Which paid more, RDVI or XYLG?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RDVI paid 9.1% of its starting price in cash and XYLG paid 12.7%, so XYLG 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 XYLG?

With every distribution reinvested, RDVI returned +22.0% and XYLG +15.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, RDVI or XYLG?

RDVI charges 0.75% a year and XYLG charges 0.35%, so XYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

RDVI vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLG paid 12.7% 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 $72m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF.

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At a glance

9.1%

RDVI cash paid, 1 year

12.7%

XYLG cash paid, 1 year

+22.0%

RDVI total return, 1 year

+15.6%

XYLG 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.

XYLG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.8 pts ahead of SPY

XYLG

+15.6%

SPY

+14.8%

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

XYLG over 1 year: paid 12.7%, price +1.5%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLG

+15.6%

12.7% of it arrived as cash

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

XYLG over 1 year: paid 12.7%, price +1.5%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLG

+15.6%

12.7% cash

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

12.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +22.2%. XYLG over 1 year: paid 12.7%, price +1.5%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +22.2%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XYLG costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.4 points; RDVI is far larger, $3.8bn against $72m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

RDVI vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	RDVI	XYLG
Paid and earned
Measure	RDVI	XYLG
Total return, 1 year	+22.0%	+15.6%
Price change, 1 year	rose 12.2%	rose 1.5%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	40% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	80% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	RDVI	XYLG
Benchmark	First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through RDVY	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	RDVI	XYLG
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$3.8bn	$72m
Holdings
Measure	RDVI	XYLG
Holdings in common	25%

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

IQ Income Score92.5RDVI70.4XYLG

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

XYLG 70.4

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

What they share

25%

By the books each fund has filed, RDVI and XYLG hold 25% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

25% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first RDVI XYLG

Microsoft Corporation 2.16% 5.39%

NVIDIA Corporation 2.00% 7.60%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.89% 1.91%

Apple Inc. 1.63% 7.09%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 1.57% 3.26%

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.02% 1.47%

Micron Technology, Inc. 1.83% 1.45%

Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.35% 0.94%

Mastercard Incorporated 1.08% 0.72%

Costco Wholesale Corporation 2.02% 0.66%

Bank of America Corporation 1.74% 0.63%

Applied Materials, Inc. 1.97% 0.62%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in RDVI

Mueller Industries, Inc. 1.29%

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. 0.55%

East West Bancorp, Inc. 0.54%

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. 0.43%

2026-11-06 S&P 500® Index - Price Return C 7,580 -0.11%

Only in XYLG

AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.15%

BROADCOM INC. 2.88%

ALPHABET INC. 2.63%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.46%

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.41%

TESLA, INC. 1.36%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1.21%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 1.00%

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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 XYLG Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust Global X

Strategy dividend stocks with call overlay covered call

Benchmark First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.3% 4.4%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.35%

Cash paid, 1 year 9.1% 12.7%

Price change, 1 year +12.2% +1.5%

Total return, 1 year +22.0% +15.6%

Benchmark return, 1 year +22.2% +14.8%

Ahead or behind −0.2 pts +0.8 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 40% 80%

Age 4.0 years 6.1 years

Net assets, RDVI as of Nov 3, 2026 and XYLG as of Oct 12, 2026 $3.9bn $72m

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 XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	RDVI	XYLG	RDVI	XYLG	RDVI	XYLG
3 months	−1.9%	+1.4%	2.0%	1.1%	+0.6 pts	+1.5 pts
6 months	+7.9%	+6.7%	4.3%	2.5%	+0.1 pts	+1.7 pts
1 year	+22.0%	+15.6%	9.1%	12.7%	−0.2 pts	+0.8 pts
3 years	+76.0%	+65.6%	30.9%	44.3%	−6.4 pts	−17.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: RDVI Oct 2022 · XYLG Sep 2020	+106.5%	+116.0%	43.0%	69.8%	−8.4 pts	−38.4 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.

XYLG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLG paid 12.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 4.4%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 80% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, RDVI or XYLG?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RDVI paid 9.1% of its starting price in cash and XYLG paid 12.7%, so XYLG 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 XYLG?: With every distribution reinvested, RDVI returned +22.0% and XYLG +15.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, RDVI or XYLG?: RDVI charges 0.75% a year and XYLG charges 0.35%, so XYLG 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 500 (SPY) →RDVI on its own →XYLG on its own →RDVI dividend history →RDVI holdings →XYLG dividend history →XYLG 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 ↗

XYLG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XYLG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XYLG 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for XYLG ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

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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