Which is cheaper, ROCY or SDVD?

ROCY charges 0.35% a year and SDVD charges 0.85%, so ROCY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

ROCY vs SDVD: Dividend Yield & Total Return

ROCY and SDVD both write options for income.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $884m for JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF and $903m for FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF.

ROCY on its own →SDVD on its own →

At a glance

4.8%

ROCY cash paid, since launch, Mar 19, 2026

9.7%

SDVD cash paid, 1 year

+15.3%

ROCY total return, since launch, Mar 19, 2026

+18.9%

SDVD total return, 1 year

ROCY · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 1.8 pts behind SPY

ROCY

+15.3%

SPY

+17.1%

1.8 pts behind SPY

ROCY since launch: paid 4.8%, price +10.2%, total +15.3%, SPY +17.1%, −1.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+17.1%

ROCY

+15.3%

4.8% as cash

1.8 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.8 pts behind SPY

ROCY since launch: paid 4.8%, price +10.2%, total +15.3%, SPY +17.1%, −1.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+17.1%

ROCY

+15.3%

1.8 pts behind SPY

4.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. ROCY since launch: paid 4.8%, price +10.2%, total +15.3%, SPY +17.1%, −1.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SDVD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.4 pts ahead of SDVY

SDVD

+18.9%

SDVY

+17.5%

1.4 pts ahead of SDVY

SDVD over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price +8.6%, total +18.9%, SDVY +17.5%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SDVY

+17.5%

SDVD

+18.9%

9.7% of it arrived as cash

1.4 pts ahead of SDVY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.4 pts ahead of SDVY

SDVD over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price +8.6%, total +18.9%, SDVY +17.5%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SDVY

+17.5%

SDVD

+18.9%

9.7% cash

1.4 pts ahead of SDVY

9.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +18.9%. SDVD over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price +8.6%, total +18.9%, SDVY +17.5%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +18.9%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

ROCY costs 0.50 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ROCY vs SDVD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	ROCY	SDVD
Paid and earned
Measure	ROCY	SDVD
Total return, 1 year	not published	+18.9%
Price change	rose 10.2% (since Mar 19, 2026)	rose 8.6% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate		22% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	ROCY	SDVD
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through SDVY
Cost and size
Measure	ROCY	SDVD
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.85%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$884m	$903m
Holdings
Measure	ROCY	SDVD
Holdings in common	1%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ROCY and SDVD hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ROCY SDVD

DOVER CORP COMMON STOCK 0.58% 0.89%

FIRST CITIZENS 0.34% 0.51%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE CO 0.70% 0.22%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in ROCY

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 8.20%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 7.31%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 6.59%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 4.16%

ALPHABET INC-CL A 4.13%

META PLATFORMS INC COMMON 2.54%

BROADCOM INC COMMON 2.17%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.11%

Only in SDVD

The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 1.09%

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated 1.06%

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 1.06%

Veralto Corporation 1.05%

Assurant, Inc. 1.02%

Interparfums, Inc. 1.02%

National HealthCare Corporation 1.02%

VeriSign, Inc. 1.02%

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Side by side

ROCY JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly SDVD FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF · Writes calls on the Russell 2000, investing in the Nasdaq US Small-Mid Cap Rising Dividend Achievers Index, paying monthly

Issuer JPMorgan First Trust

Strategy covered call dividend stocks with call overlay

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 6.6% 8.2%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.85%

Cash paid, 1 year 4.8% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) 9.7%

Price change, 1 year +10.2% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) +8.6%

Total return, 1 year +15.3% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) +18.9%

Benchmark return, 1 year +17.1% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) +17.5%

Ahead or behind −1.8 pts (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) +1.4 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 22%

Age 230 days 3.2 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $884m $903m

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: ROCY vs SDVD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	ROCY	SDVD	ROCY	SDVD	ROCY	SDVD
3 months	+1.1%	−2.3%	1.6%	2.0%	+1.2 pts	+0.5 pts
6 months	+6.5%	+3.3%	3.5%	4.1%	+1.5 pts	+0.9 pts
1 year	–	+18.9%	–	9.7%	–	+1.4 pts
3 years	–	+60.8%	–	31.3%	–	+1.0 pts
Since launchNot the same days: ROCY Mar 2026 · SDVD Aug 2023	+15.3%	+53.9%	4.8%	31.3%	−1.9 pts	+1.9 pts

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About each fund

ROCY

Over the period from its first trade on Mar 19, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, ROCY paid 4.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 10.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +17.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.6%, paid monthly.

SDVD

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SDVD paid 9.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.9%. First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY) returned +17.5% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.2%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 22% 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.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ROCY or SDVD?: ROCY charges 0.35% a year and SDVD charges 0.85%, so ROCY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

S&P 500 (SPY) →First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →ROCY on its own →SDVD on its own →ROCY dividend history →ROCY holdings →SDVD dividend history →SDVD holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

ROCY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ROCY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

SDVD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SDVD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SDVD 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for SDVD ↗

Links are sources, not endorsements. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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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