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EGGY vs FTQI: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year EGGY paid 28.1% of its price in cash against FTQI’s 12.0%, though FTQI returned more with it reinvested.

NestYield Dynamic Income ETF and First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF.

28.1%EGGY cash paid, 1 year
12.0%FTQI cash paid, 1 year
+15.3%EGGY total return, 1 year
+21.5%FTQI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: FTQI scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

EGGY 38.4FTQI 763.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

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

EGGY1.2 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%EGGY+15.3%28.1% of it arrived as cash1.2 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%EGGY+15.3%28.1% as cash1.2 pts behind SPY
FTQIAbout even with QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%FTQI+21.5%12.0% of it arrived as cashabout even with QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%FTQI+21.5%12.0% cashabout even with QQQ

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EGGY and FTQI hold 12% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions EGGY and FTQI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingEGGYFTQI
Advanced Micro Devices Inc4.86%5.41%
Micron Technology Inc7.95%2.38%
Seagate Technology Holdings PL12.31%2.17%
Alphabet Inc4.68%2.06%
Astera Labs Inc6.85%0.20%
Only in each
Only in EGGYOnly in FTQI
Bloom Energy Corp 10.77%Apple Inc. 8.76%
Lumentum Holdings Inc 6.86%NVIDIA Corporation 6.55%
Coherent Corp 5.81%US Dollar 5.75%
Vertiv Holdings Co 5.60%Amazon.com, Inc. 4.13%
Credo Technology Group Holding 4.79%Cisco Systems, Inc. 3.18%
Western Digital Corp 4.26%Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 2.75%
Vistra Corp 4.17%Tesla, Inc. 2.68%
Eli Lilly & Co 4.01%Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 2.54%

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

EGGY and FTQI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
EGGYFTQIEGGYFTQIEGGYFTQI
3 months−15.1%+4.0%7.1%2.9%−17.3 pts+6.5 pts
6 months+27.6%+18.3%19.4%6.3%+9.6 pts−5.9 pts
1 year+15.3%+21.5%28.1%12.0%−1.2 pts−0.3 pts
3 yearsnot published+62.9%not published37.0%not published−35.3 pts
Since launch+42.3%+141.7%45.5%78.8%+11.8 pts−675.0 pts
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EGGY and FTQI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
EGGY
NestYield Dynamic Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
FTQI
First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerNest EggFirst Trust
Strategyoption incomecovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyNasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized34.8%11.9%
Expense ratio0.92%0.75%
Cash paid, 1 year28.1%12.0%
Price change, 1 year−16.2%+8.0%
Total return, 1 year+15.3%+21.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+21.8%
Ahead or behind−1.2 pts−0.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age630 days4637 days
Net assets$126m$975m

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.

FTQI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FTQI paid 12.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +21.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.9%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, EGGY or FTQI?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, EGGY paid 28.1% of its starting price in cash and FTQI paid 12.0%, 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 FTQI?
With every distribution reinvested, EGGY returned +15.3% and FTQI returned +21.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so FTQI returned more.
Which is cheaper, EGGY or FTQI?
EGGY charges 0.92% a year and FTQI charges 0.75%, so FTQI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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EGGY against FTQI, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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