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SEMY vs TDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $35m for GraniteShares YieldBOOST Semiconductor ETF and $658m for FT Vest Technology Dividend Target Income ETF.

At a glance
75.3%
SEMY cash paid, since launch, Nov 18, 2025
8.3%
TDVI cash paid, 1 year
+24.3%
SEMY total return, since launch, Nov 18, 2025
+18.6%
TDVI total return, 1 year
SEMY · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 38.8 pts behind SOXX
SEMY
+24.3%
SOXX
+63.1%

38.8 pts behind SOXX

SEMY since launch: paid 75.3%, price −55.9%, total +24.3%, SOXX +63.1%, −38.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SOXX

+63.1%

SEMY

+24.3%

75.3% of it arrived as cash

38.8 pts behind SOXX

Total return, distributions reinvested

38.8 pts behind SOXX

SEMY since launch: paid 75.3%, price −55.9%, total +24.3%, SOXX +63.1%, −38.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SOXX

+63.1%

SEMY

+24.3%

38.8 pts behind SOXX

75.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. SEMY since launch: paid 75.3%, price −55.9%, total +24.3%, SOXX +63.1%, −38.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
TDVI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with TDIV
TDVI
+18.6%
TDIV
+18.6%

About even with TDIV

TDVI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +9.6%, total +18.6%, TDIV +18.6%, 0.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

TDIV

+18.6%

TDVI

+18.6%

8.3% cash

about even with TDIV

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with TDIV

TDVI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +9.6%, total +18.6%, TDIV +18.6%, 0.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

TDIV

+18.6%

TDVI

+18.6%

about even with TDIV

8.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. TDVI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +9.6%, total +18.6%, TDIV +18.6%, 0.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

TDVI costs 0.39 points a year less; TDVI is 18.8 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

SEMY vs TDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureSEMYTDVI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 yearnot published+18.6%
Price changefell 55.9% (since Nov 18, 2025)rose 9.6% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate98% of the Sep 22, 2026 payment0% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkiShares Semiconductor ETF, measured through SOXXFirst Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund, measured through TDIV
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.14%0.75%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$35m$658m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%

Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, SEMY and TDVI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SEMY TDVI
Only in one fund ↓
Only in SEMY
Only in TDVI
Texas Instruments Incorporated 9.67%
International Business Machines Corporation 8.63%
Microsoft Corporation 8.29%
Broadcom Inc. 7.24%
Oracle Corporation 6.83%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (ADR) 3.94%
QUALCOMM Incorporated 3.89%
Analog Devices, Inc. 3.58%
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Side by side

SEMY GraniteShares YieldBOOST Semiconductor ETF · Synthetic covered call on SOXX, paying weekly TDVI FT Vest Technology Dividend Target Income ETF · Writes calls on the S&P 500, investing in the Nasdaq Technology Dividend Index, paying monthly
Strategy synthetic covered call dividend stocks with call overlay
Benchmark iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund (TDIV)
Pays weekly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 69.3% 7.7%
Expense ratio 1.14% 0.75%
Cash paid, 1 year 75.3% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025) 8.3%
Price change, 1 year −55.9% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025) +9.6%
Total return, 1 year +24.3% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025) +18.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year +63.1% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025) +18.6%
Ahead or behind −38.8 pts (since launch, Nov 18, 2025) 0.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 98% 0%
Age 351 days 3.2 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $35m $658m

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: SEMY vs TDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowSEMYTDVISEMYTDVISEMYTDVI
3 months−8.3%+0.7%15.6%1.9%+6.8 pts+0.6 pts
6 months−6.2%+3.3%34.5%3.9%+4.9 pts+0.2 pts
1 year–+18.6%–8.3%–0.0 pts
3 years–+103.0%–32.1%–−6.1 pts
Since launchNot the same days: SEMY Nov 2025 · TDVI Aug 2023+24.3%+102.9%75.3%33.3%−38.8 pts−5.0 pts

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About each fund
SEMY

Over the period from its first trade on Nov 18, 2025 to Nov 4, 2026, SEMY paid 75.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 55.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +24.3%. iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) returned +63.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 38.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 69.3%, paid weekly. GraniteShares estimates that 98% of the distribution paid Sep 22, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

TDVI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TDVI paid 8.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.6%. First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund (TDIV) returned +18.6% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.7%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 0% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, SEMY or TDVI?
SEMY charges 1.14% a year and TDVI charges 0.75%, so TDVI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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