Which is cheaper, DDDD or FTHI?

DDDD charges 1.01% a year and FTHI charges 0.75%, so FTHI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

DDDD vs FTHI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

DDDD and FTHI both write options for income.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $7.8m for YieldMax U.S. Stocks Target Double Distribution ETF and $2.5bn for First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF.

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At a glance

3.4%

DDDD cash paid, since launch, Mar 12, 2026

8.9%

FTHI cash paid, 1 year

+17.1%

DDDD total return, since launch, Mar 12, 2026

+8.1%

FTHI 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.

FTHI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 6.7 pts behind SPY

FTHI

+8.1%

SPY

+14.8%

6.7 pts behind SPY

FTHI over 1 year: paid 8.9%, price −1.2%, total +8.1%, SPY +14.8%, −6.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

FTHI

+8.1%

8.9% of it arrived as cash

6.7 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

6.7 pts behind SPY

FTHI over 1 year: paid 8.9%, price −1.2%, total +8.1%, SPY +14.8%, −6.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

FTHI

+8.1%

6.7 pts behind SPY

8.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. FTHI over 1 year: paid 8.9%, price −1.2%, total +8.1%, SPY +14.8%, −6.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FTHI costs 0.26 points a year less; FTHI is far larger, $2.5bn against $7.8m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DDDD vs FTHI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	DDDD	FTHI
Paid and earned
Measure	DDDD	FTHI
Total return, 1 year	not published	+8.1%
Price change	rose 13.4% (since Mar 12, 2026)	fell 1.2% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	76% of the Oct 2, 2026 payment	92% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	DDDD	FTHI
Benchmark	US dividend stocks, measured through SCHD	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	DDDD	FTHI
Expense ratio	1.01%	0.75%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$7.8m	$2.5bn
Holdings
Measure	DDDD	FTHI
Holdings in common	6%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DDDD and FTHI hold 6% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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6% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DDDD FTHI

Amgen Inc 4.16% 1.68%

Altria Group Inc 3.09% 0.87%

Chevron Corp 3.94% 0.61%

Coca-Cola Co 4.18% 0.60%

United Parcel Service Inc 2.03% 0.59%

Merck & Co Inc 3.82% 0.41%

HF Sinclair Corp 0.38% 0.62%

APA Corp 0.37% 0.39%

East West Bancorp Inc 0.43% 0.27%

CVB Financial Corp 0.09% 0.09%

Western Union Co 0.05% 0.13%

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Only in DDDD

Texas Instruments Inc 4.70%

Procter & Gamble Co 4.37%

Home Depot Inc 4.29%

Abbott Laboratories 4.02%

QUALCOMM Inc 3.92%

UnitedHealth Group Inc 3.91%

PepsiCo Inc 3.90%

ConocoPhillips 3.84%

Only in FTHI

Apple Inc. 7.86%

NVIDIA Corporation 6.59%

Microsoft Corporation 3.18%

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.65%

Amazon.com, Inc. 2.57%

ASML Holding N.V. (New York Registry Shares) 2.06%

Costco Wholesale Corporation 2.04%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 1.99%

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Side by side

DDDD YieldMax U.S. Stocks Target Double Distribution ETF · Synthetic covered call on SCHD FTHI First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer YieldMax First Trust

Strategy synthetic covered call covered call

Benchmark US dividend stocks (SCHD) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays not established monthly

Payout rate, annualized 18.3% 9.0%

Expense ratio 1.01% 0.75%

Cash paid, 1 year 3.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) 8.9%

Price change, 1 year +13.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) −1.2%

Total return, 1 year +17.1% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +8.1%

Benchmark return, 1 year +20.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +14.8%

Ahead or behind −3.3 pts (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) −6.7 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 76% 92%

Age 237 days 12.8 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $7.8m $2.5bn

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 FTHI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	DDDD	FTHI	DDDD	FTHI	DDDD	FTHI
3 months	+7.5%	−0.5%	1.6%	2.2%	−1.0 pts	−0.3 pts
6 months	+13.6%	+2.5%	3.3%	4.4%	−2.6 pts	−2.5 pts
1 year	–	+8.1%	–	8.9%	–	−6.7 pts
3 years	–	+48.1%	–	29.7%	–	−34.8 pts
Since launchNot the same days: DDDD Mar 2026 · FTHI Jan 2014	+17.1%	+155.0%	3.4%	84.3%	−3.3 pts	−262.6 pts

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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.

FTHI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.7 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.0%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 92% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, DDDD or FTHI?: DDDD charges 1.01% a year and FTHI charges 0.75%, so FTHI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

US dividend stocks (SCHD) →S&P 500 (SPY) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →DDDD on its own →FTHI on its own →DDDD dividend history →DDDD holdings →FTHI dividend history →FTHI holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

DDDD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DDDD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

DDDD 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

YieldMax page for DDDD ↗

FTHI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FTHI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

FTHI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for FTHI ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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