Which paid more, SDVD or YYY?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SDVD paid 9.7% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.4%, 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 +18.9% and YYY +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

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.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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SDVD vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YYY paid 12.4% of its price in cash against SDVD’s 9.7%, though SDVD returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $903m for FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF and $674m for Amplify CEF High Income ETF.

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At a glance

9.7%

SDVD cash paid, 1 year

12.4%

YYY cash paid, 1 year

+18.9%

SDVD total return, 1 year

+1.9%

YYY 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.

YYY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

YYY

+1.9%

none

Not measured

YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YYY

+1.9%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YYY

+1.9%

12.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SDVD costs 2.38 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 17.0 points; SDVD is 1.3 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

SDVD vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	SDVD	YYY
Paid and earned
Measure	SDVD	YYY
Total return, 1 year	+18.9%	+1.9%
Price change, 1 year	rose 8.6%	fell 10.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	22% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	18% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	SDVD	YYY
Benchmark	First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through SDVY	its own holdings
Cost and size
Measure	SDVD	YYY
Expense ratio	0.85%	3.23%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$903m	$674m
Holdings
Measure	SDVD	YYY
Holdings in common	0%

Method

Risk and return

Aug 18, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026 · 167 weekly returns

SDVD YYY

Return

Total return edge SDVD +53.5% +33.5%

Annualized edge SDVD +14.3% +9.4%

Price return edge SDVD +15.0% −10.9%

Risk

Volatility edge YYY 16.9% 10.8%

Max drawdown edge YYY −22.2% −10.4%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge SDVD 0.61 0.47

Sortino edge SDVD 0.89 0.68

Calmar edge YYY 0.64 0.90

Reading

From Aug 2023 to Oct 2026, SDVD returned more: +53.5% to +33.5%. YYY swung less: 10.8% to 16.9%. YYY fell less at its worst: −10.4% to −22.2%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: SDVD vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	SDVD	YYY	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+53.5%	+33.5%	SDVD	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+14.3%	+9.4%	SDVD	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+15.0%	−10.9%	SDVD	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	16.9%	10.8%	YYY	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	11.6%	7.5%	YYY	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−22.2%	−10.4%	YYY	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.61	0.47	SDVD	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.89	0.68	SDVD	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.64	0.90	YYY	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 167 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

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

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SDVD YYY

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 YYY

abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund 3.64%

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 3.31%

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund/Closed-end Fund 3.31%

BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust 3.30%

PIMCO High Income Fund 3.06%

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp 3.04%

Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund 2.70%

abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund 2.66%

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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 YYY Amplify CEF High Income ETF · Income from closed-end funds on its own holdings, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust Amplify

Strategy dividend stocks with call overlay income from closed-end funds

Benchmark First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY) YYY's own holdings (from its holdings of Nov 3, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 13.8%

Expense ratio 0.85% 3.23%

Cash paid, 1 year 9.7% 12.4%

Price change, 1 year +8.6% −10.3%

Total return, 1 year +18.9% +1.9%

Benchmark return, 1 year +17.5% not published

Ahead or behind +1.4 pts not available

Return of capital, latest estimate 22% 18%

Age 3.2 years 14.4 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $903m $674m

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 YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	SDVD	YYY	SDVD	YYY	SDVD	YYY
3 months	−2.3%	−4.9%	2.0%	3.2%	+0.5 pts	not measured
6 months	+3.3%	−4.1%	4.1%	6.2%	+0.9 pts	not measured
1 year	+18.9%	+1.9%	9.7%	12.4%	+1.4 pts	not measured
3 years	+60.8%	+35.2%	31.3%	38.6%	+1.0 pts	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: SDVD Aug 2023 · YYY Jun 2012	+53.9%	+114.4%	31.3%	113.6%	+1.9 pts	not measured

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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.

YYY

No 1-year comparison: a quarter's holdings filing is missing from the year.

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YYY paid 12.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +1.9%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.8%, paid monthly. Amplify estimates that 18% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, SDVD or YYY?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SDVD paid 9.7% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.4%, 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 +18.9% and YYY +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
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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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 →YYY on its own →SDVD dividend history →SDVD holdings →YYY dividend history →YYY 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 ↗

YYY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

YYY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

YYY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Amplify page for YYY ↗

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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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