Which paid more, FDND or JOYT?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and JOYT paid 0.9%, 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 JOYT?

With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and JOYT +14.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, FDND or JOYT?

FDND charges 0.75% a year and JOYT charges 0.35%, so JOYT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FDND vs JOYT: 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 JOYT’s 0.9%, though JOYT 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 $117m for JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF.

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At a glance

7.3%

FDND cash paid, 1 year

0.9%

JOYT cash paid, 1 year

−2.6%

FDND total return, 1 year

+14.6%

JOYT 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.

JOYT · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with SPY

JOYT

+14.6%

SPY

+14.8%

About even with SPY

JOYT over 1 year: paid 0.9%, price +13.7%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

JOYT

+14.6%

about even with SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with SPY

JOYT over 1 year: paid 0.9%, price +13.7%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

JOYT

+14.6%

about even with SPY

0.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. JOYT over 1 year: paid 0.9%, price +13.7%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

JOYT costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 17.2 points; JOYT is 12.6 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FDND vs JOYT: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FDND	JOYT
Paid and earned
Measure	FDND	JOYT
Total return, 1 year	−2.6%	+14.6%
Price change, 1 year	fell 10.1%	rose 13.7%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FDND	JOYT
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
Cost and size
Measure	FDND	JOYT
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$9.3m	$117m
Holdings
Measure	FDND	JOYT
Holdings in common	12%

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

IQ Income Score12.3FDND99.1JOYT

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

JOYT 99.1

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 JOYT hold 12% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

12% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FDND JOYT

Amazon.com, Inc. 10.68% 4.16%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 5.05% 4.13%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 10.21% 2.53%

Salesforce, Inc. 4.40% 0.47%

Arista Networks, Inc. 4.26% 0.22%

Oracle Corporation 3.78% 0.20%

Netflix, Inc. 5.64% 0.19%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FDND

Cisco Systems, Inc. 8.81%

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%

DoorDash, Inc. (Class A) 2.53%

Only in JOYT

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 8.18%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 7.29%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 6.57%

BROADCOM INC COMMON 2.17%

WELLS FARGO & CO COMMON 2.11%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.10%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.01%

MASTERCARD INC COMMON 1.87%

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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 JOYT JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF · Option income on SPY, paying quarterly

Issuer First Trust JPMorgan

Strategy option income option income

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

Pays monthly quarterly

Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 0.7%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.35%

Cash paid, 1 year 7.3% 0.9%

Price change, 1 year −10.1% +13.7%

Total return, 1 year −2.6% +14.6%

Benchmark return, 1 year −1.6% +14.8%

Ahead or behind −1.0 pts −0.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 100% not published

Age 2.6 years 1.2 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $9.3m $117m

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 JOYT: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FDND	JOYT	FDND	JOYT	FDND	JOYT
3 months	−4.7%	+2.0%	2.0%	0.2%	+0.5 pts	+2.2 pts
6 months	+2.2%	+7.8%	4.0%	0.4%	0.0 pts	+2.8 pts
1 year	−2.6%	+14.6%	7.3%	0.9%	−1.0 pts	−0.1 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FDND Mar 2024 · JOYT Aug 2025	+27.3%	+21.6%	21.9%	0.9%	−4.9 pts	+0.1 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.

JOYT

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JOYT paid 0.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 13.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.7%, paid quarterly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FDND or JOYT?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and JOYT paid 0.9%, 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 JOYT?: With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and JOYT +14.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FDND or JOYT?: FDND charges 0.75% a year and JOYT charges 0.35%, so JOYT 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 ↗

JOYT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JOYT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan 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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