Which paid more, FDND or IQQQ?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and IQQQ paid 6.8%, so FDND 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 IQQQ?

With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and IQQQ +7.4% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, FDND or IQQQ?

FDND charges 0.75% a year and IQQQ charges 0.55%, so IQQQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FDND vs IQQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its price in cash against IQQQ’s 6.8%, though IQQQ returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $9.3m on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF, and $380m on Nov 4, 2026 for ProShares Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF.

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At a glance

7.3%

FDND cash paid, 1 year

6.8%

IQQQ cash paid, 1 year

−2.6%

FDND total return, 1 year

+7.4%

IQQQ 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.

IQQQ · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.9 pts behind QQQ

IQQQ

+7.4%

QQQ

+12.3%

4.9 pts behind QQQ

IQQQ over 1 year: paid 6.8%, price +0.5%, total +7.4%, QQQ +12.3%, −4.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

IQQQ

+7.4%

6.8% of it arrived as cash

4.9 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.9 pts behind QQQ

IQQQ over 1 year: paid 6.8%, price +0.5%, total +7.4%, QQQ +12.3%, −4.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

IQQQ

+7.4%

4.9 pts behind QQQ

6.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. IQQQ over 1 year: paid 6.8%, price +0.5%, total +7.4%, QQQ +12.3%, −4.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

IQQQ costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.0 points; IQQQ is far larger, $376m against $9.3m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FDND vs IQQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FDND	IQQQ
Paid and earned
Measure	FDND	IQQQ
Total return, 1 year	−2.6%	+7.4%
Price change, 1 year	fell 10.1%	rose 0.5%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	93% of the Nov 6, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FDND	IQQQ
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	behind by 4.9 pts
Cost and size
Measure	FDND	IQQQ
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.55%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$9.3m	$376m
Holdings
Measure	FDND	IQQQ
Holdings in common	16%

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

IQ Income Score12.3FDND64.4IQQQ

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

IQQQ 64.4

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

16%

By the books each fund has filed, FDND and IQQQ hold 16% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

16% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FDND IQQQ

Amazon.com, Inc. 10.68% 3.80%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 5.05% 2.69%

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 4.06% 2.49%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 10.21% 2.30%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 8.81% 1.63%

Netflix, Inc. 5.64% 1.28%

Booking Holdings Inc. 4.29% 0.58%

DoorDash, Inc. (Class A) 2.53% 0.36%

Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 2.72% 0.29%

Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) 2.57% 0.29%

PayPal Holdings, Inc. 1.82% 0.17%

Workday, Inc. (Class A) 1.46% 0.15%

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%

Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 3.23%

Carvana Co. (Class A) 1.88%

eBay Inc. 1.73%

Veeva Systems Inc. (Class A) 1.65%

Only in IQQQ

NVIDIA Corp. 7.26%

Apple, Inc. 6.32%

Microsoft Corp. 5.12%

Micron Technology, Inc. 4.06%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 2.88%

Tesla, Inc. 2.50%

Broadcom, Inc. 2.39%

Walmart, 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 IQQQ ProShares Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust ProShares

Strategy option income option income

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

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 6.1%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.55%

Cash paid, 1 year 7.3% 6.8%

Price change, 1 year −10.1% +0.5%

Total return, 1 year −2.6% +7.4%

Benchmark return, 1 year −1.6% +12.3%

Ahead or behind −1.0 pts −4.9 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 93%

Age 2.6 years 2.6 years

Net assets, FDND as of Nov 3, 2026 and IQQQ as of Nov 4, 2026 $9.3m $380m

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 IQQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FDND	IQQQ	FDND	IQQQ	FDND	IQQQ
3 months	−4.7%	−4.4%	2.0%	1.5%	+0.5 pts	−0.9 pts
6 months	+2.2%	−2.6%	4.0%	3.4%	0.0 pts	−2.3 pts
1 year	−2.6%	+7.4%	7.3%	6.8%	−1.0 pts	−4.9 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FDND Mar 2024 · IQQQ Mar 2024	+27.3%	+44.2%	21.9%	25.6%	−4.9 pts	−13.8 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.

IQQQ

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IQQQ paid 6.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.4%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.9 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.1%, paid monthly. ProShares estimates that 93% of the distribution paid Nov 6, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FDND or IQQQ?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and IQQQ paid 6.8%, so FDND 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 IQQQ?: With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and IQQQ +7.4% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FDND or IQQQ?: FDND charges 0.75% a year and IQQQ charges 0.55%, so IQQQ 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 ↗

IQQQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IQQQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

IQQQ 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

ProShares page for IQQQ ↗

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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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