Which paid more, DOGG or SIXH?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DOGG paid 9.7% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.1%, so DOGG 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 SIXH?

With every distribution reinvested, DOGG returned +26.9% and SIXH +23.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, DOGG or SIXH?

DOGG charges 0.75% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so SIXH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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DOGG vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DOGG paid 9.7% of its price in cash against SIXH’s 2.1%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $96m on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest DJIA Dogs 10 Target Income ETF, and $603m on Aug 31, 2026 for ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.

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At a glance

9.7%

DOGG cash paid, 1 year

2.1%

SIXH cash paid, 1 year

+26.9%

DOGG total return, 1 year

+23.5%

SIXH total return, 1 year

DOGG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 12 pts ahead of DIA

DOGG

+26.9%

DIA

+14.9%

12 pts ahead of DIA

DOGG over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price +16.1%, total +26.9%, DIA +14.9%, +12.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

DIA

+14.9%

DOGG

+26.9%

9.7% of it arrived as cash

12 pts ahead of DIA

Total return, distributions reinvested

12 pts ahead of DIA

DOGG over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price +16.1%, total +26.9%, DIA +14.9%, +12.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

DIA

+14.9%

DOGG

+26.9%

12 pts ahead of DIA

9.7% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. DOGG over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price +16.1%, total +26.9%, DIA +14.9%, +12.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SIXH · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH

+23.5%

Own

+18.0%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

2.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +26.9%. SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +26.9%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SIXH costs 0.06 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.4 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DOGG vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	DOGG	SIXH
Paid and earned
Measure	DOGG	SIXH
Total return, 1 year	+26.9%	+23.5%
Price change, 1 year	rose 16.1%	rose 21.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	0% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	DOGG	SIXH
Benchmark	Dow Jones Industrial Average, measured through DIA	its own holdings
Against its benchmark, same days	ahead by 12.0 pts	ahead by 5.5 pts
Cost and size
Measure	DOGG	SIXH
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.69%
Net assets, DOGG as of Nov 3, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026	$96m	$603m
Holdings
Measure	DOGG	SIXH
Holdings in common	9%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · SIXH scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score94.9DOGG98.5SIXH

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

DOGG 94.9

SIXH 98.5

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

Risk and return

May 5, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026 · 182 weekly returns

DOGG SIXH

Return

Total return edge DOGG (slight) +56.8% +54.2%

Annualized edge DOGG (slight) +13.7% +13.2%

Price return edge SIXH +13.9% +44.2%

Risk

Volatility edge SIXH 13.2% 7.9%

Max drawdown edge SIXH −9.0% −7.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge SIXH 0.69 1.03

Sortino edge SIXH 1.01 1.56

Calmar edge SIXH 1.52 1.80

Reading

From May 2023 to Oct 2026, DOGG returned slightly more: +56.8% to +54.2%. SIXH swung less: 7.9% to 13.2%. SIXH fell less at its worst: −7.3% to −9.0%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: DOGG vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	DOGG	SIXH	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+56.8%	+54.2%	DOGG (slight)	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+13.7%	+13.2%	DOGG (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+13.9%	+44.2%	SIXH	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	13.2%	7.9%	SIXH	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	9.1%	5.2%	SIXH	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−9.0%	−7.3%	SIXH	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.69	1.03	SIXH	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.01	1.56	SIXH	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	1.52	1.80	SIXH	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 182 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DOGG and SIXH hold 9% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

9% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DOGG SIXH

Verizon Communications Inc. 5.19% 3.92%

The Procter & Gamble Company 5.08% 2.46%

Merck & Co., Inc. 4.97% 1.39%

The Coca-Cola Company 5.13% 1.24%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in DOGG

McDonald's Corporation 5.12%

The Home Depot, Inc. 5.09%

Amgen Inc. 5.05%

NIKE, Inc. (Class B) 5.01%

Chevron Corporation 4.91%

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated 4.91%

2027-01-26 UnitedHealth Group Incorporated C 429.16 0.19%

2027-01-26 Amgen Inc. C 511.45 0.11%

Only in SIXH

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 4.95%

Altria Group, Inc. 4.90%

AT&T INC. 4.08%

PEPSICO, INC. 3.69%

Philip Morris International Inc. 3.60%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2.85%

QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 2.82%

PFIZER INC. 2.78%

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Side by side

DOGG FT Vest DJIA Dogs 10 Target Income ETF · Option income on DIA, paying monthly SIXH ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF · Option income on its own holdings, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust Exchange Traded Concepts

Strategy option income option income

Benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.4% 3.2%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.69%

Cash paid, 1 year 9.7% 2.1%

Price change, 1 year +16.1% +21.2%

Total return, 1 year +26.9% +23.5%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.9% +18.0%

Ahead or behind +12.0 pts +5.5 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 0% not published

Age 3.5 years 6.5 years

Net assets, DOGG as of Nov 3, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026 $96m $603m

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: DOGG vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	DOGG	SIXH	DOGG	SIXH	DOGG	SIXH
3 months	+7.3%	+6.0%	2.2%	0.5%	+8.8 pts	+1.8 pts
6 months	+13.7%	+10.3%	4.5%	1.0%	+6.2 pts	+3.5 pts
1 year	+26.9%	+23.5%	9.7%	2.1%	+12.1 pts	+5.5 pts
3 years	+55.7%	+47.6%	28.9%	6.8%	−8.5 pts	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: DOGG Apr 2023 · SIXH May 2020	+57.4%	+104.1%	32.5%	16.7%	−9.6 pts	not measured

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About each fund

DOGG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DOGG paid 9.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 16.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +26.9%. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) returned +14.9% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 12.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.4%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 0% 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.

SIXH

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SIXH paid 2.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 21.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +23.5%. SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026) returned +18.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 3.2%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, DOGG or SIXH?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DOGG paid 9.7% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.1%, so DOGG 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 SIXH?: With every distribution reinvested, DOGG returned +26.9% and SIXH +23.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, DOGG or SIXH?: DOGG charges 0.75% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so SIXH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

DOGG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DOGG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

DOGG 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for DOGG ↗

SIXH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SIXH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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