Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
DRKY vs FDND: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DRKY paid 15.2% of its price in cash against FDND’s 7.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $20m for VistaShares Target 15 DRUKMacro Distribution ETF and $9.3m for FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF.
0.9 pts ahead of SPY
DRKY over 1 year: paid 15.2%, price −0.5%, total +15.7%, SPY +14.8%, +0.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPY
+14.8%
DRKY
+15.7%
15.2% of it arrived as cash
0.9 pts ahead of SPY
Total return, distributions reinvested
0.9 pts ahead of SPY
DRKY over 1 year: paid 15.2%, price −0.5%, total +15.7%, SPY +14.8%, +0.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPY
+14.8%
DRKY
+15.7%
15.2% as cash
0.9 pts ahead of SPY
15.2% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. DRKY over 1 year: paid 15.2%, price −0.5%, total +15.7%, SPY +14.8%, +0.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.1 pt behind FDN
FDND over 1 year: paid 7.3%, price −10.1%, total −2.6%, FDN −1.6%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
FDN
−1.6%
FDND
−2.6%
1 pt behind FDN
Total return, distributions reinvested
1 pt behind FDN
FDND over 1 year: paid 7.3%, price −10.1%, total −2.6%, FDN −1.6%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
FDN
−1.6%
FDND
−2.6%
1 pt behind FDN
7.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. FDND over 1 year: paid 7.3%, price −10.1%, total −2.6%, FDN −1.6%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
FDND costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.3 points; DRKY is 2.2 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | DRKY | FDND |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +15.7% | −2.6% |
| Price change, 1 year | fell 0.5% | fell 10.1% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 100% of the Oct 27, 2026 payment | 100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | S&P 500, measured through SPY | First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund, measured through FDN |
| Against its benchmark, same days | ahead by 0.9 pts | behind by 1.0 pts |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.95% | 0.75% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $20m | $9.3m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 9% | |
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
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 →
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, DRKY and FDND hold 9% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
half
9% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | DRKY | FDND | DRKY | FDND | DRKY | FDND |
| 3 months | +6.3% | −4.7% | 4.0% | 2.0% | +6.4 pts | +0.5 pts |
| 6 months | +6.2% | +2.2% | 7.5% | 4.0% | +1.1 pts | 0.0 pts |
| 1 year | +15.7% | −2.6% | 15.2% | 7.3% | +0.9 pts | −1.0 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: DRKY Oct 2025 · FDND Mar 2024 | +20.0% | +27.3% | 16.8% | 21.9% | +4.8 pts | −4.9 pts |
DRKY
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DRKY paid 15.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.9 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.2%, paid monthly. VistaShares estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 27, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
FDND
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −2.6%. First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) returned −1.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.2%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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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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