Which paid more, SOXY or TDVI?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SOXY paid 17.1% of its starting price in cash and TDVI paid 8.3%, so SOXY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, SOXY or TDVI?

With every distribution reinvested, SOXY returned +43.5% and TDVI +18.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, SOXY or TDVI?

SOXY charges 1.06% a year and TDVI charges 0.75%, so TDVI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

SOXY vs TDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SOXY paid 17.1% of its price in cash against TDVI’s 8.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $61m for YieldMax Target 12 Semiconductor Option Income ETF and $658m for FT Vest Technology Dividend Target Income ETF.

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At a glance

17.1%

SOXY cash paid, 1 year

8.3%

TDVI cash paid, 1 year

+43.5%

SOXY total return, 1 year

+18.6%

TDVI total return, 1 year

SOXY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 28.7 pts ahead of SPY

SOXY

+43.5%

SPY

+14.8%

28.7 pts ahead of SPY

SOXY over 1 year: paid 17.1%, price +26.0%, total +43.5%, SPY +14.8%, +28.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SOXY

+43.5%

17.1% of it arrived as cash

28.7 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

28.7 pts ahead of SPY

SOXY over 1 year: paid 17.1%, price +26.0%, total +43.5%, SPY +14.8%, +28.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SOXY

+43.5%

28.7 pts ahead of SPY

17.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. SOXY over 1 year: paid 17.1%, price +26.0%, total +43.5%, SPY +14.8%, +28.7 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% as 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, 0 to +43.5%. TDVI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +9.6%, total +18.6%, TDIV +18.6%, 0.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +43.5%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

TDVI costs 0.31 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 24.9 points; TDVI is 10.8 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

SOXY vs TDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	SOXY	TDVI
Paid and earned
Measure	SOXY	TDVI
Total return, 1 year	+43.5%	+18.6%
Price change, 1 year	rose 26.0%	rose 9.6%
Return of capital, issuer estimate		0% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	SOXY	TDVI
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund, measured through TDIV
Cost and size
Measure	SOXY	TDVI
Expense ratio	1.06%	0.75%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$61m	$658m
Holdings
Measure	SOXY	TDVI
Holdings in common	25%

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

IQ Income Score93.7SOXY90.1TDVI

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

SOXY 93.7

TDVI 90.1

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

25%

By the books each fund has filed, SOXY and TDVI hold 25% 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

25% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SOXY TDVI

Broadcom Inc 4.68% 7.24%

Texas Instruments Inc 4.42% 9.67%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 3.72% 3.94%

Analog Devices Inc 4.03% 3.58%

QUALCOMM Inc 3.55% 3.89%

NXP Semiconductors NV 3.17% 1.82%

Microchip Technology Inc 1.96% 1.60%

ASML Holding NV 4.95% 1.19%

ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd 3.19% 0.10%

STMicroelectronics NV 3.19% 0.10%

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Only in SOXY

NVIDIA Corp 6.90%

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 6.15%

Micron Technology Inc 4.68%

MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC 4.40%

SK hynix Inc 3.94%

Lam Research Corp 3.80%

United Microelectronics Corp 3.76%

ARM Holdings PLC 3.55%

Only in TDVI

International Business Machines Corporation 8.63%

Microsoft Corporation 8.29%

Oracle Corporation 6.83%

Thomson Reuters Corporation 2.69%

Vistance Networks Inc. 2.08%

Intuit Inc. 1.92%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 1.88%

TELUS Corporation 1.86%

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Side by side

SOXY YieldMax Target 12 Semiconductor Option Income ETF · Synthetic covered call on SPY, paying monthly TDVI FT Vest Technology Dividend Target Income ETF · Writes calls on the S&P 500, investing in the Nasdaq Technology Dividend Index, paying monthly

Issuer YieldMax First Trust

Strategy synthetic covered call dividend stocks with call overlay

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund (TDIV)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 12.3% 7.7%

Expense ratio 1.06% 0.75%

Cash paid, 1 year 17.1% 8.3%

Price change, 1 year +26.0% +9.6%

Total return, 1 year +43.5% +18.6%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +18.6%

Ahead or behind +28.7 pts 0.0 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 0%

Age 1.9 years 3.2 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $61m $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: SOXY vs TDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	SOXY	TDVI	SOXY	TDVI	SOXY	TDVI
3 months	−14.3%	+0.7%	2.9%	1.9%	−14.1 pts	+0.6 pts
6 months	−9.9%	+3.3%	6.3%	3.9%	−14.9 pts	+0.2 pts
1 year	+43.5%	+18.6%	17.1%	8.3%	+28.7 pts	0.0 pts
3 years	–	+103.0%	–	32.1%	–	−6.1 pts
Since launchNot the same days: SOXY Dec 2024 · TDVI Aug 2023	+90.3%	+102.9%	30.4%	33.3%	+60.4 pts	−5.0 pts

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About each fund

SOXY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SOXY paid 17.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 26.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +43.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 28.7 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.3%, paid monthly.

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). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, SOXY or TDVI?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SOXY paid 17.1% of its starting price in cash and TDVI paid 8.3%, so SOXY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, SOXY or TDVI?: With every distribution reinvested, SOXY returned +43.5% and TDVI +18.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, SOXY or TDVI?: SOXY charges 1.06% a year and TDVI charges 0.75%, so TDVI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

S&P 500 (SPY) →First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund (TDIV) →SOXY on its own →TDVI on its own →SOXY dividend history →SOXY holdings →TDVI dividend history →TDVI holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

SOXY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SOXY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SOXY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

YieldMax page for SOXY ↗

TDVI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

TDVI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

TDVI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for TDVI ↗

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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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