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

Over the year FTQI paid 12.0% of its price in cash against DOGG’s 9.6%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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9.6%DOGG cash paid, 1 year
12.0%FTQI cash paid, 1 year
+18.1%DOGG total return, 1 year
+21.5%FTQI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: DOGG scores higher

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

DOGG 88.8FTQI 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

DOGG4.6 pts ahead of DIA · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
DIA+13.5%DOGG+18.1%9.6% of it arrived as cash4.6 pts ahead of DIATotal return, distributions reinvestedDIA+13.5%DOGG+18.1%4.6 pts ahead of DIA
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, DOGG and FTQI hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions DOGG and FTQI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingDOGGFTQI
Amgen Inc.6.33%0.87%
The Coca-Cola Company5.47%0.22%
Chevron Corporation5.81%0.12%
US Dollar-2.68%5.75%
Only in each
Only in DOGGOnly in FTQI
U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 01/21/2027 69.94%Apple Inc. 8.76%
Merck & Co., Inc. 7.18%NVIDIA Corporation 6.55%
The Procter & Gamble Company 6.47%Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 5.41%
Verizon Communications Inc. 5.55%Amazon.com, Inc. 4.13%
McDonald's Corporation 4.92%Cisco Systems, Inc. 3.18%
The Home Depot, Inc. 4.78%Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 2.75%
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated 4.75%Tesla, Inc. 2.68%
NIKE, Inc. (Class B) 4.47%Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 2.54%

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.

Performance, window by window

DOGG and FTQI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
DOGGFTQIDOGGFTQIDOGGFTQI
3 months+2.5%+4.0%2.3%2.9%+2.1 pts+6.5 pts
6 months+3.9%+18.3%4.5%6.3%−10.1 pts−5.9 pts
1 year+18.1%+21.5%9.6%12.0%+4.6 pts−0.3 pts
3 years+40.2%+62.9%28.0%37.0%−16.7 pts−35.3 pts
Since launch+43.7%+141.7%30.9%78.8%−17.9 pts−675.0 pts
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DOGG and FTQI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
DOGG
FT Vest DJIA Dogs 10 Target Income ETF
Option income on DIA, paying monthly
FTQI
First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerFirst TrustFirst Trust
Strategyoption incomecovered call
BenchmarkDow Jones Industrial Average (DIA)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized9.1%11.9%
Expense ratio0.75%0.75%
Cash paid, 1 year9.6%12.0%
Price change, 1 year+8.0%+8.0%
Total return, 1 year+18.1%+21.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+13.5%+21.8%
Ahead or behind+4.6 pts−0.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1240 days4637 days
Net assets$87m$975m

DOGG in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, DOGG paid 9.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.1%. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) returned +13.5% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.6 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.1%, 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, DOGG or FTQI?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, DOGG paid 9.6% 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, DOGG or FTQI?
With every distribution reinvested, DOGG returned +18.1% and FTQI returned +21.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so FTQI returned more.
Which is cheaper, DOGG or FTQI?
DOGG charges 0.75% a year and FTQI charges 0.75%, so DOGG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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DOGG 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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