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SDVD vs TSPY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TSPY paid 14.0% of its price in cash against SDVD’s 9.7%, though SDVD 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 $311m on Jun 30, 2026 for TappAlpha S&P 500 Growth & Daily Income ETF.

At a glance
9.7%
SDVD cash paid, 1 year
14.0%
TSPY cash paid, 1 year
+18.9%
SDVD total return, 1 year
+13.3%
TSPY 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%

9.7% cash

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.
TSPY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.5 pts behind VOO
TSPY
+13.3%
VOO
+14.8%

1.5 pts behind VOO

TSPY over 1 year: paid 14.0%, price −1.6%, total +13.3%, VOO +14.8%, −1.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

TSPY

+13.3%

14.0% of it arrived as cash

1.5 pts behind VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.5 pts behind VOO

TSPY over 1 year: paid 14.0%, price −1.6%, total +13.3%, VOO +14.8%, −1.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

TSPY

+13.3%

14.0% as cash

1.5 pts behind VOO

14.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. TSPY over 1 year: paid 14.0%, price −1.6%, total +13.3%, VOO +14.8%, −1.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

TSPY costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.6 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

SDVD vs TSPY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureSDVDTSPY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+18.9%+13.3%
Price change, 1 yearrose 8.6%fell 1.6%
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkFirst Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through SDVYVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.85%0.68%
Net assets, SDVD as of Nov 3, 2026 and TSPY as of Jun 30, 2026$903m$311m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · SDVD scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score84.7SDVD53.6TSPY

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

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

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, SDVD and TSPY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SDVD TSPY
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 TSPY
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.57%
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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 TSPY TappAlpha S&P 500 Growth & Daily Income ETF · Option income on VOO, paying monthly
Strategy dividend stocks with call overlay option income
Benchmark First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY) Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 14.3%
Expense ratio 0.85% 0.68%
Cash paid, 1 year 9.7% 14.0%
Price change, 1 year +8.6% −1.6%
Total return, 1 year +18.9% +13.3%
Benchmark return, 1 year +17.5% +14.8%
Ahead or behind +1.4 pts −1.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 22% 100%
Age 3.2 years 2.2 years
Net assets, SDVD as of Nov 3, 2026 and TSPY as of Jun 30, 2026 $903m $311m

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 TSPY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowSDVDTSPYSDVDTSPYSDVDTSPY
3 months−2.3%+0.7%2.0%3.5%+0.5 pts+0.8 pts
6 months+3.3%+5.2%4.1%7.0%+0.9 pts+0.2 pts
1 year+18.9%+13.3%9.7%14.0%+1.4 pts−1.5 pts
3 years+60.8%–31.3%–+1.0 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: SDVD Aug 2023 · TSPY Aug 2024+53.9%+38.7%31.3%31.2%+1.9 pts−3.7 pts

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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.

TSPY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TSPY paid 14.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.3%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.3%, paid monthly. TappAlpha estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Nov 4, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, SDVD or TSPY?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SDVD paid 9.7% of its starting price in cash and TSPY paid 14.0%, so TSPY 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 TSPY?
With every distribution reinvested, SDVD returned +18.9% and TSPY +13.3% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, SDVD or TSPY?
SDVD charges 0.85% a year and TSPY charges 0.68%, so TSPY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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