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FDND vs LOCT: 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 LOCT’s 5.2%, though LOCT 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 $11m on Nov 4, 2026 for Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - October.

At a glance
7.3%
FDND cash paid, 1 year
5.2%
LOCT cash paid, 1 year
−2.6%
FDND total return, 1 year
+5.8%
LOCT 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.
LOCT · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 9 pts behind VOO
LOCT
+5.8%
VOO
+14.8%

9 pts behind VOO

LOCT over 1 year: paid 5.2%, price +0.4%, total +5.8%, VOO +14.8%, −9.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

LOCT

+5.8%

5.2% of it arrived as cash

9 pts behind VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

9 pts behind VOO

LOCT over 1 year: paid 5.2%, price +0.4%, total +5.8%, VOO +14.8%, −9.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

LOCT

+5.8%

9 pts behind VOO

5.2% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. LOCT over 1 year: paid 5.2%, price +0.4%, total +5.8%, VOO +14.8%, −9.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FDND costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.4 points; LOCT is 1.2 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FDND vs LOCT: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureFDNDLOCT
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year−2.6%+5.8%
Price change, 1 yearfell 10.1%rose 0.4%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment35% of the Nov 2, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkFirst Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund, measured through FDNVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Against its benchmark, same daysbehind by 1.0 ptsbehind by 9.0 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.75%0.79%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$9.3m$11m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · LOCT scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score12.3FDND65.6LOCT

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

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

0%

By the books each fund has filed, FDND and LOCT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FDND LOCT
Only in one fund ↓
Only in FDND
Amazon.com, Inc. 10.68%
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 10.21%
Cisco Systems, Inc. 8.81%
Netflix, Inc. 5.64%
Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 5.05%
Salesforce, Inc. 4.40%
Booking Holdings Inc. 4.29%
Arista Networks, Inc. 4.26%
Only in LOCT
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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 LOCT Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - October · Buffer with income on VOO, paying monthly
Strategy option income buffer with income
Benchmark First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 5.8%
Expense ratio 0.75% 0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year 7.3% 5.2%
Price change, 1 year −10.1% +0.4%
Total return, 1 year −2.6% +5.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year −1.6% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −1.0 pts −9.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 35%
Age 2.6 years 3.1 years
Net assets, FDND as of Nov 3, 2026 and LOCT as of Nov 4, 2026 $9.3m $11m

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 LOCT: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowFDNDLOCTFDNDLOCTFDNDLOCT
3 months−4.7%+1.2%2.0%1.3%+0.5 pts+1.3 pts
6 months+2.2%+2.4%4.0%2.6%0.0 pts−2.6 pts
1 year−2.6%+5.8%7.3%5.2%−1.0 pts−9.0 pts
3 years–+17.9%–16.8%–−65.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FDND Mar 2024 · LOCT Oct 2023+27.3%+19.3%21.9%17.5%−4.9 pts−67.1 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.

LOCT

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, LOCT paid 5.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.8%, paid monthly. Innovator estimates that 35% of the distribution paid Nov 2, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FDND or LOCT?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and LOCT paid 5.2%, 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 LOCT?
With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and LOCT +5.8% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FDND or LOCT?
FDND charges 0.75% a year and LOCT charges 0.79%, so FDND is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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