Which paid more, SDVD or XYLG?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SDVD paid 9.7% of its starting price in cash and XYLG paid 12.7%, so XYLG 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 XYLG?

With every distribution reinvested, SDVD returned +18.9% and XYLG +15.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, SDVD or XYLG?

SDVD charges 0.85% a year and XYLG charges 0.35%, so XYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

SDVD vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLG paid 12.7% 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 $72m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF.

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At a glance

9.7%

SDVD cash paid, 1 year

12.7%

XYLG cash paid, 1 year

+18.9%

SDVD total return, 1 year

+15.6%

XYLG 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.

XYLG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.8 pts ahead of SPY

XYLG

+15.6%

SPY

+14.8%

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

XYLG over 1 year: paid 12.7%, price +1.5%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLG

+15.6%

12.7% of it arrived as cash

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

XYLG over 1 year: paid 12.7%, price +1.5%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLG

+15.6%

12.7% as cash

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

12.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +18.9%. XYLG over 1 year: paid 12.7%, price +1.5%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +18.9%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XYLG costs 0.50 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.3 points; SDVD is 12.2 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

SDVD vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	SDVD	XYLG
Paid and earned
Measure	SDVD	XYLG
Total return, 1 year	+18.9%	+15.6%
Price change, 1 year	rose 8.6%	rose 1.5%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	22% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	80% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	SDVD	XYLG
Benchmark	First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through SDVY	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	SDVD	XYLG
Expense ratio	0.85%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$879m	$72m
Holdings
Measure	SDVD	XYLG
Holdings in common	2%

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

IQ Income Score84.7SDVD70.4XYLG

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

XYLG 70.4

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

By the books each fund has filed, SDVD and XYLG hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SDVD XYLG

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company 0.22% 0.10%

Comfort Systems USA, Inc. 0.46% 0.09%

Fifth Third Bancorp 0.48% 0.08%

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (Class A) 0.84% 0.06%

M&T Bank Corporation 0.88% 0.06%

EMCOR Group, Inc. 0.83% 0.05%

Citizens Financial Group, Inc. 0.43% 0.05%

NetApp, Inc. 0.80% 0.05%

Northern Trust Corporation 0.52% 0.05%

Xylem Inc. 0.38% 0.05%

Expedia Group, Inc. 0.98% 0.05%

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. 0.77% 0.05%

Only in one fund ↓

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 XYLG

NVIDIA CORPORATION 7.60%

APPLE INC. 7.09%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.39%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.15%

ALPHABET INC. 3.26%

BROADCOM INC. 2.88%

ALPHABET INC. 2.63%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.91%

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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 XYLG Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust Global X

Strategy dividend stocks with call overlay covered call

Benchmark First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 4.4%

Expense ratio 0.85% 0.35%

Cash paid, 1 year 9.7% 12.7%

Price change, 1 year +8.6% +1.5%

Total return, 1 year +18.9% +15.6%

Benchmark return, 1 year +17.5% +14.8%

Ahead or behind +1.4 pts +0.8 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 22% 80%

Age 3.2 years 6.1 years

Net assets, SDVD as of Nov 3, 2026 and XYLG as of Oct 12, 2026 $903m $72m

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 XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	SDVD	XYLG	SDVD	XYLG	SDVD	XYLG
3 months	−2.3%	+1.4%	2.0%	1.1%	+0.5 pts	+1.5 pts
6 months	+3.3%	+6.7%	4.1%	2.5%	+0.9 pts	+1.7 pts
1 year	+18.9%	+15.6%	9.7%	12.7%	+1.4 pts	+0.8 pts
3 years	+60.8%	+65.6%	31.3%	44.3%	+1.0 pts	−17.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: SDVD Aug 2023 · XYLG Sep 2020	+53.9%	+116.0%	31.3%	69.8%	+1.9 pts	−38.4 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.

XYLG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLG paid 12.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 4.4%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 80% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, SDVD or XYLG?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SDVD paid 9.7% of its starting price in cash and XYLG paid 12.7%, so XYLG 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 XYLG?: With every distribution reinvested, SDVD returned +18.9% and XYLG +15.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, SDVD or XYLG?: SDVD charges 0.85% a year and XYLG charges 0.35%, so XYLG 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) →SDVD on its own →XYLG on its own →SDVD dividend history →SDVD holdings →XYLG dividend history →XYLG 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 ↗

XYLG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XYLG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XYLG 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for XYLG ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

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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