Which is cheaper, SDVD or YSPC?

SDVD charges 0.85% a year and YSPC charges 1.01%, so SDVD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

SDVD vs YSPC: Dividend Yield & Total Return

SDVD and YSPC both write options for income.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $903m for FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF and $42m for YieldMax SPCX Option Income Strategy ETF.

SDVD on its own →YSPC on its own →

At a glance

9.7%

SDVD cash paid, 1 year

16.7%

YSPC cash paid, since launch, Jul 15, 2026

+18.9%

SDVD total return, 1 year

−2.1%

YSPC total return, since launch, Jul 15, 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%

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.

YSPC · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 2.6 pts behind SPCX

YSPC

−2.1%

SPCX

+0.5%

2.6 pts behind SPCX

YSPC since launch: paid 16.7%, price −18.2%, total −2.1%, SPCX +0.5%, −2.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPCX

+0.5%

YSPC

−2.1%

2.6 pts behind SPCX

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.6 pts behind SPCX

YSPC since launch: paid 16.7%, price −18.2%, total −2.1%, SPCX +0.5%, −2.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPCX

+0.5%

YSPC

−2.1%

2.6 pts behind SPCX

16.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YSPC since launch: paid 16.7%, price −18.2%, total −2.1%, SPCX +0.5%, −2.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SDVD costs 0.16 points a year less; SDVD is far larger, $903m against $42m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

SDVD vs YSPC: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	SDVD	YSPC
Paid and earned
Measure	SDVD	YSPC
Total return, 1 year	+18.9%	not published
Price change	rose 8.6% (1 year)	fell 18.2% (since Jul 15, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	22% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	SDVD	YSPC
Benchmark	First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through SDVY	Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX)
Cost and size
Measure	SDVD	YSPC
Expense ratio	0.85%	1.01%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$903m	$42m
Holdings
Measure	SDVD	YSPC
Holdings in common	0%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, SDVD and YSPC hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SDVD YSPC

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 YSPC

United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 29.45%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 13.87%

SPCX 11/20/2026 165.01 C 0.32%

SPCX US 11/06/26 C145 0.13%

SPCX US 11/06/26 C146 0.11%

SPCX US 11/06/26 C141 -0.11%

SPCX US 11/06/26 C140 -0.72%

SPCX 11/20/2026 165.01 P -21.73%

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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 YSPC YieldMax SPCX Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on SPCX, paying weekly

Issuer First Trust YieldMax

Strategy dividend stocks with call overlay synthetic covered call

Benchmark First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY) Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX)

Pays monthly weekly

Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 60.1%

Expense ratio 0.85% 1.01%

Cash paid, 1 year 9.7% 16.7% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +8.6% −18.2% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +18.9% −2.1% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +17.5% +0.5% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)

Ahead or behind +1.4 pts −2.6 pts (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)

Return of capital, latest estimate 22% not published

Age 3.2 years 112 days

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $903m $42m

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 YSPC: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	SDVD	YSPC	SDVD	YSPC	SDVD	YSPC
3 months	−2.3%	+11.7%	2.0%	18.2%	+0.5 pts	−13.8 pts
6 months	+3.3%	–	4.1%	–	+0.9 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 · YSPC Jul 2026	+53.9%	−2.1%	31.3%	16.7%	+1.9 pts	−2.5 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.

YSPC

Over the period from its first trade on Jul 15, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, YSPC paid 16.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 18.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −2.1%. Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX) returned +0.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.6 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 60.1%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, SDVD or YSPC?: SDVD charges 0.85% a year and YSPC charges 1.01%, so SDVD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →SDVD on its own →YSPC on its own →SDVD dividend history →SDVD holdings →YSPC dividend history →YSPC 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 ↗

YSPC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

YSPC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

YSPC 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

YieldMax page for YSPC ↗

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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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