Data as of .
EGGY vs FTHI: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year EGGY paid 28.1% of its price in cash against FTHI’s 8.9%, 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 FTHI hold 6% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | EGGY | FTHI |
|---|---|---|
| Alphabet Inc | 4.68% | 2.41% |
| Micron Technology Inc | 7.95% | 1.10% |
| Eli Lilly & Co | 4.01% | 0.95% |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc | 4.86% | 0.42% |
| Vistra Corp | 4.17% | 0.40% |
| Ciena Corp | 3.75% | 0.27% |
| TSMC | 3.65% | 0.27% |
| Celestica Inc | 3.18% | 0.17% |
| Only in EGGY | Only in FTHI |
|---|---|
| Seagate Technology Holdings PL 12.31% | Apple Inc. 7.75% |
| Bloom Energy Corp 10.77% | NVIDIA Corporation 6.90% |
| Lumentum Holdings Inc 6.86% | US Dollar 5.90% |
| Astera Labs Inc 6.85% | Microsoft Corporation 2.94% |
| Coherent Corp 5.81% | JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.67% |
| Vertiv Holdings Co 5.60% | Amazon.com, Inc. 2.53% |
| Credo Technology Group Holding 4.79% | Dell Technologies Inc. (Class C) 2.52% |
| Western Digital Corp 4.26% | Bank of America Corporation 2.22% |
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 | FTHI | EGGY | FTHI | EGGY | FTHI | |
| 3 months | −15.1% | +1.7% | 7.1% | 2.2% | −17.3 pts | −0.6 pts |
| 6 months | +27.6% | +9.8% | 19.4% | 4.6% | +9.6 pts | −8.2 pts |
| 1 year | +15.3% | +9.7% | 28.1% | 8.9% | −1.2 pts | −6.9 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +47.9% | not published | 28.9% | not published | −30.5 pts |
| Since launch | +42.3% | +156.3% | 45.5% | 82.6% | +11.8 pts | −257.8 pts |
| EGGY NestYield Dynamic Income ETF Option income on SPY, paying monthly | FTHI First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Nest Egg | First Trust |
| Strategy | option income | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 34.8% | 9.0% |
| Expense ratio | 0.92% | 0.75% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 28.1% | 8.9% |
| Price change, 1 year | −16.2% | +0.3% |
| Total return, 1 year | +15.3% | +9.7% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | −1.2 pts | −6.9 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 630 days | 4637 days |
| Net assets | $126m | $2.5bn |
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.
FTHI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.7%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.0%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, EGGY or FTHI?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, EGGY paid 28.1% of its starting price in cash and FTHI paid 8.9%, 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 FTHI?
- With every distribution reinvested, EGGY returned +15.3% and FTHI returned +9.7% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so EGGY returned more.
- Which is cheaper, EGGY or FTHI?
- EGGY charges 0.92% a year and FTHI charges 0.75%, so FTHI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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