Which is cheaper, FDND or GRNI?

FDND charges 0.75% a year and GRNI charges 0.99%, so FDND is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FDND vs GRNI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

FDND and GRNI both write options for income.

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Net assets: $9.3m on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF, and $55m on Jul 31, 2026 for Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap & Income ETF.

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At a glance

7.3%

FDND cash paid, 1 year

9.5%

GRNI cash paid, since launch, Nov 18, 2025

−2.6%

FDND total return, 1 year

+9.0%

GRNI total return, since launch, Nov 18, 2025

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.

GRNI · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

GRNI

+9.0%

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Not measured

GRNI since launch: paid 9.5%, price −0.6%, total +9.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

GRNI

+9.0%

9.5% of it arrived as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

GRNI since launch: paid 9.5%, price −0.6%, total +9.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

GRNI

+9.0%

9.5% as cash

9.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. GRNI since launch: paid 9.5%, price −0.6%, total +9.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FDND costs 0.24 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FDND vs GRNI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FDND	GRNI
Paid and earned
Measure	FDND	GRNI
Total return, 1 year	−2.6%	not published
Price change	fell 10.1% (1 year)	fell 6.4% (6 months)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FDND	GRNI
Benchmark	First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund, measured through FDN	its own stocks
Against its benchmark, same days	behind by 1.0 pts	behind by 0.8 pts
Cost and size
Measure	FDND	GRNI
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.99%
Net assets, FDND as of Nov 3, 2026 and GRNI as of Jul 31, 2026	$9.3m	$55m
Holdings
Measure	FDND	GRNI
Holdings in common	13%

Method

What they share

13%

By the books each fund has filed, FDND and GRNI hold 13% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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13% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FDND GRNI

Arista Networks, Inc. 4.26% 2.98%

Amazon.com, Inc. 10.68% 2.38%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 5.05% 2.13%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 10.21% 2.12%

Netflix, Inc. 5.64% 1.88%

Oracle Corporation 3.78% 1.63%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FDND

Cisco Systems, Inc. 8.81%

Salesforce, Inc. 4.40%

Booking Holdings Inc. 4.29%

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 4.06%

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 GRNI

General Electric Co 2.79%

JPMorgan Chase & Co 2.69%

Packaging Corp of America 2.69%

PNC Financial Services Group I 2.67%

Robinhood Markets Inc 2.65%

Bank of New York Mellon Corp 2.63%

Eli Lilly & Co 2.61%

Monster Beverage Corp 2.56%

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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 GRNI Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap & Income ETF · Option income on its own stocks, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust Fundstrat

Strategy option income option income

Benchmark First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) GRNI's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 10.5%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.99%

Cash paid, 1 year 7.3% 9.5% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025)

Price change, 1 year −10.1% −0.6% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025)

Total return, 1 year −2.6% +9.0% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025)

Benchmark return, 1 year −1.6% not published

Ahead or behind −1.0 pts not available

Return of capital, latest estimate 100% not published

Age 2.6 years 351 days

Net assets, FDND as of Nov 3, 2026 and GRNI as of Jul 31, 2026 $9.3m $55m

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 GRNI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FDND	GRNI	FDND	GRNI	FDND	GRNI
3 months	−4.7%	−3.9%	2.0%	2.5%	+0.5 pts	−0.6 pts
6 months	+2.2%	−1.6%	4.0%	5.0%	0.0 pts	−0.8 pts
1 year	−2.6%	–	7.3%	–	−1.0 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: FDND Mar 2024 · GRNI Nov 2025	+27.3%	+9.0%	21.9%	9.5%	−4.9 pts	not measured

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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.

GRNI

GRNI's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) returned −0.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.8 pts.

Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, GRNI paid 5.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 6.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −1.6%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.5%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, FDND or GRNI?: FDND charges 0.75% a year and GRNI charges 0.99%, so FDND is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →FDND on its own →GRNI on its own →FDND dividend history →FDND holdings →GRNI dividend history →GRNI holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

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 ↗

GRNI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GRNI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Fundstrat website ↗

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How this is computed

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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