Which paid more, FDND or FTHI?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and FTHI paid 8.9%, so FTHI 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 FTHI?

With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and FTHI +8.1% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, FDND or FTHI?

FDND and FTHI both charge 0.75% a year, so neither is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FDND vs FTHI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% 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 $2.5bn for First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF.

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At a glance

7.3%

FDND cash paid, 1 year

8.9%

FTHI cash paid, 1 year

−2.6%

FDND total return, 1 year

+8.1%

FTHI 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.

FTHI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 6.7 pts behind SPY

FTHI

+8.1%

SPY

+14.8%

6.7 pts behind SPY

FTHI over 1 year: paid 8.9%, price −1.2%, total +8.1%, SPY +14.8%, −6.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

FTHI

+8.1%

8.9% of it arrived as cash

6.7 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

6.7 pts behind SPY

FTHI over 1 year: paid 8.9%, price −1.2%, total +8.1%, SPY +14.8%, −6.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

FTHI

+8.1%

6.7 pts behind SPY

8.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. FTHI over 1 year: paid 8.9%, price −1.2%, total +8.1%, SPY +14.8%, −6.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.75% a year; their one-year returns differ by 10.7 points; FTHI is far larger, $2.5bn against $9.3m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FDND vs FTHI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FDND	FTHI
Paid and earned
Measure	FDND	FTHI
Total return, 1 year	−2.6%	+8.1%
Price change, 1 year	fell 10.1%	fell 1.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	92% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FDND	FTHI
Benchmark	First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund, measured through FDN	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Against its benchmark, same days	behind by 1.0 pts	behind by 6.7 pts
Cost and size
Measure	FDND	FTHI
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.75%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$9.3m	$2.5bn
Holdings
Measure	FDND	FTHI
Holdings in common	9%

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

IQ Income Score12.3FDND52.4FTHI

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

FTHI 52.4

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

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Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, FDND and FTHI hold 9% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

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9% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FDND FTHI

Amazon.com, Inc. 10.68% 2.57%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 5.05% 1.99%

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 4.06% 1.44%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 10.21% 1.25%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 8.81% 1.22%

Netflix, Inc. 5.64% 0.35%

Ciena Corporation 1.57% 0.24%

Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 3.23% 0.19%

Booking Holdings Inc. 4.29% 0.07%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FDND

Salesforce, Inc. 4.40%

Arista Networks, Inc. 4.26%

Oracle Corporation 3.78%

Snowflake Inc. (Class A) 3.75%

Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 2.72%

Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) 2.57%

DoorDash, Inc. (Class A) 2.53%

Carvana Co. (Class A) 1.88%

Only in FTHI

Apple Inc. 7.86%

NVIDIA Corporation 6.59%

Microsoft Corporation 3.18%

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.65%

ASML Holding N.V. (New York Registry Shares) 2.06%

Costco Wholesale Corporation 2.04%

Bank of America Corporation 1.97%

Broadcom Inc. 1.92%

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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 FTHI First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust First Trust

Strategy option income covered call

Benchmark First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 9.0%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.75%

Cash paid, 1 year 7.3% 8.9%

Price change, 1 year −10.1% −1.2%

Total return, 1 year −2.6% +8.1%

Benchmark return, 1 year −1.6% +14.8%

Ahead or behind −1.0 pts −6.7 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 92%

Age 2.6 years 12.8 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $9.3m $2.5bn

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 FTHI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FDND	FTHI	FDND	FTHI	FDND	FTHI
3 months	−4.7%	−0.5%	2.0%	2.2%	+0.5 pts	−0.3 pts
6 months	+2.2%	+2.5%	4.0%	4.4%	0.0 pts	−2.5 pts
1 year	−2.6%	+8.1%	7.3%	8.9%	−1.0 pts	−6.7 pts
3 years	–	+48.1%	–	29.7%	–	−34.8 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FDND Mar 2024 · FTHI Jan 2014	+27.3%	+155.0%	21.9%	84.3%	−4.9 pts	−262.6 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.

FTHI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.7 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.0%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 92% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FDND or FTHI?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and FTHI paid 8.9%, so FTHI 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 FTHI?: With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and FTHI +8.1% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FDND or FTHI?: FDND and FTHI both charge 0.75% a year, so neither is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

FDND filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FDND prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

FDND 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for FDND ↗

FTHI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FTHI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

FTHI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for FTHI ↗

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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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