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FDND vs OCTJ: 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 OCTJ’s 5.3%, though OCTJ 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 $15m on Nov 4, 2026 for Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - October.

At a glance
7.3%
FDND cash paid, 1 year
5.3%
OCTJ cash paid, 1 year
−2.6%
FDND total return, 1 year
+5.8%
OCTJ 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.
OCTJ · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 9 pts behind SPY
OCTJ
+5.8%
SPY
+14.8%

9 pts behind SPY

OCTJ over 1 year: paid 5.3%, price +0.3%, total +5.8%, SPY +14.8%, −9.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

OCTJ

+5.8%

5.3% of it arrived as cash

9 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

9 pts behind SPY

OCTJ over 1 year: paid 5.3%, price +0.3%, total +5.8%, SPY +14.8%, −9.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

OCTJ

+5.8%

9 pts behind SPY

5.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. OCTJ over 1 year: paid 5.3%, price +0.3%, total +5.8%, SPY +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; OCTJ is 1.6 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FDND vs OCTJ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureFDNDOCTJ
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year−2.6%+5.8%
Price change, 1 yearfell 10.1%rose 0.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment36% of the Oct 2, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkFirst Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund, measured through FDNS&P 500, measured through SPY
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$15m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · OCTJ scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score12.3FDND65OCTJ

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 OCTJ 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 OCTJ
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 OCTJ
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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 OCTJ Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - October · Defined income on SPY, paying quarterly
Strategy option income defined income
Benchmark First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly quarterly
Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 5.3%
Expense ratio 0.75% 0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year 7.3% 5.3%
Price change, 1 year −10.1% +0.3%
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% 36%
Age 2.6 years 3.1 years
Net assets, FDND as of Nov 3, 2026 and OCTJ as of Nov 4, 2026 $9.3m $15m

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 OCTJ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowFDNDOCTJFDNDOCTJFDNDOCTJ
3 months−4.7%+1.0%2.0%1.3%+0.5 pts+1.2 pts
6 months+2.2%+2.4%4.0%2.6%0.0 pts−2.7 pts
1 year−2.6%+5.8%7.3%5.3%−1.0 pts−9.0 pts
3 years–+18.1%–17.0%–−64.8 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FDND Mar 2024 · OCTJ Oct 2023+27.3%+19.6%21.9%17.2%−4.9 pts−66.5 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.

OCTJ

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OCTJ paid 5.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. S&P 500 (SPY) 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 5.3%, paid quarterly. Innovator estimates that 36% of the distribution paid Oct 2, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FDND or OCTJ?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and OCTJ paid 5.3%, 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 OCTJ?
With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and OCTJ +5.8% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FDND or OCTJ?
FDND charges 0.75% a year and OCTJ charges 0.79%, so FDND is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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