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DRKY vs FGSI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DRKY paid 15.2% of its price in cash against FGSI’s 8.3%, 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 $2.0m for FT Vest Growth Strength & Target Income ETF.

At a glance
15.2%
DRKY cash paid, 1 year
8.3%
FGSI cash paid, 1 year
+15.7%
DRKY total return, 1 year
+9.0%
FGSI total return, 1 year
DRKY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.9 pts ahead of SPY
DRKY
+15.7%
SPY
+14.8%

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.
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, with zero at the line. FGSI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +0.2%, total +9.0%, FTGS +8.8%, +0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FGSI costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.7 points; DRKY is 10.0 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DRKY vs FGSI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDRKYFGSI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+15.7%+9.0%
Price change, 1 yearfell 0.5%rose 0.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 27, 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 ratio0.95%0.85%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$20m$2.0m
Holdings
Holdings in common4%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · FGSI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score59DRKY63.2FGSI

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

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

What they share

4%

By the books each fund has filed, DRKY 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 DRKY FGSI
Delta Air Lines Inc 2.30% 2.20%
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 3.03% 1.90%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in DRKY
Natera Inc 27.89%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.64%
STMicroelectronics NV 7.05%
BBB Foods Inc 5.63%
Amazon.com Inc 4.79%
CDW Corp 4.68%
Insmed Inc 4.38%
Fox Corp 4.35%
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%
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 2.18%
General Dynamics Corporation 2.16%
S&P Global Inc. 2.16%
Cincinnati Financial Corporation 2.15%
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Side by side

DRKY VistaShares Target 15 DRUKMacro Distribution ETF · Covered call 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 covered call option income
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) First Trust Growth Strength ETF (FTGS)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 15.2% 8.3%
Expense ratio 0.95% 0.85%
Cash paid, 1 year 15.2% 8.3%
Price change, 1 year −0.5% +0.2%
Total return, 1 year +15.7% +9.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +8.8%
Ahead or behind +0.9 pts +0.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 53%
Age 1.1 years 1.4 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $20m $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: DRKY vs FGSI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowDRKYFGSIDRKYFGSIDRKYFGSI
3 months+6.3%−2.2%4.0%2.0%+6.4 pts+0.6 pts
6 months+6.2%+6.3%7.5%4.3%+1.1 pts+0.2 pts
1 year+15.7%+9.0%15.2%8.3%+0.9 pts+0.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: DRKY Oct 2025 · FGSI Jun 2025+20.0%+13.6%16.8%11.3%+4.8 pts−0.7 pts

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About each fund
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.

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, DRKY or FGSI?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DRKY paid 15.2% of its starting price in cash and FGSI paid 8.3%, so DRKY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, DRKY or FGSI?
With every distribution reinvested, DRKY returned +15.7% and FGSI +9.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, DRKY or FGSI?
DRKY charges 0.95% a year and FGSI charges 0.85%, so FGSI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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