Which paid more, FDND or GPIX?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and GPIX paid 8.8%, so GPIX 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 GPIX?

With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and GPIX +15.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, FDND or GPIX?

FDND charges 0.75% a year and GPIX charges 0.29%, so GPIX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FDND vs GPIX: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GPIX paid 8.8% 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 $6.4bn for Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF.

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At a glance

7.3%

FDND cash paid, 1 year

8.8%

GPIX cash paid, 1 year

−2.6%

FDND total return, 1 year

+15.6%

GPIX 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.

GPIX · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.8 pts ahead of SPY

GPIX

+15.6%

SPY

+14.8%

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

GPIX over 1 year: paid 8.8%, price +6.2%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

GPIX

+15.6%

8.8% of it arrived as cash

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

GPIX over 1 year: paid 8.8%, price +6.2%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

GPIX

+15.6%

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

8.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. GPIX over 1 year: paid 8.8%, price +6.2%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

GPIX costs 0.46 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.2 points; GPIX is far larger, $6.4bn against $9.3m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FDND vs GPIX: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FDND	GPIX
Paid and earned
Measure	FDND	GPIX
Total return, 1 year	−2.6%	+15.6%
Price change, 1 year	fell 10.1%	rose 6.2%
Against its benchmark
Measure	FDND	GPIX
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	ahead by 0.8 pts
Cost and size
Measure	FDND	GPIX
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.29%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$9.3m	$6.4bn
Holdings
Measure	FDND	GPIX
Holdings in common	14%

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

IQ Income Score12.3FDND82.9GPIX

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

GPIX 82.9

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

14%

By the books each fund has filed, FDND and GPIX hold 14% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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14% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FDND GPIX

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 5.05% 4.35%

Amazon.com, Inc. 10.68% 3.38%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 10.21% 1.67%

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 4.06% 1.46%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 8.81% 0.73%

Oracle Corporation 3.78% 0.43%

Arista Networks, Inc. 4.26% 0.30%

Booking Holdings Inc. 4.29% 0.25%

Netflix, Inc. 5.64% 0.18%

Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 2.72% 0.17%

eBay Inc. 1.73% 0.16%

DoorDash, Inc. (Class A) 2.53% 0.13%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FDND

Snowflake Inc. (Class A) 3.75%

Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 3.23%

Okta, Inc. 1.16%

Atlassian Corporation (Class A) 1.12%

Roblox Corporation (Class A) 1.12%

Copart, Inc. 0.96%

Zoom Communications, Inc. (Class A) 0.89%

CoreWeave, Inc. (Class A) 0.76%

Only in GPIX

NVIDIA CORP 7.31%

APPLE INC 6.45%

MICROSOFT CORP 3.89%

BROADCOM INC 2.79%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.02%

TESLA INC 1.88%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 1.50%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 1.48%

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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 GPIX Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust Goldman Sachs

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% 8.4%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.29%

Cash paid, 1 year 7.3% 8.8%

Price change, 1 year −10.1% +6.2%

Total return, 1 year −2.6% +15.6%

Benchmark return, 1 year −1.6% +14.8%

Ahead or behind −1.0 pts +0.8 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 100% not published

Age 2.6 years 3.0 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $9.3m $6.4bn

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 GPIX: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FDND	GPIX	FDND	GPIX	FDND	GPIX
3 months	−4.7%	+0.9%	2.0%	2.1%	+0.5 pts	+1.0 pts
6 months	+2.2%	+6.0%	4.0%	4.3%	0.0 pts	+1.0 pts
1 year	−2.6%	+15.6%	7.3%	8.8%	−1.0 pts	+0.9 pts
3 years	–	+73.9%	–	31.0%	–	−9.0 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FDND Mar 2024 · GPIX Oct 2023	+27.3%	+82.5%	21.9%	32.5%	−4.9 pts	−10.2 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.

GPIX

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GPIX paid 8.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.4%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FDND or GPIX?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and GPIX paid 8.8%, so GPIX 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 GPIX?: With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and GPIX +15.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FDND or GPIX?: FDND charges 0.75% a year and GPIX charges 0.29%, so GPIX 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 ↗

GPIX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GPIX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Goldman Sachs website ↗

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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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