Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
ACKY vs FGSI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, ACKY paid 14.0% of its price in cash against FGSI’s 8.3%, though FGSI returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $45m for VistaShares Target 15 ACKtivist Distribution ETF and $2.0m for FT Vest Growth Strength & Target Income ETF.
8.4 pts behind SPY
ACKY over 1 year: paid 14.0%, price −8.5%, total +6.4%, SPY +14.8%, −8.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPY
+14.8%
ACKY
+6.4%
14.0% of it arrived as cash
8.4 pts behind SPY
Total return, distributions reinvested
8.4 pts behind SPY
ACKY over 1 year: paid 14.0%, price −8.5%, total +6.4%, SPY +14.8%, −8.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPY
+14.8%
ACKY
+6.4%
8.4 pts behind SPY
14.0% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. ACKY over 1 year: paid 14.0%, price −8.5%, total +6.4%, SPY +14.8%, −8.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.About even with FTGS
FGSI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +0.2%, total +9.0%, FTGS +8.8%, +0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
FTGS
+8.8%
FGSI
+9.0%
8.3% of it arrived as cash
about even with FTGS
Total return, distributions reinvested
About even with FTGS
FGSI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +0.2%, total +9.0%, FTGS +8.8%, +0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
FTGS
+8.8%
FGSI
+9.0%
8.3% cash
about even with FTGS
8.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. FGSI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +0.2%, total +9.0%, FTGS +8.8%, +0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
FGSI costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.6 points; ACKY is far larger, $45m against $2.0m.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | ACKY | FGSI |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +6.4% | +9.0% |
| Price change, 1 year | fell 8.5% | rose 0.2% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 98% of the Sep 29, 2026 payment | 53% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | S&P 500, measured through SPY | First Trust Growth Strength ETF, measured through FTGS |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.95% | 0.85% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $45m | $2.0m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 10% | |
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
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 →
Risk and return
Sep 19, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 58 weekly returnsFrom Sep 2025 to Oct 2026, FGSI returned more: +4.3% to −0.8%. FGSI swung less: 11.7% to 16.1%. FGSI fell less at its worst: −8.1% to −14.6%.
Full scorecard
9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | ACKY | FGSI | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | ||||
| Total return | −0.8% | +4.3% | FGSI | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. |
| Annualized | −0.7% | +3.9% | FGSI | Total return as a yearly rate. |
| Price return | −16.7% | −5.4% | FGSI | Price change alone, distributions left out. |
| Risk | ||||
| Volatility | 16.1% | 11.7% | FGSI | Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier. |
| Downside deviation | 10.3% | 7.5% | FGSI | Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate. |
| Max drawdown | −14.6% | −8.1% | FGSI | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. |
| Risk-adjusted | ||||
| Sharpe | −0.20 | 0.06 | FGSI | Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility. |
| Sortino | −0.31 | 0.09 | FGSI | Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation. |
| Calmar | −0.05 | 0.48 | FGSI | Annualized return divided by the max drawdown. |
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 58 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, ACKY and FGSI hold 10% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
half
10% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | ACKY | FGSI | ACKY | FGSI | ACKY | FGSI |
| 3 months | +4.8% | −2.2% | 3.7% | 2.0% | +5.0 pts | +0.6 pts |
| 6 months | +1.0% | +6.3% | 6.9% | 4.3% | −4.0 pts | +0.2 pts |
| 1 year | +6.4% | +9.0% | 14.0% | 8.3% | −8.4 pts | +0.2 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: ACKY Sep 2025 · FGSI Jun 2025 | +6.9% | +13.6% | 16.2% | 11.3% | −12.6 pts | −0.7 pts |
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ACKY
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, ACKY paid 14.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.4%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 8.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.5%, paid monthly. VistaShares estimates that 98% of the distribution paid Sep 29, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
FGSI
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FGSI paid 8.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.0%. First Trust Growth Strength ETF (FTGS) returned +8.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.3%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 53% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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