Which paid more, FDND or QQQI?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and QQQI paid 13.9%, so QQQI 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 QQQI?

With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and QQQI +8.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, FDND or QQQI?

FDND charges 0.75% a year and QQQI charges 0.68%, so QQQI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FDND vs QQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQI paid 13.9% of its price in cash against FDND’s 7.3%, and 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 $15.5bn on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF.

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At a glance

7.3%

FDND cash paid, 1 year

13.9%

QQQI cash paid, 1 year

−2.6%

FDND total return, 1 year

+8.9%

QQQI 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.

QQQI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 3.4 pts behind QQQ

QQQI

+8.9%

QQQ

+12.3%

3.4 pts behind QQQ

QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.9%, price −5.4%, total +8.9%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QQQI

+8.9%

13.9% of it arrived as cash

3.4 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.4 pts behind QQQ

QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.9%, price −5.4%, total +8.9%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QQQI

+8.9%

13.9% cash

3.4 pts behind QQQ

13.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.9%, price −5.4%, total +8.9%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QQQI costs 0.07 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.5 points; QQQI is far larger, $15.5bn against $9.8m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FDND vs QQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FDND	QQQI
Paid and earned
Measure	FDND	QQQI
Total return, 1 year	−2.6%	+8.9%
Price change, 1 year	fell 10.1%	fell 5.4%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	100% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FDND	QQQI
Benchmark	First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund, measured through FDN	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Against its benchmark, same days	behind by 1.0 pts	behind by 3.4 pts
Cost and size
Measure	FDND	QQQI
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.68%
Net assets, as of Oct 28, 2026	$9.8m	$15.5bn
Holdings
Measure	FDND	QQQI
Holdings in common	18%

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

IQ Income Score12.3FDND42.2QQQI

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

QQQI 42.2

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

18%

By the books each fund has filed, FDND and QQQI hold 18% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

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18% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FDND QQQI

Amazon.com, Inc. 10.68% 4.40%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 10.21% 3.00%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 5.05% 2.66%

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 4.06% 2.48%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 8.81% 1.85%

Netflix, Inc. 5.64% 1.21%

Booking Holdings Inc. 4.29% 0.54%

DoorDash, Inc. (Class A) 2.53% 0.34%

Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 2.72% 0.33%

Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) 2.57% 0.32%

PayPal Holdings, Inc. 1.82% 0.23%

Workday, Inc. (Class A) 1.46% 0.18%

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Only in FDND

Salesforce, Inc. 4.40%

Arista Networks, Inc. 4.26%

Oracle Corporation 3.78%

Snowflake Inc. (Class A) 3.75%

Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 3.23%

Carvana Co. (Class A) 1.88%

eBay Inc. 1.73%

Veeva Systems Inc. (Class A) 1.65%

Only in QQQI

NVIDIA Corp 8.08%

Apple Inc 7.88%

Microsoft Corp 6.31%

Micron Technology Inc 4.34%

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.56%

Tesla Inc 3.42%

Walmart Inc 2.74%

Broadcom Inc 2.57%

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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 QQQI NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust NEOS

Strategy option income option income

Benchmark First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 14.7%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.68%

Cash paid, 1 year 7.3% 13.9%

Price change, 1 year −10.1% −5.4%

Total return, 1 year −2.6% +8.9%

Benchmark return, 1 year −1.6% +12.3%

Ahead or behind −1.0 pts −3.4 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 100%

Age 2.6 years 2.8 years

Net assets, FDND as of Nov 3, 2026 and QQQI as of Oct 28, 2026 $9.3m $15.5bn

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 QQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FDND	QQQI	FDND	QQQI	FDND	QQQI
3 months	−4.7%	−2.2%	2.0%	3.5%	+0.5 pts	+1.3 pts
6 months	+2.2%	−0.2%	4.0%	6.9%	0.0 pts	+0.1 pts
1 year	−2.6%	+8.9%	7.3%	13.9%	−1.0 pts	−3.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FDND Mar 2024 · QQQI Jan 2024	+27.3%	+53.8%	21.9%	41.2%	−4.9 pts	−11.2 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.

QQQI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQI paid 13.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 5.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.9%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.7%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 23, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FDND or QQQI?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and QQQI paid 13.9%, so QQQI 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 QQQI?: With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and QQQI +8.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FDND or QQQI?: FDND charges 0.75% a year and QQQI charges 0.68%, so QQQI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) →Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →FDND on its own →QQQI on its own →FDND dividend history →FDND holdings →QQQI dividend history →QQQI 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 ↗

QQQI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QQQI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

QQQI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

NEOS page for QQQI ↗

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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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