Which is cheaper, SDVD or XQQI?

SDVD charges 0.85% a year and XQQI charges 0.98%, so SDVD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

SDVD vs XQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

SDVD and XQQI both write options for income.

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Net assets: $903m on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF, and $408m on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS Boosted Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF.

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At a glance

9.7%

SDVD cash paid, 1 year

17.0%

XQQI cash paid, since launch, Feb 3, 2026

+18.9%

SDVD total return, 1 year

+7.7%

XQQI total return, since launch, Feb 3, 2026

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.

XQQI · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 4.9 pts behind QQQ

XQQI

+7.7%

QQQ

+12.6%

4.9 pts behind QQQ

XQQI since launch: paid 17.0%, price −9.2%, total +7.7%, QQQ +12.6%, −4.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.6%

XQQI

+7.7%

17.0% of it arrived as cash

4.9 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.9 pts behind QQQ

XQQI since launch: paid 17.0%, price −9.2%, total +7.7%, QQQ +12.6%, −4.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.6%

XQQI

+7.7%

4.9 pts behind QQQ

17.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XQQI since launch: paid 17.0%, price −9.2%, total +7.7%, QQQ +12.6%, −4.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SDVD costs 0.13 points a year less; SDVD is 2.2 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

SDVD vs XQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	SDVD	XQQI
Paid and earned
Measure	SDVD	XQQI
Total return, 1 year	+18.9%	not published
Price change	rose 8.6% (1 year)	fell 9.2% (since Feb 3, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	22% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	100% of the Oct 9, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	SDVD	XQQI
Benchmark	First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through SDVY	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Measure	SDVD	XQQI
Expense ratio	0.85%	0.98%
Net assets, as of Oct 28, 2026	$885m	$408m
Holdings
Measure	SDVD	XQQI
Holdings in common	0%

Method

What they share

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

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SDVD XQQI

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 XQQI

NVIDIA Corp 8.71%

Apple Inc 8.50%

Microsoft Corp 6.78%

Amazon.com Inc 4.74%

Micron Technology Inc 4.63%

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.78%

Tesla Inc 3.64%

Meta Platforms Inc 3.22%

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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 XQQI NEOS Boosted Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust NEOS

Strategy dividend stocks with call overlay option income

Benchmark First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 20.2%

Expense ratio 0.85% 0.98%

Cash paid, 1 year 9.7% 17.0% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +8.6% −9.2% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +18.9% +7.7% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +17.5% +12.6% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Ahead or behind +1.4 pts −4.9 pts (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Return of capital, latest estimate 22% 100%

Age 3.2 years 274 days

Net assets, SDVD as of Nov 3, 2026 and XQQI as of Oct 28, 2026 $903m $408m

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 XQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	SDVD	XQQI	SDVD	XQQI	SDVD	XQQI
3 months	−2.3%	−4.1%	2.0%	5.0%	+0.5 pts	−0.6 pts
6 months	+3.3%	−3.0%	4.1%	10.0%	+0.9 pts	−2.6 pts
1 year	+18.9%	–	9.7%	–	+1.4 pts	–
3 years	+60.8%	–	31.3%	–	+1.0 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: SDVD Aug 2023 · XQQI Feb 2026	+53.9%	+7.7%	31.3%	17.0%	+1.9 pts	−4.9 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.

XQQI

Over the period from its first trade on Feb 3, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, XQQI paid 17.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 9.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.9 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 20.2%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 9, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, SDVD or XQQI?: SDVD charges 0.85% a year and XQQI charges 0.98%, so SDVD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY) →Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →SDVD on its own →XQQI on its own →SDVD dividend history →SDVD holdings →XQQI dividend history →XQQI holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

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 ↗

XQQI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XQQI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XQQI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

NEOS page for XQQI ↗

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How this is computed

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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