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TDVI vs XLEI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XLEI paid 22.3% 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: $658m for FT Vest Technology Dividend Target Income ETF and $209m for State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF.

At a glance
8.3%
TDVI cash paid, 1 year
22.3%
XLEI cash paid, 1 year
+18.6%
TDVI total return, 1 year
+39.2%
XLEI 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.
XLEI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 10.6 pts behind XLE
XLEI
+39.2%
XLE
+49.8%

10.6 pts behind XLE

XLEI over 1 year: paid 22.3%, price +13.8%, total +39.2%, XLE +49.8%, −10.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XLE

+49.8%

XLEI

+39.2%

22.3% of it arrived as cash

10.6 pts behind XLE

Total return, distributions reinvested

10.6 pts behind XLE

XLEI over 1 year: paid 22.3%, price +13.8%, total +39.2%, XLE +49.8%, −10.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XLE

+49.8%

XLEI

+39.2%

10.6 pts behind XLE

22.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +49.8%. XLEI over 1 year: paid 22.3%, price +13.8%, total +39.2%, XLE +49.8%, −10.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +49.8%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XLEI costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 20.6 points; TDVI is 3.1 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

TDVI vs XLEI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureTDVIXLEI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+18.6%+39.2%
Price change, 1 yearrose 9.6%rose 13.8%
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 TDIVEnergy sector, measured through XLE
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.75%0.35%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$658m$209m
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 Score90.1TDVI82.3XLEI

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

Risk and return

Aug 8, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 64 weekly returns
TDVI XLEI
Return
Total return edge XLEI +27.4% +55.9%
Annualized edge XLEI +21.7% +43.4%
Price return edge XLEI +15.3% +22.3%
Risk
Volatility edge XLEI 18.9% 15.6%
Max drawdown edge XLEI −12.3% −7.9%
Downside capture 98.1% 78.9%
Beta 0.96 0.67
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge XLEI 0.93 2.15
Sortino edge XLEI 1.52 3.42
Treynor 0.206 0.501
Calmar edge XLEI 1.76 5.47
Against the benchmark
Alpha −0.1% a year +5.1% a year
Alpha t-stat −0.14 1.28
Information ratio −0.46 −1.04
Tracking error 1.9% 8.6%

Each against its own benchmark: TDVI against TDIV, Aug 18, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026; XLEI against XLE, Aug 8, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Aug 2025 to Oct 2026, XLEI returned more: +55.9% to +27.4%. XLEI swung less: 15.6% to 18.9%. XLEI fell less at its worst: −7.9% to −12.3%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: TDVI vs XLEI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureTDVIXLEIEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+27.4%+55.9%XLEIPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+21.7%+43.4%XLEITotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+15.3%+22.3%XLEIPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility18.9%15.6%XLEISpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation11.6%9.8%XLEILike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−12.3%−7.9%XLEIDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture94.3%57.9%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture98.1%78.9%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.960.67Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.990.92Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.932.15XLEIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.523.42XLEIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.2060.501Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.765.47XLEIAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkTDIVXLEThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−0.1% a year+5.1% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−0.141.28Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−2.1% to +1.8%−2.9% to +13.2%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.46−1.04Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error1.9%8.6%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 64 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, TDVI and XLEI 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 XLEI
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 XLEI
STATE STREET ENERGY SELECT SEC 100.78%
STATE STREET ENERGY SELECT SEC NOV26 70.5 CALL -0.02%
STATE STREET ENERGY SELECT SEC NOV26 72.5 CALL -0.02%
STATE STREET ENERGY SELECT SEC NOV26 69 CALL -0.04%
STATE STREET ENERGY SELECT SEC NOV26 71 CALL -0.07%
STATE STREET ENERGY SELECT SEC NOV26 70 CALL -0.76%
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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 XLEI State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF · Covered call on XLE, paying monthly
Strategy dividend stocks with call overlay covered call
Benchmark First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund (TDIV) Energy sector (XLE)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 7.7% 22.0%
Expense ratio 0.75% 0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year 8.3% 22.3%
Price change, 1 year +9.6% +13.8%
Total return, 1 year +18.6% +39.2%
Benchmark return, 1 year +18.6% +49.8%
Ahead or behind 0.0 pts −10.6 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 0% 100%
Age 3.2 years 1.3 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $658m $209m

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 XLEI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowTDVIXLEITDVIXLEITDVIXLEI
3 months+0.7%+9.7%1.9%5.3%+0.6 pts−1.8 pts
6 months+3.3%+14.8%3.9%10.5%+0.2 pts+1.9 pts
1 year+18.6%+39.2%8.3%22.3%0.0 pts−10.6 pts
3 years+103.0%–32.1%–−6.1 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: TDVI Aug 2023 · XLEI Jul 2025+102.9%+41.9%33.3%27.2%−5.0 pts−8.4 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.

XLEI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XLEI paid 22.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 13.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +39.2%. Energy sector (XLE) returned +49.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.6 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 22.0%, 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 XLEI?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TDVI paid 8.3% of its starting price in cash and XLEI paid 22.3%, so XLEI 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 XLEI?
With every distribution reinvested, TDVI returned +18.6% and XLEI +39.2% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, TDVI or XLEI?
TDVI charges 0.75% a year and XLEI charges 0.35%, so XLEI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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