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DIVO vs FTQI: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year FTQI paid 12.0% of its price in cash against DIVO’s 6.8%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Amplify CWP Enhanced Dividend Income ETF and First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF.

6.8%DIVO cash paid, 1 year
12.0%FTQI cash paid, 1 year
+14.6%DIVO total return, 1 year
+21.5%FTQI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: FTQI scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

DIVO 67.3FTQI 763.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

DIVO2 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%DIVO+14.6%6.8% of it arrived as cash2 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%DIVO+14.6%2 pts behind SPY
FTQIAbout even with QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%FTQI+21.5%12.0% of it arrived as cashabout even with QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%FTQI+21.5%12.0% cashabout even with QQQ

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DIVO and FTQI hold 16% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions DIVO and FTQI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingDIVOFTQI
Apple Inc5.49%8.76%
NVIDIA Corp3.97%6.55%
Alphabet Inc3.15%2.06%
Microsoft Corp5.97%1.41%
CME Group Inc3.14%0.97%
Amgen Inc4.74%0.87%
Caterpillar Inc5.34%0.82%
Coca-Cola Co/The1.95%0.22%
American Express Co4.01%0.19%
Marathon Petroleum Corp2.30%0.17%
Chevron Corp4.67%0.12%
Southern Copper Corp0.00%0.15%
Only in each
Only in DIVOOnly in FTQI
Visa Inc 5.15%US Dollar 5.75%
Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio 12/31/2031 5.02%Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 5.41%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 4.90%Amazon.com, Inc. 4.13%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 4.76%Cisco Systems, Inc. 3.18%
State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF 4.53%Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 2.75%
Amplify Samsung SOFR ETF 4.17%Tesla, Inc. 2.68%
Merck & Co Inc 3.51%Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 2.54%
RTX Corp 3.20%Micron Technology, Inc. 2.38%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 18, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

DIVO and FTQI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
DIVOFTQIDIVOFTQIDIVOFTQI
3 months+4.5%+4.0%1.2%2.9%+2.3 pts+6.5 pts
6 months+9.4%+18.3%2.5%6.3%−8.6 pts−5.9 pts
1 year+14.6%+21.5%6.8%12.0%−2.0 pts−0.3 pts
3 years+56.1%+62.9%19.1%37.0%−22.3 pts−35.3 pts
Since launch+218.8%+141.7%72.4%78.8%−76.3 pts−675.0 pts
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DIVO and FTQI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
DIVO
Amplify CWP Enhanced Dividend Income ETF
Dividend stocks with call overlay on SPY, paying monthly
FTQI
First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerAmplifyFirst Trust
Strategydividend stocks with call overlaycovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized4.9%11.9%
Expense ratio0.56%0.75%
Cash paid, 1 year6.8%12.0%
Price change, 1 year+7.3%+8.0%
Total return, 1 year+14.6%+21.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+21.8%
Ahead or behind−2.0 pts−0.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age3565 days4637 days
Net assets$7.8bn$975m

DIVO in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, DIVO paid 6.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 7.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 4.9%, paid monthly.

FTQI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FTQI paid 12.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +21.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.9%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, DIVO or FTQI?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, DIVO paid 6.8% of its starting price in cash and FTQI paid 12.0%, so FTQI 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 FTQI?
With every distribution reinvested, DIVO returned +14.6% and FTQI returned +21.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so FTQI returned more.
Which is cheaper, DIVO or FTQI?
DIVO charges 0.56% a year and FTQI charges 0.75%, so DIVO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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DIVO against FTQI, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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