Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

vsOpen in the appCompare their flowsaskIQ about these two fundsAsk the committee about these two funds
Income ETFs

DDDD vs FGSI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

Share
Share on XDownload as PDF

DDDD and FGSI both write options for income.

askIQ about this page

askIQ about DDDD and FGSI

Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $7.8m for YieldMax U.S. Stocks Target Double Distribution ETF and $2.0m for FT Vest Growth Strength & Target Income ETF.

At a glance
3.4%
DDDD cash paid, since launch, Mar 12, 2026
8.3%
FGSI cash paid, 1 year
+17.1%
DDDD total return, since launch, Mar 12, 2026
+9.0%
FGSI total return, 1 year
DDDD · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 3.3 pts behind SCHD
DDDD
+17.1%
SCHD
+20.4%

3.3 pts behind SCHD

DDDD since launch: paid 3.4%, price +13.4%, total +17.1%, SCHD +20.4%, −3.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SCHD

+20.4%

DDDD

+17.1%

3.4% as cash

3.3 pts behind SCHD

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.3 pts behind SCHD

DDDD since launch: paid 3.4%, price +13.4%, total +17.1%, SCHD +20.4%, −3.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SCHD

+20.4%

DDDD

+17.1%

3.3 pts behind SCHD

3.4% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. DDDD since launch: paid 3.4%, price +13.4%, total +17.1%, SCHD +20.4%, −3.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
FGSI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with FTGS
FGSI
+9.0%
FTGS
+8.8%

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%

about even with FTGS

8.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +20.4%. FGSI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +0.2%, total +9.0%, FTGS +8.8%, +0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +20.4%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FGSI costs 0.16 points a year less; DDDD is 3.9 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DDDD vs FGSI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDDDDFGSI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 yearnot published+9.0%
Price changerose 13.4% (since Mar 12, 2026)rose 0.2% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate76% of the Oct 2, 2026 payment53% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkUS dividend stocks, measured through SCHDFirst Trust Growth Strength ETF, measured through FTGS
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.01%0.85%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$7.8m$2.0m
Holdings
Holdings in common3%

Method

What they share

3%

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

0 half 100%

half

3% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DDDD FGSI
Blackstone Inc 2.21% 2.21%
Cincinnati Financial Corp 0.70% 2.15%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in DDDD
Texas Instruments Inc 4.70%
Procter & Gamble Co 4.37%
Home Depot Inc 4.29%
Coca-Cola Co 4.18%
Amgen Inc 4.16%
Abbott Laboratories 4.02%
Chevron Corp 3.94%
QUALCOMM Inc 3.92%
Only in FGSI
Vertiv Holdings Co (Class A) 2.28%
Eli Lilly and Company 2.25%
United Therapeutics Corporation 2.25%
Delta Air Lines, Inc. 2.20%
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 2.18%
General Dynamics Corporation 2.16%
S&P Global Inc. 2.16%
Arch Capital Group Ltd. 2.12%
Check overlap with more funds →

Side by side

DDDD YieldMax U.S. Stocks Target Double Distribution ETF · Synthetic covered call on SCHD FGSI FT Vest Growth Strength & Target Income ETF · Writes calls on the S&P 500, measured against The Growth Strength Index, paying monthly
Strategy synthetic covered call option income
Benchmark US dividend stocks (SCHD) First Trust Growth Strength ETF (FTGS)
Pays not established monthly
Payout rate, annualized 18.3% 8.3%
Expense ratio 1.01% 0.85%
Cash paid, 1 year 3.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) 8.3%
Price change, 1 year +13.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +0.2%
Total return, 1 year +17.1% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +9.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year +20.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +8.8%
Ahead or behind −3.3 pts (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +0.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 76% 53%
Age 237 days 1.4 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $7.8m $2.0m

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: DDDD vs FGSI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowDDDDFGSIDDDDFGSIDDDDFGSI
3 months+7.5%−2.2%1.6%2.0%−1.0 pts+0.6 pts
6 months+13.6%+6.3%3.3%4.3%−2.6 pts+0.2 pts
1 year–+9.0%–8.3%–+0.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: DDDD Mar 2026 · FGSI Jun 2025+17.1%+13.6%3.4%11.3%−3.3 pts−0.7 pts

– means no data for this window. Open this comparison in the app →

Alert

DDDD and FGSI flows, by email on Sundays.

One-click unsubscribe. See Privacy.

About each fund
DDDD

Over the period from its first trade on Mar 12, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, DDDD paid 3.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 13.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.1%. US dividend stocks (SCHD) returned +20.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.3 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 18.3%, paid periodically. YieldMax estimates that 76% of the distribution paid Oct 2, 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).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, DDDD or FGSI?
DDDD charges 1.01% a year and FGSI charges 0.85%, so FGSI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Other comparisons
Cite this pageCitation, APA and Markdown

ETFIQ, DDDD against FGSI, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/dddd-vs-fgsi

Open data →

Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms.