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Income ETFs

SDVD vs XSPI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Net assets: $903m on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF, and $140m on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS Boosted S&P 500 High Income ETF.

SDVD on its own →XSPI on its own →
At a glance
9.7%
SDVD cash paid, 1 year
13.9%
XSPI cash paid, since launch, Feb 3, 2026
+18.9%
SDVD total return, 1 year
+12.4%
XSPI 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.
XSPI · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 About even with SPY
XSPI
+12.4%
SPY
+12.1%

About even with SPY

XSPI since launch: paid 13.9%, price −2.3%, total +12.4%, SPY +12.1%, +0.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+12.1%

XSPI

+12.4%

13.9% of it arrived as cash

about even with SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with SPY

XSPI since launch: paid 13.9%, price −2.3%, total +12.4%, SPY +12.1%, +0.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+12.1%

XSPI

+12.4%

13.9% cash

about even with SPY

13.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XSPI since launch: paid 13.9%, price −2.3%, total +12.4%, SPY +12.1%, +0.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SDVD costs 0.13 points a year less; SDVD is 6.3 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

SDVD vs XSPI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureSDVDXSPI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+18.9%not published
Price changerose 8.6% (1 year)fell 2.3% (since Feb 3, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate22% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment98% of the Oct 9, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkFirst Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through SDVYS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.85%0.98%
Net assets, as of Oct 28, 2026$885m$140m
Holdings
Holdings in common1%

Method

What they share

1%

By the books each fund has filed, SDVD and XSPI hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SDVD XSPI
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company 0.22% 0.10%
Fifth Third Bancorp 0.48% 0.07%
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (Class A) 0.84% 0.05%
M&T Bank Corporation 0.88% 0.05%
NetApp, Inc. 0.80% 0.05%
Cincinnati Financial Corporation 0.95% 0.04%
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. 0.43% 0.04%
Comfort Systems USA, Inc. 0.46% 0.04%
Dover Corporation 0.89% 0.04%
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 0.23% 0.04%
HP Inc. 0.43% 0.04%
Northern Trust Corporation 0.52% 0.04%
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Only in SDVD
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 1.09%
Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated 1.06%
Interparfums, Inc. 1.02%
National HealthCare Corporation 1.02%
OFG Bancorp 0.99%
First BanCorp. 0.98%
East West Bancorp, Inc. 0.97%
Watts Water Technologies, Inc. 0.96%
Only in XSPI
NVIDIA Corp 8.10%
Apple Inc 7.92%
Microsoft Corp 6.26%
Amazon.com Inc 3.98%
Alphabet Inc 2.66%
Broadcom Inc 2.52%
Meta Platforms Inc 2.14%
Alphabet Inc 2.12%
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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 XSPI NEOS Boosted S&P 500 High Income ETF · Option income on SPY, paying monthly
Issuer First Trust NEOS
Strategy dividend stocks with call overlay option income
Benchmark First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 16.6%
Expense ratio 0.85% 0.98%
Cash paid, 1 year 9.7% 13.9% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)
Price change, 1 year +8.6% −2.3% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)
Total return, 1 year +18.9% +12.4% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year +17.5% +12.1% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)
Ahead or behind +1.4 pts +0.3 pts (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)
Return of capital, latest estimate 22% 98%
Age 3.2 years 274 days
Net assets, SDVD as of Nov 3, 2026 and XSPI as of Oct 28, 2026 $903m $140m

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 XSPI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowSDVDXSPISDVDXSPISDVDXSPI
3 months−2.3%+1.1%2.0%4.2%+0.5 pts+1.2 pts
6 months+3.3%+7.0%4.1%8.5%+0.9 pts+2.0 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 · XSPI Feb 2026+53.9%+12.4%31.3%13.9%+1.9 pts+0.3 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.

XSPI

Over the period from its first trade on Feb 3, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, XSPI paid 13.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +12.4%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +12.1% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 16.6%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 98% of the distribution paid Oct 9, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, SDVD or XSPI?
SDVD charges 0.85% a year and XSPI charges 0.98%, so SDVD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where to next
First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY) →S&P 500 (SPY) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →SDVD on its own →XSPI on its own →SDVD dividend history →SDVD holdings →XSPI dividend history →XSPI 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 ↗
XSPI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
XSPI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
XSPI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
NEOS page for XSPI ↗

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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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