Data as of .
FDND vs FEPI: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year FEPI paid 23.4% of its price in cash against FDND’s 7.1%, and returned more with it reinvested.
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What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FDND and FEPI hold 25% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | FDND | FEPI |
|---|---|---|
| Alphabet Inc. (Class A) | 5.82% | 8.83% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 9.98% | 5.21% |
| Netflix, Inc. | 5.90% | 5.16% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) | 10.12% | 5.14% |
| Oracle Corporation | 4.08% | 5.16% |
| Only in FDND | Only in FEPI |
|---|---|
| Cisco Systems, Inc. 8.66% | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 9.98% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 4.65% | MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 8.91% |
| Arista Networks, Inc. 4.62% | BROADCOM INC. 8.05% |
| Salesforce, Inc. 4.36% | NVIDIA CORPORATION 7.76% |
| Booking Holdings Inc. 4.28% | TESLA, INC. 7.47% |
| Snowflake Inc. (Class A) 3.90% | INTEL CORPORATION 5.24% |
| Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 3.53% | MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.19% |
| Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 2.62% | PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. 5.17% |
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 Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FDND | FEPI | FDND | FEPI | FDND | FEPI | |
| 3 months | +8.9% | +2.9% | 2.0% | 6.0% | +8.5 pts | +5.4 pts |
| 6 months | +18.8% | +17.2% | 4.3% | 12.8% | +4.8 pts | −7.1 pts |
| 1 year | −0.6% | +15.7% | 7.1% | 23.4% | −14.1 pts | −6.1 pts |
| Since launch | +34.3% | +69.0% | 20.4% | 66.8% | −0.5 pts | −28.5 pts |
| FDND FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF Option income on DIA, paying monthly | FEPI REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF Covered call on QQQ, paying weekly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | REX |
| Strategy | option income | covered call |
| Benchmark | Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy |
| Pays | monthly | weekly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 7.8% | 24.9% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.65% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 7.1% | 23.4% |
| Price change, 1 year | −8.2% | −10.0% |
| Total return, 1 year | −0.6% | +15.7% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +13.5% | +21.8% |
| Ahead or behind | −14.1 pts | −6.1 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 911 days | 1073 days |
| Net assets | $10m | $710m |
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.
FEPI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FEPI paid 23.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 24.9%, paid weekly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, FDND or FEPI?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FDND paid 7.1% of its starting price in cash and FEPI paid 23.4%, so FEPI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
- Which returned more once distributions are counted, FDND or FEPI?
- With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −0.6% and FEPI returned +15.7% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so FEPI returned more.
- Which is cheaper, FDND or FEPI?
- FDND charges 0.75% a year and FEPI charges 0.65%, so FEPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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