Data as of .
EGGY vs FDND: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year EGGY paid 28.1% of its price in cash against FDND’s 7.1%, and returned more with it reinvested.
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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
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, EGGY and FDND hold 7% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | EGGY | FDND |
|---|---|---|
| Alphabet Inc | 4.68% | 5.82% |
| Ciena Corp | 3.75% | 1.69% |
| CoreWeave Inc | 2.58% | 1.06% |
| Only in EGGY | Only in FDND |
|---|---|
| Seagate Technology Holdings PL 12.31% | Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 10.12% |
| Bloom Energy Corp 10.77% | Amazon.com, Inc. 9.98% |
| Micron Technology Inc 7.95% | Cisco Systems, Inc. 8.66% |
| Lumentum Holdings Inc 6.86% | Netflix, Inc. 5.90% |
| Astera Labs Inc 6.85% | Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 4.65% |
| Coherent Corp 5.81% | Arista Networks, Inc. 4.62% |
| Vertiv Holdings Co 5.60% | Salesforce, Inc. 4.36% |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc 4.86% | Booking Holdings Inc. 4.28% |
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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EGGY | FDND | EGGY | FDND | EGGY | FDND | |
| 3 months | −15.1% | +8.9% | 7.1% | 2.0% | −17.3 pts | +8.5 pts |
| 6 months | +27.6% | +18.8% | 19.4% | 4.3% | +9.6 pts | +4.8 pts |
| 1 year | +15.3% | −0.6% | 28.1% | 7.1% | −1.2 pts | −14.1 pts |
| Since launch | +42.3% | +34.3% | 45.5% | 20.4% | +11.8 pts | −0.5 pts |
| EGGY NestYield Dynamic Income ETF Option income on SPY, paying monthly | FDND FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF Option income on DIA, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Nest Egg | First Trust |
| Strategy | option income | option income |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy | Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 34.8% | 7.8% |
| Expense ratio | 0.92% | 0.75% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 28.1% | 7.1% |
| Price change, 1 year | −16.2% | −8.2% |
| Total return, 1 year | +15.3% | −0.6% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +13.5% |
| Ahead or behind | −1.2 pts | −14.1 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 630 days | 911 days |
| Net assets | $126m | $10m |
EGGY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, EGGY paid 28.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 16.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.3%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 34.8%, paid monthly.
FDND in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FDND paid 7.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −0.6%. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) returned +13.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 14.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.8%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, EGGY or FDND?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, EGGY paid 28.1% of its starting price in cash and FDND paid 7.1%, so EGGY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
- Which returned more once distributions are counted, EGGY or FDND?
- With every distribution reinvested, EGGY returned +15.3% and FDND returned −0.6% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so EGGY returned more.
- Which is cheaper, EGGY or FDND?
- EGGY charges 0.92% a year and FDND charges 0.75%, so FDND is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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