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RDVI vs XDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XDTE paid 25.5% of its price in cash against RDVI’s 9.1%, though RDVI 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 $321m on Nov 4, 2026 for Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF.

At a glance
9.1%
RDVI cash paid, 1 year
25.5%
XDTE cash paid, 1 year
+22.0%
RDVI total return, 1 year
+14.6%
XDTE 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.
XDTE · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with SPY
XDTE
+14.6%
SPY
+14.8%

About even with SPY

XDTE over 1 year: paid 25.5%, price −13.2%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XDTE

+14.6%

25.5% of it arrived as cash

about even with SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with SPY

XDTE over 1 year: paid 25.5%, price −13.2%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XDTE

+14.6%

25.5% cash

about even with SPY

25.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XDTE over 1 year: paid 25.5%, price −13.2%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

RDVI costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.4 points; RDVI is 12.4 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

RDVI vs XDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureRDVIXDTE
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+22.0%+14.6%
Price change, 1 yearrose 12.2%fell 13.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate40% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkFirst Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through RDVYS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.75%0.97%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$3.9bn$315m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · RDVI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score92.5RDVI39.2XDTE

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

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

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Method

Risk and return

Mar 15, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 137 weekly returns
RDVI XDTE
Return
Total return edge RDVI (slight) +48.2% +46.1%
Annualized edge RDVI (slight) +16.1% +15.5%
Price return edge RDVI +18.0% −28.0%
Risk
Volatility edge XDTE 14.8% 13.2%
Max drawdown edge Tie −16.4% −16.7%
Downside capture 97.1% 91.0%
Beta 0.95 0.87
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge XDTE (slight) 0.80 0.83
Sortino edge XDTE (slight) 1.16 1.19
Treynor 0.126 0.127
Calmar edge RDVI (slight) 0.98 0.93
Against the benchmark
Alpha −0.4% a year −0.1% a year
Alpha t-stat −0.67 −0.05
Information ratio −0.72 −0.43
Tracking error 1.3% 4.3%

Each against its own benchmark: RDVI against RDVY, Oct 28, 2022 to Oct 30, 2026; XDTE against SPY, Mar 15, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Mar 2024 to Oct 2026, RDVI returned slightly more: +48.2% to +46.1%. XDTE swung less: 13.2% to 14.8%. RDVI and XDTE fell about the same at their worst: −16.4% and −16.7%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: RDVI vs XDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureRDVIXDTEEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+48.2%+46.1%RDVI (slight)Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+16.1%+15.5%RDVI (slight)Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return+18.0%−28.0%RDVIPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility14.8%13.2%XDTESpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation10.1%9.3%XDTE (slight)Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−16.4%−16.7%TieDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture92.9%83.4%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture97.1%91.0%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.950.87Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.990.92Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.800.83XDTE (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.161.19XDTE (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1260.127Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.980.93RDVI (slight)Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkRDVYSPYThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−0.4% a year−0.1% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−0.67−0.05Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−1.5% to +0.7%−4.8% to +4.6%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.72−0.43Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error1.3%4.3%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 137 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, RDVI and XDTE hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first RDVI XDTE
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 XDTE
SPY 11/19/2027 77.43 C 90.03%
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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 XDTE Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on SPY, paying weekly
Strategy dividend stocks with call overlay 0DTE covered call
Benchmark First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 8.3% 12.4%
Expense ratio 0.75% 0.97%
Cash paid, 1 year 9.1% 25.5%
Price change, 1 year +12.2% −13.2%
Total return, 1 year +22.0% +14.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year +22.2% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −0.2 pts −0.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 40% 100%
Age 4.0 years 2.7 years
Net assets, RDVI as of Nov 3, 2026 and XDTE as of Nov 4, 2026 $3.9bn $321m

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 XDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowRDVIXDTERDVIXDTERDVIXDTE
3 months−1.9%+1.0%2.0%4.2%+0.6 pts+1.2 pts
6 months+7.9%+5.5%4.3%9.3%+0.1 pts+0.5 pts
1 year+22.0%+14.6%9.1%25.5%−0.2 pts−0.2 pts
3 years+76.0%–30.9%–−6.4 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: RDVI Oct 2022 · XDTE Mar 2024+106.5%+47.4%43.0%60.8%−8.4 pts−6.4 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.

XDTE

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XDTE paid 25.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 13.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.4%, paid weekly. Roundhill estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, RDVI or XDTE?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RDVI paid 9.1% of its starting price in cash and XDTE paid 25.5%, so XDTE 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 XDTE?
With every distribution reinvested, RDVI returned +22.0% and XDTE +14.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, RDVI or XDTE?
RDVI charges 0.75% a year and XDTE charges 0.97%, so RDVI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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