RDVI FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF
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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RDVI paid 9.1% in cash and returned 22.0% in total, against 22.2% for RDVY.
Promise check: DeliveredOver the year to Nov 4, 2026, RDVI paid 9.1% in cash and returned 22.0% in total, covering 241.8% of its payout.
RDVI risk and return scorecard
vs RDVY · Oct 2022 to Oct 2026 · 209 weekly returns · dividend-adjusted
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records; risk-free rate: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Bill Rates, 13-week coupon equivalent Method · Data
Money in and out
Net fund flows · Nov 3, 2026What you earned
What it paid
13 distributions · latest Oct 21, 2026More on RDVI
Every number below is on this page. Open what you need.Price and total return, 1 year
$28.68+1.6%1 day, priceClose, Nov 4, 2026
Total return adds every distribution, reinvested. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Price | RDVY | Ahead or behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1M Oct 5 – Nov 4, 2026 | +2.2% | 0.7% | +1.5% | +1.9% | +0.3 pts |
| 3M Aug 5 – Nov 4, 2026 | −1.9% | 2.0% | −4.0% | −2.5% | +0.6 pts |
| 6M May 6 – Nov 4, 2026 | +7.9% | 4.3% | +3.5% | +7.8% | +0.1 pts |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | +17.3% | 7.5% | +9.3% | +17.5% | −0.2 pts |
| 1Y Nov 4, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | +22.0% | 9.1% | +12.2% | +22.2% | −0.2 pts |
| 3Y Nov 3, 2023 – Nov 4, 2026 | +76.0% | 30.9% | +36.1% | +82.4% | −6.4 pts |
| Since launch Oct 20, 2022 – Nov 4, 2026 | +106.5% | 43.0% | +45.8% | +114.8% | −8.3 pts |
| Since launch, annualised Oct 20, 2022 – Nov 4, 2026 | +19.6% | – | – | – | – |
Total returns, distributions reinvested.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.
0.0%
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
RDVI paid 9.1% in cash over the year and returned 22.0% in total, more than it paid out.
Money in and out
Daily data · as of Nov 3, 2026RDVI: in the 22 trading days to Nov 3, 2026, net $107m came in.
Nov 3, 2026
Oct 28, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026
Aug 1, 2025 to Jul 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
Aug 1, 2023 to Jul 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
monthly, from SEC filings
RDVI, net flow each trading day over the 65 sessions from Aug 4, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026: money came in on 12 days and went out on 2 days, of the 21 days with daily data; the other 44 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 12 days, out on 2. 44 days missing.
RDVI, net flow each trading day over the 251 sessions from Nov 4, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026: money came in on 12 days and went out on 2 days, of the 21 days with daily data; the other 230 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 12 days, out on 2. 230 days missing.
RDVI, net flow each trading day over the 400 sessions from Apr 2, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026: money came in on 12 days and went out on 2 days, of the 21 days with daily data; the other 379 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 12 days, out on 2. 379 days missing.
Daily data starts Oct 6, 2026.
How this is computed
Computed by ETFIQ from First Trust’s daily data: each day’s change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s net asset value. Percentages are of net assets at the start of each window. Numbers are net: money in less money out. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for RDVI, back to Aug 2022, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare RDVI with other funds in the flows tool
Every trading day, last 3 months21 days
Most recent first.
Week by week, last year5 weeks
Net flow into RDVI each week, Oct 6, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, most recent first, each week named by its last trading day with data. Computed by ETFIQ.
Month by month, money in and money outOct 2023 to Nov 2026
RDVI, money in and money out each month from Oct 2023 to Oct 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Bars for Oct 2023 to Jul 2026 are from RDVI’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6), and for Oct 2026 ETFIQ’s sums of its days. Aug 2026 to Sep 2026 have no data. Nov 2026 is still in progress, so it is in the list and not drawn. Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 36 and went out in 0.
Bars for Oct 2023 to Jul 2026 are from RDVI’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6), and for Oct 2026 ETFIQ’s sums of its days. Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 36 and went out in 0.
Most recent first.
How this is computed
N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions. Months summed from daily data: money in adds the days money came in; money out adds the days it went out.
N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily data; the Source column names any missing day.
Source: ETFIQ, from the fund’s daily share counts and net asset values, and its SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of Nov 3, 2026. Last checked Nov 5, 2026.
RDVI key stats
RDVI return of capital and tax
Trading
as of Nov 4, 2026
Trades like a giant: trades at a typical spread of 0.04%, and its holdings can absorb $557m a day.
RDVI for holders outside the US
13 distributions for RDVI, $0.1775 to $0.2078 a share and $0.1918 in the middle, Oct 21, 2025 to Oct 21, 2026. 1 further ex-date is expected with no amount the issuer has declared, so it is not drawn.
RDVI pays monthly. The last distribution was $0.1977 a share, which went ex on Oct 21, 2026, with payment about 2 days later. The next has not been declared. On its own cadence of about 30 days the ex-date falls near Nov 20, 2026; that date is an ETFIQ projection, not the issuer’s.
Expected distributions for RDVI. A projected row carries the fund’s own spacing forward from its last ex-date, at the last amount paid. Neither is an issuer statement. Source: ETFIQ.
Cash distributions per share for RDVI. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
Source: ETFIQ, from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
That is the share of the 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company sitting at or below RDVI.
One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. Where the fund sits in this set, not a rating. Do not average it with another category's score.
Total return as a share of the cash paid: 241.8% · 92nd pct, −272.3% to 2,333.3% across 167.
RDVI top ten by weight, 22.6% of the fund, of its 73 equity positions, from the holdings published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026. The options the fund writes are not positions of this kind and are not listed. Source: the issuer’s own daily file.
Source: First Trust’s daily holdings file. Updated each trading day. Last checked Nov 4, 2026.
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About RDVI
How we measure
12 seats on RDVI, as of Nov 4, 2026: 2 Supports, 1 Mixed, 7 Challenges, 2 Not enough data.
Questions people ask about RDVI
- How much has RDVI paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RDVI paid 9.1% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price rose 12.2%.
- Is RDVI ahead of RDVY?
- Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, RDVI returned +22.0% against +22.2% for First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY), so a holder was about even with it by 0.2 points.
- How often does RDVI pay, and how much?
- RDVI pays monthly. The latest distribution annualizes to 8.3% at its price on Nov 4, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the RDVI distribution return of capital?
- First Trust estimates 40% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was return of capital. That is a tax characterization from the fund's own 19a-1 notice, not a measure of erosion.
- When does RDVI next pay a distribution?
- RDVI pays monthly. The last distribution went ex on Oct 21, 2026 at $0.1977 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 30 days the ex-date falls near Nov 20, 2026, which is an ETFIQ projection. Payment usually follows the ex-date by 2 days.
- What does RDVI cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.75% a year.
- How much of RDVI’s distribution is return of capital?
- First Trust’s Rule 19a-1 notice estimates 39.8% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was return of capital. Across its notices for distributions paid May 29, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026, the estimate is 47.0%. The annual report for the fiscal year to Oct 31, 2025 puts it at 0.0% of distributions. Estimates come before the fund year closes and often change.
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