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SCLZ vs SDVD: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year SDVD paid 9.2% of its price in cash against SCLZ’s 8.4%, though SCLZ returned more with it reinvested.

Swan Enhanced Dividend Income ETF and FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF.

8.4%SCLZ cash paid, 1 year
9.2%SDVD cash paid, 1 year
+13.2%SCLZ total return, 1 year
+10.8%SDVD total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: SCLZ scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

SCLZ 43.6SDVD 37.83.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

SCLZ14 pts behind SCHD · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SCHD+27.2%SCLZ+13.2%8.4% of it arrived as cash14 pts behind SCHDTotal return, distributions reinvestedSCHD+27.2%SCLZ+13.2%14 pts behind SCHD
SDVD16.4 pts behind SCHD · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SCHD+27.2%SDVD+10.8%9.2% of it arrived as cash16.4 pts behind SCHDTotal return, distributions reinvestedSCHD+27.2%SDVD+10.8%16.4 pts behind SCHD

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SCLZ and SDVD hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in SCLZOnly in SDVD
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 7.89%National HealthCare Corporation 1.12%
APPLE INC 6.15%First BanCorp. 1.04%
NVIDIA CORP 5.99%OFG Bancorp 1.03%
ALPHABET INC 5.18%The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 1.01%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 5.14%Interparfums, Inc. 1.00%
BROADCOM INC 4.71%Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporat 1.00%
ELI LILLY & COMPANY 3.86%VeriSign, Inc. 1.00%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.75%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

SCLZ and SDVD over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
SCLZSDVDSCLZSDVDSCLZSDVD
3 months+2.9%−0.1%2.1%2.1%−3.6 pts−6.7 pts
6 months+14.2%+8.3%3.8%4.4%+1.6 pts−4.3 pts
1 year+13.2%+10.8%8.4%9.2%−14.0 pts−16.4 pts
3 yearsnot published+53.0%not published30.7%not published−0.7 pts
Since launch+36.5%+47.6%19.6%29.7%−6.3 pts−4.1 pts
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SCLZ and SDVD on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
SCLZ
Swan Enhanced Dividend Income ETF
Dividend stocks with call overlay on SCHD, paying monthly
SDVD
FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF
Dividend stocks with call overlay on SCHD, paying monthly
IssuerSwanFirst Trust
Strategydividend stocks with call overlaydividend stocks with call overlay
BenchmarkUS dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxyUS dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized8.5%8.8%
Expense ratio0.79%0.85%
Cash paid, 1 year8.4%9.2%
Price change, 1 year+4.1%+1.2%
Total return, 1 year+13.2%+10.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year+27.2%+27.2%
Ahead or behind−14.0 pts−16.4 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age934 days1135 days
Net assets$20m$888m

SCLZ in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SCLZ paid 8.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.2%. US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy returned +27.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 14.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.5%, 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 paid more, SCLZ or SDVD?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SCLZ paid 8.4% of its starting price in cash and SDVD paid 9.2%, so SDVD paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, SCLZ or SDVD?
With every distribution reinvested, SCLZ returned +13.2% and SDVD returned +10.8% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so SCLZ returned more.
Which is cheaper, SCLZ or SDVD?
SCLZ charges 0.79% a year and SDVD charges 0.85%, so SCLZ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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SCLZ against SDVD, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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