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TDVI vs XLBI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XLBI paid 15.9% of its price in cash against TDVI’s 8.3% and the two finished level on total return.

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Net assets: $658m on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest Technology Dividend Target Income ETF, and $9.4m on Nov 2, 2026 for State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF.

At a glance
8.3%
TDVI cash paid, 1 year
15.9%
XLBI cash paid, 1 year
+18.6%
TDVI total return, 1 year
+18.5%
XLBI total return, 1 year
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. Total return, distributions reinvested. 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.
XLBI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 11 pts behind XLB
XLBI
+18.5%
XLB
+29.5%

11 pts behind XLB

XLBI over 1 year: paid 15.9%, price +1.6%, total +18.5%, XLB +29.5%, −11.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XLB

+29.5%

XLBI

+18.5%

15.9% of it arrived as cash

11 pts behind XLB

Total return, distributions reinvested

11 pts behind XLB

XLBI over 1 year: paid 15.9%, price +1.6%, total +18.5%, XLB +29.5%, −11.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XLB

+29.5%

XLBI

+18.5%

15.9% cash

11 pts behind XLB

15.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +29.5%. XLBI over 1 year: paid 15.9%, price +1.6%, total +18.5%, XLB +29.5%, −11.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +29.5%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XLBI costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.1 points; TDVI is far larger, $658m against $9.8m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

TDVI vs XLBI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureTDVIXLBI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+18.6%+18.5%
Price change, 1 yearrose 9.6%rose 1.6%
Return of capital, issuer estimate0% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment100% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkFirst Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund, measured through TDIVMaterials, measured through XLB
Against its benchmark, same daysbehind by 11.0 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.75%0.35%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$658m$9.8m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · TDVI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score90.1TDVI69.2XLBI

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

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

0%

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

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first TDVI XLBI
Only in one fund ↓
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%
Only in XLBI
STATE STREET MATERIALS SELECT 103.82%
STATE STREET MATERIALS SELECT NOV26 55 CALL -0.03%
STATE STREET MATERIALS SELECT NOV26 53 CALL -0.19%
STATE STREET MATERIALS SELECT NOV26 51 CALL -3.71%
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Side by side

TDVI FT Vest Technology Dividend Target Income ETF · Writes calls on the S&P 500, investing in the Nasdaq Technology Dividend Index, paying monthly XLBI State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF · Covered call on XLB, paying monthly
Strategy dividend stocks with call overlay covered call
Benchmark First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund (TDIV) Materials (XLB)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 7.7% 17.2%
Expense ratio 0.75% 0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year 8.3% 15.9%
Price change, 1 year +9.6% +1.6%
Total return, 1 year +18.6% +18.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year +18.6% +29.5%
Ahead or behind 0.0 pts −11.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 0% 100%
Age 3.2 years 1.3 years
Net assets, TDVI as of Nov 3, 2026 and XLBI as of Nov 2, 2026 $658m $9.4m

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: TDVI vs XLBI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowTDVIXLBITDVIXLBITDVIXLBI
3 months+0.7%+0.8%1.9%3.6%+0.6 pts−2.0 pts
6 months+3.3%+3.4%3.9%6.7%+0.2 pts−0.3 pts
1 year+18.6%+18.5%8.3%15.9%0.0 pts−11.0 pts
3 years+103.0%–32.1%–−6.1 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: TDVI Aug 2023 · XLBI Jul 2025+102.9%+16.4%33.3%18.9%−5.0 pts−7.7 pts

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About each fund
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.

XLBI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XLBI paid 15.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.5%. Materials (XLB) returned +29.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 11.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 17.2%, paid monthly. State Street estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, TDVI or XLBI?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TDVI paid 8.3% of its starting price in cash and XLBI paid 15.9%, so XLBI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, TDVI or XLBI?
With every distribution reinvested, TDVI returned +18.6% and XLBI +18.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, TDVI or XLBI?
TDVI charges 0.75% a year and XLBI charges 0.35%, so XLBI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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