Data as of .
ROCY vs SDVD: which paid, and which earned it?
ROCY and SDVD both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, ROCY and SDVD hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | ROCY | SDVD |
|---|---|---|
| Dover Corp. | 0.64% | 0.79% |
| First Citizens BancShares, Inc. | 0.31% | 0.47% |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | 0.63% | 0.26% |
| Only in ROCY | Only in SDVD |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp. 8.37% | National HealthCare Corporation 1.12% |
| Apple, Inc. 6.71% | First BanCorp. 1.04% |
| Alphabet, Inc. 5.33% | OFG Bancorp 1.03% |
| Microsoft Corp. 4.97% | The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 1.01% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. 4.15% | Interparfums, Inc. 1.00% |
| Micron Technology, Inc. 3.00% | Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporat 1.00% |
| Broadcom, Inc. 2.61% | VeriSign, Inc. 1.00% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. 2.43% | Assurant, Inc. 0.99% |
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROCY | SDVD | ROCY | SDVD | ROCY | SDVD | |
| 3 months | +2.6% | −0.1% | 1.7% | 2.1% | +0.3 pts | −6.7 pts |
| 6 months | +14.8% | +8.3% | 3.7% | 4.4% | −3.3 pts | −4.3 pts |
| 1 year | not published | +10.8% | not published | 9.2% | not published | −16.4 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +53.0% | not published | 30.7% | not published | −0.7 pts |
| Since launch | +13.5% | +47.6% | 3.6% | 29.7% | −2.9 pts | −4.1 pts |
| ROCY JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | SDVD FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF Dividend stocks with call overlay on SCHD, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | JPMorgan | First Trust |
| Strategy | covered call | dividend stocks with call overlay |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy | US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 5.7% | 8.8% |
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 0.85% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 3.6% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026) | 9.2% |
| Price change, 1 year | +9.7% | +1.2% |
| Total return, 1 year | +13.5% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026) | +10.8% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.4% | +27.2% |
| Ahead or behind | −2.9 pts | −16.4 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 183 days | 1135 days |
| Net assets | $726m | $888m |
ROCY in plain words
Over the period since launch on Mar 19, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, ROCY paid 3.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.7%, paid monthly.
SDVD in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SDVD paid 9.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.8%. US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy returned +27.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 16.4 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.8%, paid monthly.
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 these figures came from
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