Which is cheaper, RDVI or XQQI?

RDVI charges 0.75% a year and XQQI charges 0.98%, so RDVI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

RDVI vs XQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

RDVI and XQQI both write options for income.

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Net assets: $3.9bn on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF, and $408m on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS Boosted Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF.

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At a glance

9.1%

RDVI cash paid, 1 year

17.0%

XQQI cash paid, since launch, Feb 3, 2026

+22.0%

RDVI total return, 1 year

+7.7%

XQQI total return, since launch, Feb 3, 2026

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.

XQQI · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 4.9 pts behind QQQ

XQQI

+7.7%

QQQ

+12.6%

4.9 pts behind QQQ

XQQI since launch: paid 17.0%, price −9.2%, total +7.7%, QQQ +12.6%, −4.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.6%

XQQI

+7.7%

17.0% of it arrived as cash

4.9 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.9 pts behind QQQ

XQQI since launch: paid 17.0%, price −9.2%, total +7.7%, QQQ +12.6%, −4.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.6%

XQQI

+7.7%

4.9 pts behind QQQ

17.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XQQI since launch: paid 17.0%, price −9.2%, total +7.7%, QQQ +12.6%, −4.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

RDVI costs 0.23 points a year less; RDVI is 9.3 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

RDVI vs XQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	RDVI	XQQI
Paid and earned
Measure	RDVI	XQQI
Total return, 1 year	+22.0%	not published
Price change	rose 12.2% (1 year)	fell 9.2% (since Feb 3, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	40% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	100% of the Oct 9, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	RDVI	XQQI
Benchmark	First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through RDVY	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Measure	RDVI	XQQI
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.98%
Net assets, as of Oct 28, 2026	$3.8bn	$408m
Holdings
Measure	RDVI	XQQI
Holdings in common	22%

Method

What they share

22%

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

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22% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first RDVI XQQI

Microsoft Corporation 2.16% 6.78%

Costco Wholesale Corporation 2.02% 2.18%

NVIDIA Corporation 2.00% 8.71%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.89% 3.22%

Micron Technology, Inc. 1.83% 4.63%

Apple Inc. 1.63% 8.50%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 1.57% 2.90%

Applied Materials, Inc. 1.97% 1.46%

Lam Research Corporation 1.84% 1.39%

KLA Corporation 1.90% 0.99%

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2.32% 0.61%

Booking Holdings Inc. 1.16% 0.61%

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%

The Allstate Corporation 2.23%

Expedia Group, Inc. 2.17%

Chubb Limited 2.16%

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 2.15%

Only in XQQI

Amazon.com Inc 4.74%

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.78%

Tesla Inc 3.64%

Walmart Inc 2.93%

Broadcom Inc 2.78%

Alphabet Inc 2.70%

Palantir Technologies Inc 1.96%

Intel Corp 1.50%

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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 XQQI NEOS Boosted Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust NEOS

Strategy dividend stocks with call overlay option income

Benchmark First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.3% 20.2%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.98%

Cash paid, 1 year 9.1% 17.0% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +12.2% −9.2% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +22.0% +7.7% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +22.2% +12.6% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Ahead or behind −0.2 pts −4.9 pts (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Return of capital, latest estimate 40% 100%

Age 4.0 years 274 days

Net assets, RDVI as of Nov 3, 2026 and XQQI as of Oct 28, 2026 $3.9bn $408m

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 XQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	RDVI	XQQI	RDVI	XQQI	RDVI	XQQI
3 months	−1.9%	−4.1%	2.0%	5.0%	+0.6 pts	−0.6 pts
6 months	+7.9%	−3.0%	4.3%	10.0%	+0.1 pts	−2.6 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 · XQQI Feb 2026	+106.5%	+7.7%	43.0%	17.0%	−8.4 pts	−4.9 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.

XQQI

Over the period from its first trade on Feb 3, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, XQQI paid 17.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 9.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.9 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 20.2%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 9, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, RDVI or XQQI?: RDVI charges 0.75% a year and XQQI charges 0.98%, so RDVI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) →Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →RDVI on its own →XQQI on its own →RDVI dividend history →RDVI holdings →XQQI dividend history →XQQI 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 ↗

XQQI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XQQI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XQQI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

NEOS page for XQQI ↗

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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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