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CVRD vs FDND: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, CVRD paid 7.7% of its price in cash against FDND’s 7.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $32m on Jun 30, 2026 for Madison Covered Call ETF, and $9.3m on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF.

At a glance
7.7%
CVRD cash paid, 1 year
7.3%
FDND cash paid, 1 year
+12.7%
CVRD total return, 1 year
−2.6%
FDND total return, 1 year
CVRD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 10.4 pts behind its own stocks
CVRD
+12.7%
Own
+23.1%

10.4 pts behind its own stocks

CVRD over 1 year: paid 7.7%, price +4.3%, total +12.7%, its own stocks +23.1%, −10.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own stocks

+23.1%

CVRD

+12.7%

7.7% as cash

10.4 pts behind its own stocks

Total return, distributions reinvested

10.4 pts behind its own stocks

CVRD over 1 year: paid 7.7%, price +4.3%, total +12.7%, its own stocks +23.1%, −10.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own stocks

+23.1%

CVRD

+12.7%

10.4 pts behind its own stocks

7.7% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. CVRD over 1 year: paid 7.7%, price +4.3%, total +12.7%, its own stocks +23.1%, −10.4 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 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.3 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

CVRD vs FDND: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureCVRDFDND
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+12.7%−2.6%
Price change, 1 yearrose 4.3%fell 10.1%
Against its benchmark
Benchmarkits own stocksFirst Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund, measured through FDN
Against its benchmark, same daysbehind by 10.4 ptsbehind by 1.0 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.90%0.75%
Net assets, CVRD as of Jun 30, 2026 and FDND as of Nov 3, 2026$32m$9.3m
Holdings
Holdings in common11%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · CVRD scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score80.5CVRD12.3FDND

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

What they share

11%

By the books each fund has filed, CVRD and FDND hold 11% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

11% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first CVRD FDND
Amazon.com Inc 4.03% 10.68%
Meta Platforms Inc 2.64% 10.21%
Salesforce Inc 2.45% 4.40%
PayPal Holdings Inc 2.30% 1.82%
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Only in CVRD
Palo Alto Networks Inc 4.80%
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co 4.54%
Danaher Corp 4.29%
Agilent Technologies Inc 3.95%
Microsoft Corp 3.85%
Visa Inc 3.65%
Broadcom Inc 3.55%
Union Pacific Corp 3.15%
Only in FDND
Cisco Systems, Inc. 8.81%
Netflix, Inc. 5.64%
Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 5.05%
Booking Holdings Inc. 4.29%
Arista Networks, Inc. 4.26%
Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 4.06%
Oracle Corporation 3.78%
Snowflake Inc. (Class A) 3.75%
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Side by side

CVRD Madison Covered Call ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying quarterly 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 covered call option income
Benchmark CVRD's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026) First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN)
Pays quarterly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 6.3% 8.2%
Expense ratio 0.90% 0.75%
Cash paid, 1 year 7.7% 7.3%
Price change, 1 year +4.3% −10.1%
Total return, 1 year +12.7% −2.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year +23.1% −1.6%
Ahead or behind −10.4 pts −1.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 100%
Age 3.2 years 2.6 years
Net assets, CVRD as of Jun 30, 2026 and FDND as of Nov 3, 2026 $32m $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: CVRD vs FDND: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowCVRDFDNDCVRDFDNDCVRDFDND
3 months+5.7%−4.7%1.6%2.0%−0.8 pts+0.5 pts
6 months+5.8%+2.2%3.2%4.0%−3.8 pts0.0 pts
1 year+12.7%−2.6%7.7%7.3%−10.4 pts−1.0 pts
3 years+26.9%–27.7%–not measured–
Since launchNot the same days: CVRD Aug 2023 · FDND Mar 2024+27.2%+27.3%27.8%21.9%not measured−4.9 pts

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About each fund
CVRD

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, CVRD paid 7.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +12.7%. CVRD's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026) returned +23.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.3%, paid quarterly.

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). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, CVRD or FDND?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, CVRD paid 7.7% of its starting price in cash and FDND paid 7.3%, so CVRD paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, CVRD or FDND?
With every distribution reinvested, CVRD returned +12.7% and FDND −2.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, CVRD or FDND?
CVRD charges 0.90% a year and FDND charges 0.75%, so FDND is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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