year	+19.5%	not published
Benchmark	First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through RDVY	not published
Holdings in common	not published
Price change	rose 9.9% (1 year)	fell 3.6% (since May 12, 2026)

9.0%

RDVI cash paid, 1 year

6.8%

VAIE cash paid, since launch, May 12, 2026

+19.5%

RDVI total return, 1 year

+3.3%

VAIE total return, since launch, May 12, 2026

RDVI · 1 year to Oct 20, 2026About even with RDVY

RDVI

+19.5%

RDVY

+20.0%

About even with RDVY

RDVI over 1 year: paid 9.0%, price +9.9%, total +19.5%, RDVY +20.0%, −0.5 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

RDVY

+20.0%

RDVI

+19.5%

9.0% of it arrived as cash

about even with RDVY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with RDVY

RDVI over 1 year: paid 9.0%, price +9.9%, total +19.5%, RDVY +20.0%, −0.5 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

RDVY

+20.0%

RDVI

+19.5%

about even with RDVY

9.0% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. RDVI over 1 year: paid 9.0%, price +9.9%, total +19.5%, RDVY +20.0%, −0.5 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

VAIE · since launch to Oct 20, 2026Not measured

VAIE

+3.3%

none

Not measured

VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

VAIE

+3.3%

6.8% as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

VAIE

+3.3%

6.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

Performance, window by window

Performance, window by window: RDVI vs VAIE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	RDVI	VAIE	RDVI	VAIE	RDVI	VAIE
3 months	−0.8%	+2.5%	1.4%	4.1%	−0.1 pts	not measured
6 months	+6.7%	–	3.7%	–	−0.6 pts	–
1 year	+19.5%	–	9.0%	–	−0.4 pts	–
3 years	+80.0%	–	31.8%	–	−7.7 pts	–
Since launch Not the same days: RDVI Oct 2022 · VAIE May 2026	+102.2%	+3.3%	42.0%	6.8%	−8.7 pts	not measured

Source: ETFIQ. – means no data for this window, usually because the fund is younger than it. Open this comparison in the app →

On the same fields

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

VAIE

VegaShares US Equity Autocallable Income ETF · Autocallable, paying weekly

Issuer First Trust VegaShares

Strategy dividend stocks with call overlay autocallable

Benchmark First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) none

Pays monthly weekly

Payout rate, annualized 8.5% 16.8%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.74%

Cash paid, 1 year 9.0% 6.8% (since launch, May 12, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +9.9% −3.6% (since launch, May 12, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +19.5% +3.3% (since launch, May 12, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +20.0% not published

Ahead or behind −0.5 pts not available

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 4.0 years 161 days

Net assets, RDVI as of Oct 20, 2026 and VAIE as of Oct 19, 2026 $3.8bn $67m

As of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid is what the fund distributed over the window, as a share of its price at the start. Payout rate is its latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

About RDVI

Over the year to Oct 20, 2026, RDVI paid 9.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +19.5%. First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) returned +20.0% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.5%, paid monthly.

About VAIE

Over the period from its first trade on May 12, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026, VAIE paid 6.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.3%. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 16.8%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, RDVI or VAIE?: RDVI charges 0.75% a year and VAIE charges 0.74%, so VAIE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

RDVI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗RDVI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for RDVI ↗VAIE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VAIE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗VegaShares page for VAIE ↗

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How this is computed

Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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