Data as of .
SDVD vs YYY: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year YYY paid 12.1% of its price in cash against SDVD’s 9.2%, though SDVD returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: SDVD scores higher
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A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, SDVD and YYY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in SDVD | Only in YYY |
|---|---|
| National HealthCare Corporation 1.12% | abrdn Healthcare Investors 3.64% |
| First BanCorp. 1.04% | BlackRock Capital Allocation T 3.56% |
| OFG Bancorp 1.03% | Royce Small-Cap Trust Inc 3.55% |
| The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 1.01% | abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend F 3.53% |
| Interparfums, Inc. 1.00% | Tortoise Energy Infrastructure 3.38% |
| Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporat 1.00% | BlackRock ESG Capital Allocati 3.31% |
| VeriSign, Inc. 1.00% | DoubleLine Income Solutions Fu 3.22% |
| Assurant, Inc. 0.99% | Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fu 3.08% |
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDVD | YYY | SDVD | YYY | SDVD | YYY | |
| 3 months | −0.1% | −2.5% | 2.1% | 3.1% | −6.7 pts | −4.8 pts |
| 6 months | +8.3% | +4.7% | 4.4% | 6.5% | −4.3 pts | −13.3 pts |
| 1 year | +10.8% | +3.4% | 9.2% | 12.1% | −16.4 pts | −13.2 pts |
| 3 years | +53.0% | +37.1% | 30.7% | 37.7% | −0.7 pts | −41.3 pts |
| Since launch | +47.6% | +117.8% | 29.7% | 112.4% | −4.1 pts | −519.1 pts |
| SDVD FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF Dividend stocks with call overlay on SCHD, paying monthly | YYY Amplify CEF High Income ETF Option income on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | Amplify |
| Strategy | dividend stocks with call overlay | option income |
| Benchmark | US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy | S&P 500 (SPY), used as the proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 8.8% | 13.3% |
| Expense ratio | 0.85% | 3.23% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 9.2% | 12.1% |
| Price change, 1 year | +1.2% | −8.8% |
| Total return, 1 year | +10.8% | +3.4% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +27.2% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | −16.4 pts | −13.2 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 1135 days | 5211 days |
| Net assets | $888m | $702m |
SDVD in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SDVD paid 9.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.8%. US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy returned +27.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 16.4 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.8%, paid monthly.
YYY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, YYY paid 12.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.4%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as the proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 13.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.3%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, SDVD or YYY?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SDVD paid 9.2% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.1%, so YYY 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 YYY?
- With every distribution reinvested, SDVD returned +10.8% and YYY returned +3.4% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so SDVD returned more.
- Which is cheaper, SDVD or YYY?
- SDVD charges 0.85% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so SDVD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, SDVD against YYY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/sdvd-vs-yyy Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.