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BIGY vs FDND: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BIGY paid 13.1% of its price in cash against FDND’s 7.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $31m for YieldMax Target 12 Big 50 Option Income ETF and $9.3m for FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF.

At a glance
13.1%
BIGY cash paid, 1 year
7.3%
FDND cash paid, 1 year
+7.4%
BIGY total return, 1 year
−2.6%
FDND total return, 1 year
BIGY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 7.4 pts behind SPY
BIGY
+7.4%
SPY
+14.8%

7.4 pts behind SPY

BIGY over 1 year: paid 13.1%, price −6.1%, total +7.4%, SPY +14.8%, −7.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

BIGY

+7.4%

13.1% of it arrived as cash

7.4 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

7.4 pts behind SPY

BIGY over 1 year: paid 13.1%, price −6.1%, total +7.4%, SPY +14.8%, −7.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

BIGY

+7.4%

7.4 pts behind SPY

13.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. BIGY over 1 year: paid 13.1%, price −6.1%, total +7.4%, SPY +14.8%, −7.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
FDND · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1 pt behind FDN
FDND
−2.6%
FDN
−1.6%

1 pt behind FDN

FDND over 1 year: paid 7.3%, price −10.1%, total −2.6%, FDN −1.6%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

FDN

−1.6%

FDND

−2.6%

1 pt behind FDN

Total return, distributions reinvested

1 pt behind FDN

FDND over 1 year: paid 7.3%, price −10.1%, total −2.6%, FDN −1.6%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

FDN

−1.6%

FDND

−2.6%

1 pt behind FDN

7.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. FDND over 1 year: paid 7.3%, price −10.1%, total −2.6%, FDN −1.6%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FDND costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.0 points; BIGY is 3.3 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

BIGY vs FDND: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureBIGYFDND
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+7.4%−2.6%
Price change, 1 yearfell 6.1%fell 10.1%
Return of capital, issuer estimate29% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYFirst Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund, measured through FDN
Against its benchmark, same daysbehind by 7.4 ptsbehind by 1.0 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.09%0.75%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$31m$9.3m
Holdings
Holdings in common18%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · BIGY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score38BIGY12.3FDND

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

Nov 29, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 100 weekly returns
BIGY FDND
Return
Total return edge BIGY +24.1% +7.7%
Annualized edge BIGY +11.9% +3.9%
Price return edge BIGY −0.9% −7.6%
Risk
Volatility edge BIGY 14.1% 22.4%
Max drawdown edge BIGY −17.4% −24.0%
Downside capture 97.9% 97.5%
Beta 0.93 0.95
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge BIGY 0.58 0.10
Sortino edge BIGY 0.85 0.15
Treynor 0.088 0.069
Calmar edge BIGY 0.68 0.16
Against the benchmark
Alpha −1.1% a year −1.3% a year
Alpha t-stat −0.47 −1.30
Information ratio −0.53 −0.88
Tracking error 3.5% 1.9%

Each against its own benchmark: BIGY against SPY, Nov 29, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026; FDND against FDN, Mar 28, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Nov 2024 to Oct 2026, BIGY returned more: +24.1% to +7.7%. BIGY swung less: 14.1% to 22.4%. BIGY fell less at its worst: −17.4% to −24.0%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: BIGY vs FDND: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureBIGYFDNDEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+24.1%+7.7%BIGYPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+11.9%+3.9%BIGYTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return−0.9%−7.6%BIGYPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility14.1%22.4%BIGYSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation9.6%15.5%BIGYLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−17.4%−24.0%BIGYDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture91.4%89.4%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture97.9%97.5%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.930.95Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.950.99Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.580.10BIGYReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino0.850.15BIGYReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.0880.069Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.680.16BIGYAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYFDNThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−1.1% a year−1.3% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−0.47−1.30Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−5.9% to +3.7%−3.3% to +0.7%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.53−0.88Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error3.5%1.9%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 100 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

18%

By the books each fund has filed, BIGY and FDND hold 18% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

18% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BIGY FDND
Amazon.com Inc 6.70% 10.68%
Alphabet Inc 7.37% 5.05%
Meta Platforms Inc 3.69% 10.21%
Cisco Systems Inc 0.95% 8.81%
Oracle Corp 0.84% 3.78%
Netflix Inc 0.65% 5.64%
Arista Networks Inc 0.53% 4.26%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in BIGY
Microsoft Corp 9.51%
Apple Inc 9.15%
NVIDIA Corp 7.62%
Space Exploration Technologies Corp 4.31%
Tesla Inc 3.63%
Broadcom Inc 3.57%
Eli Lilly & Co 3.14%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 2.92%
Only in FDND
Salesforce, Inc. 4.40%
Booking Holdings Inc. 4.29%
Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 4.06%
Snowflake Inc. (Class A) 3.75%
Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 3.23%
Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 2.72%
Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) 2.57%
DoorDash, Inc. (Class A) 2.53%
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Side by side

BIGY YieldMax Target 12 Big 50 Option Income ETF · Synthetic covered call on SPY, paying monthly FDND FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF · Writes calls on the Nasdaq-100, measured against the Dow Jones Internet Composite Index, paying monthly
Strategy synthetic covered call option income
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 11.9% 8.2%
Expense ratio 1.09% 0.75%
Cash paid, 1 year 13.1% 7.3%
Price change, 1 year −6.1% −10.1%
Total return, 1 year +7.4% −2.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% −1.6%
Ahead or behind −7.4 pts −1.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 29% 100%
Age 2.0 years 2.6 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $31m $9.3m

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: BIGY vs FDND: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowBIGYFDNDBIGYFDNDBIGYFDND
3 months−1.2%−4.7%3.0%2.0%−1.1 pts+0.5 pts
6 months+2.1%+2.2%6.4%4.0%−2.9 pts0.0 pts
1 year+7.4%−2.6%13.1%7.3%−7.4 pts−1.0 pts
Since launchNot the same days: BIGY Nov 2024 · FDND Mar 2024+26.8%+27.3%23.9%21.9%−5.3 pts−4.9 pts

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About each fund
BIGY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BIGY paid 13.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 6.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.4%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.9%, paid monthly. YieldMax estimates that 29% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

FDND

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −2.6%. First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) returned −1.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.2%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, BIGY or FDND?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BIGY paid 13.1% of its starting price in cash and FDND paid 7.3%, so BIGY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, BIGY or FDND?
With every distribution reinvested, BIGY returned +7.4% and FDND −2.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, BIGY or FDND?
BIGY charges 1.09% a year and FDND charges 0.75%, so FDND is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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