Data as of .
SDVD vs SPIN: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year SDVD paid 9.2% of its price in cash against SPIN’s 5.2% and the two finished level on total return.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: SPIN scores higher
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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
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, SDVD and SPIN hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | SDVD | SPIN |
|---|---|---|
| Regions Financial Corporation | 0.88% | 0.38% |
| Tetra Tech, Inc. | 0.22% | 0.26% |
| US Dollar | 0.88% | -0.00% |
| Only in SDVD | Only in SPIN |
|---|---|
| National HealthCare Corporation 1.12% | NVIDIA CORP 9.79% |
| First BanCorp. 1.04% | MICROSOFT CORP 7.15% |
| OFG Bancorp 1.03% | APPLE INC 6.07% |
| The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 1.01% | ALPHABET INC CL A 5.65% |
| Interparfums, Inc. 1.00% | AMAZON.COM INC 4.84% |
| Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporat 1.00% | META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 3.24% |
| VeriSign, Inc. 1.00% | BROADCOM INC 3.16% |
| Assurant, Inc. 0.99% | MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.82% |
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 Sep 17, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDVD | SPIN | SDVD | SPIN | SDVD | SPIN | |
| 3 months | −0.1% | +3.7% | 2.1% | 0.8% | −6.7 pts | +1.4 pts |
| 6 months | +8.3% | +12.3% | 4.4% | 3.2% | −4.3 pts | −5.8 pts |
| 1 year | +10.8% | +11.3% | 9.2% | 5.2% | −16.4 pts | −5.2 pts |
| 3 years | +53.0% | not published | 30.7% | not published | −0.7 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +47.6% | +28.5% | 29.7% | 15.2% | −4.1 pts | −13.7 pts |
| SDVD FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF Dividend stocks with call overlay on SCHD, paying monthly | SPIN State Street(R) US Equity Premium Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | State Street |
| Strategy | dividend stocks with call overlay | covered call |
| Benchmark | US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 8.8% | 2.7% |
| Expense ratio | 0.85% | 0.25% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 9.2% | 5.2% |
| Price change, 1 year | +1.2% | +5.8% |
| Total return, 1 year | +10.8% | +11.3% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +27.2% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | −16.4 pts | −5.2 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 1135 days | 743 days |
| Net assets | $888m | $47m |
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.
SPIN in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SPIN paid 5.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 2.7%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, SDVD or SPIN?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SDVD paid 9.2% of its starting price in cash and SPIN paid 5.2%, 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, SDVD or SPIN?
- With every distribution reinvested, SDVD returned +10.8% and SPIN returned +11.3% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so SPIN returned more.
- Which is cheaper, SDVD or SPIN?
- SDVD charges 0.85% a year and SPIN charges 0.25%, so SPIN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, SDVD against SPIN, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/sdvd-vs-spin Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.