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TDVI vs XLFI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XLFI paid 10.7% of its price in cash against TDVI’s 8.3%, though TDVI 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 $13m for State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF.

At a glance
8.3%
TDVI cash paid, 1 year
10.7%
XLFI cash paid, 1 year
+18.6%
TDVI total return, 1 year
+8.1%
XLFI 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% of it arrived 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.
XLFI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 6.6 pts behind XLF
XLFI
+8.1%
XLF
+14.7%

6.6 pts behind XLF

XLFI over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price −3.2%, total +8.1%, XLF +14.7%, −6.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XLF

+14.7%

XLFI

+8.1%

10.7% of it arrived as cash

6.6 pts behind XLF

Total return, distributions reinvested

6.6 pts behind XLF

XLFI over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price −3.2%, total +8.1%, XLF +14.7%, −6.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XLF

+14.7%

XLFI

+8.1%

6.6 pts behind XLF

10.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XLFI over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price −3.2%, total +8.1%, XLF +14.7%, −6.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XLFI costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.5 points; TDVI is far larger, $658m against $13m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

TDVI vs XLFI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureTDVIXLFI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+18.6%+8.1%
Price change, 1 yearrose 9.6%fell 3.2%
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 TDIVFinancials sector, measured through XLF
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.75%0.35%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$658m$13m
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 Score90.1TDVI45.8XLFI

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

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Method

What they share

0%

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

0 half 100%

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first TDVI XLFI
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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 XLFI
STATE STREET FINANCIAL SELECT 102.90%
STATE STREET FINANCIAL SELECT NOV26 58 CALL -0.06%
STATE STREET FINANCIAL SELECT NOV26 57.5 CALL -0.11%
STATE STREET FINANCIAL SELECT NOV26 57 CALL -0.18%
STATE STREET FINANCIAL SELECT NOV26 56 CALL -2.55%
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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 XLFI State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF · Covered call on XLF, paying monthly
Strategy dividend stocks with call overlay covered call
Benchmark First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund (TDIV) Financials sector (XLF)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 7.7% 11.0%
Expense ratio 0.75% 0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year 8.3% 10.7%
Price change, 1 year +9.6% −3.2%
Total return, 1 year +18.6% +8.1%
Benchmark return, 1 year +18.6% +14.7%
Ahead or behind 0.0 pts −6.6 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 0% 100%
Age 3.2 years 1.3 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $658m $13m

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 XLFI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowTDVIXLFITDVIXLFITDVIXLFI
3 months+0.7%−0.3%1.9%2.3%+0.6 pts−2.7 pts
6 months+3.3%+9.0%3.9%5.0%+0.2 pts−6.0 pts
1 year+18.6%+8.1%8.3%10.7%0.0 pts−6.6 pts
3 years+103.0%–32.1%–−6.1 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: TDVI Aug 2023 · XLFI Jul 2025+102.9%+10.5%33.3%14.1%−5.0 pts−4.0 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.

XLFI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XLFI paid 10.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.1%. Financials sector (XLF) returned +14.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.6 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.0%, 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 XLFI?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TDVI paid 8.3% of its starting price in cash and XLFI paid 10.7%, so XLFI 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 XLFI?
With every distribution reinvested, TDVI returned +18.6% and XLFI +8.1% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, TDVI or XLFI?
TDVI charges 0.75% a year and XLFI charges 0.35%, so XLFI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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