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FDND vs QDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QDTY paid 30.7% of its price in cash against FDND’s 7.3%, and 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 $37m for YieldMax Nasdaq 100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF.

At a glance
7.3%
FDND cash paid, 1 year
30.7%
QDTY cash paid, 1 year
−2.6%
FDND total return, 1 year
+10.1%
QDTY 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.
QDTY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.2 pts behind QQQ
QDTY
+10.1%
QQQ
+12.3%

2.2 pts behind QQQ

QDTY over 1 year: paid 30.7%, price −21.9%, total +10.1%, QQQ +12.3%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QDTY

+10.1%

30.7% of it arrived as cash

2.2 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.2 pts behind QQQ

QDTY over 1 year: paid 30.7%, price −21.9%, total +10.1%, QQQ +12.3%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QDTY

+10.1%

30.7% as cash

2.2 pts behind QQQ

30.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QDTY over 1 year: paid 30.7%, price −21.9%, total +10.1%, QQQ +12.3%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FDND costs 0.42 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.7 points; QDTY is 4.0 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FDND vs QDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureFDNDQDTY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year−2.6%+10.1%
Price change, 1 yearfell 10.1%fell 21.9%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment75% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkFirst Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund, measured through FDNNasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Against its benchmark, same daysbehind by 1.0 ptsbehind by 2.2 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.75%1.17%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$9.3m$37m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · QDTY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score12.3FDND27.8QDTY

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 QDTY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FDND QDTY
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 QDTY
NDX 12/18/2026 1001.26 C 95.10%
XND 12/18/2026 10.02 C 0.73%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 0.05%
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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 QDTY YieldMax Nasdaq 100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on QQQ, paying weekly
Strategy option income 0DTE covered call
Benchmark First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 30.9%
Expense ratio 0.75% 1.17%
Cash paid, 1 year 7.3% 30.7%
Price change, 1 year −10.1% −21.9%
Total return, 1 year −2.6% +10.1%
Benchmark return, 1 year −1.6% +12.3%
Ahead or behind −1.0 pts −2.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 75%
Age 2.6 years 1.7 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $9.3m $37m

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 QDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowFDNDQDTYFDNDQDTYFDNDQDTY
3 months−4.7%−2.6%2.0%7.4%+0.5 pts+0.8 pts
6 months+2.2%+0.6%4.0%15.2%0.0 pts+1.0 pts
1 year−2.6%+10.1%7.3%30.7%−1.0 pts−2.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FDND Mar 2024 · QDTY Feb 2025+27.3%+21.7%21.9%45.1%−4.9 pts−8.5 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.

QDTY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QDTY paid 30.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 21.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.1%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 30.9%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 75% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FDND or QDTY?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and QDTY paid 30.7%, so QDTY 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 QDTY?
With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and QDTY +10.1% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FDND or QDTY?
FDND charges 0.75% a year and QDTY charges 1.17%, so FDND is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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