Which paid more, FDND or FGSI?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and FGSI paid 8.3%, so FGSI 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 FGSI?

With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and FGSI +9.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, FDND or FGSI?

FDND charges 0.75% a year and FGSI charges 0.85%, so FDND is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FDND vs FGSI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FGSI paid 8.3% of its price in cash against FDND’s 7.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $9.3m for FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF and $2.0m for FT Vest Growth Strength & Target Income ETF.

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At a glance

7.3%

FDND cash paid, 1 year

8.3%

FGSI cash paid, 1 year

−2.6%

FDND total return, 1 year

+9.0%

FGSI total return, 1 year

FDND · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1 pt behind FDN

FDND

−2.6%

FDN

−1.6%

1 pt behind FDN

FDND over 1 year: paid 7.3%, price −10.1%, total −2.6%, FDN −1.6%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

FDN

−1.6%

FDND

−2.6%

1 pt behind FDN

Total return, distributions reinvested

1 pt behind FDN

FDND over 1 year: paid 7.3%, price −10.1%, total −2.6%, FDN −1.6%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

FDN

−1.6%

FDND

−2.6%

1 pt behind FDN

7.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. FDND over 1 year: paid 7.3%, price −10.1%, total −2.6%, FDN −1.6%, −1.0 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% as 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

FDND costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.6 points; FDND is 4.7 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FDND vs FGSI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FDND	FGSI
Paid and earned
Measure	FDND	FGSI
Total return, 1 year	−2.6%	+9.0%
Price change, 1 year	fell 10.1%	rose 0.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	53% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FDND	FGSI
Benchmark	First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund, measured through FDN	First Trust Growth Strength ETF, measured through FTGS
Against its benchmark, same days	behind by 1.0 pts
Cost and size
Measure	FDND	FGSI
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.85%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$9.3m	$2.0m
Holdings
Measure	FDND	FGSI
Holdings in common	11%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · FGSI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score12.3FDND63.2FGSI

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

FDND 12.3

FGSI 63.2

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

11%

By the books each fund has filed, FDND and FGSI hold 11% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

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11% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FDND FGSI

Arista Networks, Inc. 4.26% 1.91%

Salesforce, Inc. 4.40% 1.84%

PayPal Holdings, Inc. 1.82% 2.05%

Netflix, Inc. 5.64% 1.79%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 10.21% 1.73%

Workday, Inc. (Class A) 1.46% 2.07%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FDND

Amazon.com, Inc. 10.68%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 8.81%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 5.05%

Booking Holdings Inc. 4.29%

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 4.06%

Oracle Corporation 3.78%

Snowflake Inc. (Class A) 3.75%

Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 3.23%

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%

Delta Air Lines, Inc. 2.20%

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 2.18%

General Dynamics Corporation 2.16%

S&P Global Inc. 2.16%

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Side by side

FDND FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF · Writes calls on the Nasdaq-100, measured against the Dow Jones Internet Composite Index, 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

Issuer First Trust First Trust

Strategy option income option income

Benchmark First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) First Trust Growth Strength ETF (FTGS)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 8.3%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.85%

Cash paid, 1 year 7.3% 8.3%

Price change, 1 year −10.1% +0.2%

Total return, 1 year −2.6% +9.0%

Benchmark return, 1 year −1.6% +8.8%

Ahead or behind −1.0 pts +0.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 53%

Age 2.6 years 1.4 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $9.3m $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: FDND vs FGSI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FDND	FGSI	FDND	FGSI	FDND	FGSI
3 months	−4.7%	−2.2%	2.0%	2.0%	+0.5 pts	+0.6 pts
6 months	+2.2%	+6.3%	4.0%	4.3%	0.0 pts	+0.2 pts
1 year	−2.6%	+9.0%	7.3%	8.3%	−1.0 pts	+0.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FDND Mar 2024 · FGSI Jun 2025	+27.3%	+13.6%	21.9%	11.3%	−4.9 pts	−0.7 pts

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About each fund

FDND

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −2.6%. First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) returned −1.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.2%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 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, FDND or FGSI?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and FGSI paid 8.3%, so FGSI 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 FGSI?: With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and FGSI +9.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FDND or FGSI?: FDND charges 0.75% a year and FGSI charges 0.85%, so FDND is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

FDND and FGSI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FDND prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

FDND and FGSI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for FDND ↗

FGSI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for FGSI ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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