Which paid more, FDND or ISPY?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and ISPY paid 6.2%, 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 ISPY?

With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and ISPY +11.3% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, FDND or ISPY?

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

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FDND vs ISPY: 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 ISPY’s 6.2%, though ISPY 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 $1.2bn on Nov 4, 2026 for ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF.

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At a glance

7.3%

FDND cash paid, 1 year

6.2%

ISPY cash paid, 1 year

−2.6%

FDND total return, 1 year

+11.3%

ISPY 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.

ISPY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 3.5 pts behind SPY

ISPY

+11.3%

SPY

+14.8%

3.5 pts behind SPY

ISPY over 1 year: paid 6.2%, price +4.8%, total +11.3%, SPY +14.8%, −3.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

ISPY

+11.3%

6.2% of it arrived as cash

3.5 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.5 pts behind SPY

ISPY over 1 year: paid 6.2%, price +4.8%, total +11.3%, SPY +14.8%, −3.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

ISPY

+11.3%

3.5 pts behind SPY

6.2% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. ISPY over 1 year: paid 6.2%, price +4.8%, total +11.3%, SPY +14.8%, −3.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

ISPY costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.9 points; ISPY is far larger, $1.1bn against $9.3m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FDND vs ISPY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FDND	ISPY
Paid and earned
Measure	FDND	ISPY
Total return, 1 year	−2.6%	+11.3%
Price change, 1 year	fell 10.1%	rose 4.8%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	87% of the Nov 6, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FDND	ISPY
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 3.5 pts
Cost and size
Measure	FDND	ISPY
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.55%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$9.3m	$1.1bn
Holdings
Measure	FDND	ISPY
Holdings in common	12%

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

IQ Income Score12.3FDND83.5ISPY

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

ISPY 83.5

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

12%

By the books each fund has filed, FDND and ISPY hold 12% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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12% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FDND ISPY

Amazon.com, Inc. 10.68% 3.24%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 5.05% 2.53%

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 4.06% 2.02%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 10.21% 1.60%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 8.81% 0.56%

Netflix, Inc. 5.64% 0.43%

Oracle Corporation 3.78% 0.32%

Salesforce, Inc. 4.40% 0.27%

Arista Networks, Inc. 4.26% 0.26%

Booking Holdings Inc. 4.29% 0.20%

DoorDash, Inc. (Class A) 2.53% 0.11%

Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 2.72% 0.10%

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%

Zoom Communications, Inc. (Class A) 0.89%

CoreWeave, Inc. (Class A) 0.76%

Nutanix, Inc. (Class A) 0.64%

Only in ISPY

NVIDIA Corp. 6.80%

Apple, Inc. 5.92%

Microsoft Corp. 4.80%

Broadcom, Inc. 2.23%

Micron Technology, Inc. 1.38%

Tesla, Inc. 1.32%

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.22%

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. 1.18%

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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 ISPY ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF · Option income on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust ProShares

Strategy option income option income

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

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 6.0%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.55%

Cash paid, 1 year 7.3% 6.2%

Price change, 1 year −10.1% +4.8%

Total return, 1 year −2.6% +11.3%

Benchmark return, 1 year −1.6% +14.8%

Ahead or behind −1.0 pts −3.5 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 87%

Age 2.6 years 2.9 years

Net assets, FDND as of Nov 3, 2026 and ISPY as of Nov 4, 2026 $9.3m $1.2bn

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 ISPY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FDND	ISPY	FDND	ISPY	FDND	ISPY
3 months	−4.7%	−0.5%	2.0%	1.5%	+0.5 pts	−0.3 pts
6 months	+2.2%	+3.8%	4.0%	3.1%	0.0 pts	−1.2 pts
1 year	−2.6%	+11.3%	7.3%	6.2%	−1.0 pts	−3.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FDND Mar 2024 · ISPY Dec 2023	+27.3%	+54.0%	21.9%	27.1%	−4.9 pts	−15.1 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.

ISPY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, ISPY paid 6.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.0%, paid monthly. ProShares estimates that 87% of the distribution paid Nov 6, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FDND or ISPY?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and ISPY paid 6.2%, 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 ISPY?: With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and ISPY +11.3% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FDND or ISPY?: FDND charges 0.75% a year and ISPY charges 0.55%, so ISPY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) →S&P 500 (SPY) →FDND on its own →ISPY on its own →FDND dividend history →FDND holdings →ISPY dividend history →ISPY 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 ↗

ISPY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ISPY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

ISPY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

ProShares page for ISPY ↗

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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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