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DIVO vs FGSI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FGSI paid 8.3% of its price in cash against DIVO’s 6.8%, though DIVO returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $8.0bn for Amplify CWP Enhanced Dividend Income ETF and $2.0m for FT Vest Growth Strength & Target Income ETF.

At a glance
6.8%
DIVO cash paid, 1 year
8.3%
FGSI cash paid, 1 year
+15.2%
DIVO total return, 1 year
+9.0%
FGSI total return, 1 year
DIVO · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with SPY
DIVO
+15.2%
SPY
+14.8%

About even with SPY

DIVO over 1 year: paid 6.8%, price +7.9%, total +15.2%, SPY +14.8%, +0.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

DIVO

+15.2%

6.8% of it arrived as cash

about even with SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with SPY

DIVO over 1 year: paid 6.8%, price +7.9%, total +15.2%, SPY +14.8%, +0.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

DIVO

+15.2%

about even with SPY

6.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. DIVO over 1 year: paid 6.8%, price +7.9%, total +15.2%, SPY +14.8%, +0.4 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%

8.3% cash

about even with FTGS

8.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +15.2%. 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 +15.2%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

DIVO costs 0.29 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.2 points; DIVO is far larger, $8.0bn against $2.0m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DIVO vs FGSI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDIVOFGSI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+15.2%+9.0%
Price change, 1 yearrose 7.9%rose 0.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate88% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment53% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYFirst Trust Growth Strength ETF, measured through FTGS
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.56%0.85%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$8.0bn$2.0m
Holdings
Holdings in common4%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · DIVO scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score89.5DIVO63.2FGSI

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

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Method

Risk and return

Jul 3, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 69 weekly returns
DIVO FGSI
Return
Total return edge DIVO +19.4% +8.4%
Annualized edge DIVO +14.3% +6.3%
Price return edge DIVO +10.0% −3.0%
Risk
Volatility edge DIVO 8.6% 11.4%
Max drawdown edge DIVO −5.8% −8.1%
Downside capture 76.1% 91.8%
Beta 0.73 0.91
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge DIVO 1.15 0.25
Sortino edge DIVO 1.97 0.39
Treynor 0.139 0.031
Calmar edge DIVO 2.48 0.78
Against the benchmark
Alpha +0.9% a year +0.1% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.47 0.12
Information ratio −0.33 −0.10
Tracking error 7.5% 1.6%

Each against its own benchmark: DIVO against SPY, Dec 23, 2016 to Oct 30, 2026; FGSI against FTGS, Jul 3, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Jul 2025 to Oct 2026, DIVO returned more: +19.4% to +8.4%. DIVO swung less: 8.6% to 11.4%. DIVO fell less at its worst: −5.8% to −8.1%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: DIVO vs FGSI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDIVOFGSIEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+19.4%+8.4%DIVOPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+14.3%+6.3%DIVOTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+10.0%−3.0%DIVOPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility8.6%11.4%DIVOSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation5.0%7.4%DIVOLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−5.8%−8.1%DIVODeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture62.8%86.8%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture76.1%91.8%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.730.91Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.820.99Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe1.150.25DIVOReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.970.39DIVOReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1390.031Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar2.480.78DIVOAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYFTGSThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+0.9% a year+0.1% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.470.12Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−2.8% to +4.6%−1.9% to +2.1%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.33−0.10Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error7.5%1.6%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 69 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

4%

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

0 half 100%

half

4% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DIVO FGSI
NVIDIA Corp 3.67% 1.93%
Freeport-McMoRan Inc 2.16% 1.77%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in DIVO
Microsoft Corp 6.15%
Amgen Inc 5.81%
Visa Inc 5.64%
Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio 12/31/2031 5.35%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 5.08%
Apple Inc 5.07%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc 4.99%
American Express Co 4.23%
Only in FGSI
Vertiv Holdings Co (Class A) 2.28%
Eli Lilly and Company 2.25%
United Therapeutics Corporation 2.25%
Blackstone Inc. 2.21%
Delta Air Lines, Inc. 2.20%
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 2.18%
General Dynamics Corporation 2.16%
S&P Global Inc. 2.16%
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Side by side

DIVO Amplify CWP Enhanced Dividend Income ETF · Dividend stocks with call overlay on SPY, paying monthly FGSI FT Vest Growth Strength & Target Income ETF · Writes calls on the S&P 500, measured against The Growth Strength Index, paying monthly
Strategy dividend stocks with call overlay option income
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) First Trust Growth Strength ETF (FTGS)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 4.8% 8.3%
Expense ratio 0.56% 0.85%
Cash paid, 1 year 6.8% 8.3%
Price change, 1 year +7.9% +0.2%
Total return, 1 year +15.2% +9.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +8.8%
Ahead or behind +0.4 pts +0.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 88% 53%
Age 9.9 years 1.4 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $8.0bn $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: DIVO vs FGSI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowDIVOFGSIDIVOFGSIDIVOFGSI
3 months+1.5%−2.2%1.2%2.0%+1.6 pts+0.6 pts
6 months+7.7%+6.3%2.5%4.3%+2.7 pts+0.2 pts
1 year+15.2%+9.0%6.8%8.3%+0.4 pts+0.2 pts
3 years+61.8%–19.8%–−21.1 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: DIVO Dec 2016 · FGSI Jun 2025+226.1%+13.6%73.9%11.3%−71.7 pts−0.7 pts

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About each fund
DIVO

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DIVO paid 6.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 7.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.2%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 4.8%, paid monthly. Amplify estimates that 88% 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.

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 paid more, DIVO or FGSI?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DIVO paid 6.8% of its starting price in cash and FGSI paid 8.3%, so FGSI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, DIVO or FGSI?
With every distribution reinvested, DIVO returned +15.2% and FGSI +9.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, DIVO or FGSI?
DIVO charges 0.56% a year and FGSI charges 0.85%, so DIVO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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