Which paid more, FDND or FTQI?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and FTQI paid 12.1%, so FTQI 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 FTQI?

With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and FTQI +16.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, FDND or FTQI?

FDND and FTQI 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 FTQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTQI paid 12.1% 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 $997m for First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF.

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At a glance

7.3%

FDND cash paid, 1 year

12.1%

FTQI cash paid, 1 year

−2.6%

FDND total return, 1 year

+16.5%

FTQI 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.

FTQI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

FTQI

+16.5%

QQQ

+12.3%

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

FTQI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +3.5%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

FTQI

+16.5%

12.1% of it arrived as cash

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

FTQI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +3.5%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

FTQI

+16.5%

12.1% cash

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

12.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. FTQI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +3.5%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 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 19.1 points; FTQI is far larger, $997m against $9.3m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FDND vs FTQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FDND	FTQI
Paid and earned
Measure	FDND	FTQI
Total return, 1 year	−2.6%	+16.5%
Price change, 1 year	fell 10.1%	rose 3.5%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	99% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FDND	FTQI
Benchmark	First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund, measured through FDN	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Against its benchmark, same days	behind by 1.0 pts	ahead by 4.2 pts
Cost and size
Measure	FDND	FTQI
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.75%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$9.3m	$997m
Holdings
Measure	FDND	FTQI
Holdings in common	18%

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

IQ Income Score12.3FDND74FTQI

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

FTQI 74

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

18%

By the books each fund has filed, FDND and FTQI hold 18% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

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18% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FDND FTQI

Amazon.com, Inc. 10.68% 4.23%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 8.81% 3.10%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 10.21% 2.67%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 5.05% 1.72%

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 4.06% 1.72%

Netflix, Inc. 5.64% 1.14%

eBay Inc. 1.73% 0.94%

F5, Inc. 0.69% 0.63%

VeriSign, Inc. 0.94% 0.61%

DocuSign, Inc. 0.56% 0.70%

Okta, Inc. 1.16% 0.23%

Atlassian Corporation (Class A) 1.12% 0.22%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FDND

Salesforce, Inc. 4.40%

Booking Holdings Inc. 4.29%

Arista Networks, Inc. 4.26%

Oracle Corporation 3.78%

Snowflake Inc. (Class A) 3.75%

Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 3.23%

Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 2.72%

Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) 2.57%

Only in FTQI

Apple Inc. 8.98%

NVIDIA Corporation 6.22%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 4.73%

Tesla, Inc. 3.05%

Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 2.60%

Micron Technology, Inc. 2.01%

Broadcom Inc. 1.64%

Seagate Technology Holdings Plc 1.59%

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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 FTQI First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust First Trust

Strategy option income covered call

Benchmark First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 12.3%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.75%

Cash paid, 1 year 7.3% 12.1%

Price change, 1 year −10.1% +3.5%

Total return, 1 year −2.6% +16.5%

Benchmark return, 1 year −1.6% +12.3%

Ahead or behind −1.0 pts +4.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 99%

Age 2.6 years 12.8 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $9.3m $997m

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 FTQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FDND	FTQI	FDND	FTQI	FDND	FTQI
3 months	−4.7%	+0.4%	2.0%	3.0%	+0.5 pts	+3.8 pts
6 months	+2.2%	+6.6%	4.0%	6.0%	0.0 pts	+6.9 pts
1 year	−2.6%	+16.5%	7.3%	12.1%	−1.0 pts	+4.3 pts
3 years	–	+60.8%	–	38.1%	–	−30.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FDND Mar 2024 · FTQI Jan 2014	+27.3%	+138.8%	21.9%	81.1%	−4.9 pts	−641.3 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.

FTQI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTQI paid 12.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.3%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FDND or FTQI?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and FTQI paid 12.1%, so FTQI 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 FTQI?: With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and FTQI +16.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FDND or FTQI?: FDND and FTQI 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 ↗

FTQI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FTQI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

FTQI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for FTQI ↗

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How this is computed

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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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