Which paid more, SDVD or SIXH?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SDVD paid 9.7% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.1%, 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, SDVD or SIXH?

With every distribution reinvested, SDVD returned +18.9% and SIXH +23.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, SDVD or SIXH?

SDVD charges 0.85% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so SIXH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

SDVD vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SDVD paid 9.7% of its price in cash against SIXH’s 2.1%, though SIXH returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $903m on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF, and $603m on Aug 31, 2026 for ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.

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At a glance

9.7%

SDVD cash paid, 1 year

2.1%

SIXH cash paid, 1 year

+18.9%

SDVD total return, 1 year

+23.5%

SIXH total return, 1 year

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%

1.4 pts ahead of SDVY

9.7% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. SDVD over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price +8.6%, total +18.9%, SDVY +17.5%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SIXH · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH

+23.5%

Own

+18.0%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

2.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +23.5%. SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +23.5%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SIXH costs 0.16 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.6 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

SDVD vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	SDVD	SIXH
Paid and earned
Measure	SDVD	SIXH
Total return, 1 year	+18.9%	+23.5%
Price change, 1 year	rose 8.6%	rose 21.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	22% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	SDVD	SIXH
Benchmark	First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through SDVY	its own holdings
Cost and size
Measure	SDVD	SIXH
Expense ratio	0.85%	0.69%
Net assets, SDVD as of Nov 3, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026	$903m	$603m
Holdings
Measure	SDVD	SIXH
Holdings in common	0%

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

IQ Income Score84.7SDVD98.5SIXH

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

SDVD 84.7

SIXH 98.5

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

Risk and return

Aug 18, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026 · 167 weekly returns

SDVD SIXH

Return

Total return edge SDVD (slight) +53.5% +51.6%

Annualized edge SDVD (slight) +14.3% +13.8%

Price return edge SIXH +15.0% +42.5%

Risk

Volatility edge SIXH 16.9% 8.1%

Max drawdown edge SIXH −22.2% −7.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge SIXH 0.61 1.09

Sortino edge SIXH 0.89 1.64

Calmar edge SIXH 0.64 1.89

Reading

From Aug 2023 to Oct 2026, SDVD returned slightly more: +53.5% to +51.6%. SIXH swung less: 8.1% to 16.9%. SIXH fell less at its worst: −7.3% to −22.2%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: SDVD vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	SDVD	SIXH	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+53.5%	+51.6%	SDVD (slight)	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+14.3%	+13.8%	SDVD (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+15.0%	+42.5%	SIXH	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	16.9%	8.1%	SIXH	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	11.6%	5.4%	SIXH	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−22.2%	−7.3%	SIXH	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.61	1.09	SIXH	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.89	1.64	SIXH	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.64	1.89	SIXH	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 167 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, SDVD and SIXH hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SDVD SIXH

Only in one fund ↓

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%

Only in SIXH

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 4.95%

Altria Group, Inc. 4.90%

AT&T INC. 4.08%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 3.92%

PEPSICO, INC. 3.69%

Philip Morris International Inc. 3.60%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2.85%

QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 2.82%

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Side by side

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 SIXH ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF · Option income on its own holdings, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust Exchange Traded Concepts

Strategy dividend stocks with call overlay option income

Benchmark First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY) SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 3.2%

Expense ratio 0.85% 0.69%

Cash paid, 1 year 9.7% 2.1%

Price change, 1 year +8.6% +21.2%

Total return, 1 year +18.9% +23.5%

Benchmark return, 1 year +17.5% +18.0%

Ahead or behind +1.4 pts +5.5 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 22% not published

Age 3.2 years 6.5 years

Net assets, SDVD as of Nov 3, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026 $903m $603m

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: SDVD vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	SDVD	SIXH	SDVD	SIXH	SDVD	SIXH
3 months	−2.3%	+6.0%	2.0%	0.5%	+0.5 pts	+1.8 pts
6 months	+3.3%	+10.3%	4.1%	1.0%	+0.9 pts	+3.5 pts
1 year	+18.9%	+23.5%	9.7%	2.1%	+1.4 pts	+5.5 pts
3 years	+60.8%	+47.6%	31.3%	6.8%	+1.0 pts	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: SDVD Aug 2023 · SIXH May 2020	+53.9%	+104.1%	31.3%	16.7%	+1.9 pts	not measured

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About each fund

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.

SIXH

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SIXH paid 2.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 21.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +23.5%. SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026) returned +18.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 3.2%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, SDVD or SIXH?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SDVD paid 9.7% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.1%, 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, SDVD or SIXH?: With every distribution reinvested, SDVD returned +18.9% and SIXH +23.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, SDVD or SIXH?: SDVD charges 0.85% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so SIXH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

SDVD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SDVD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SDVD 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for SDVD ↗

SIXH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SIXH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Exchange Traded Concepts website ↗

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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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