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FDND vs QUSA: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QUSA paid 14.6% 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 $20m for VistaShares Target 15 USA Quality Income ETF.

At a glance
7.3%
FDND cash paid, 1 year
14.6%
QUSA cash paid, 1 year
−2.6%
FDND total return, 1 year
+1.9%
QUSA 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.
QUSA · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 12.9 pts behind SPY
QUSA
+1.9%
SPY
+14.8%

12.9 pts behind SPY

QUSA over 1 year: paid 14.6%, price −12.3%, total +1.9%, SPY +14.8%, −12.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

QUSA

+1.9%

12.9 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

12.9 pts behind SPY

QUSA over 1 year: paid 14.6%, price −12.3%, total +1.9%, SPY +14.8%, −12.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

QUSA

+1.9%

12.9 pts behind SPY

14.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QUSA over 1 year: paid 14.6%, price −12.3%, total +1.9%, SPY +14.8%, −12.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FDND costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.5 points; QUSA is 2.2 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FDND vs QUSA: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureFDNDQUSA
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year−2.6%+1.9%
Price change, 1 yearfell 10.1%fell 12.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment100% of the Oct 27, 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 12.9 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.75%0.97%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$9.3m$20m
Holdings
Holdings in common18%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · QUSA scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score12.3FDND21.9QUSA

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

18%

By the books each fund has filed, FDND and QUSA hold 18% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

18% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FDND QUSA
Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 5.05% 4.97%
Netflix, Inc. 5.64% 3.80%
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 10.21% 3.71%
Cisco Systems, Inc. 8.81% 2.96%
Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) 2.57% 2.56%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in FDND
Amazon.com, Inc. 10.68%
Salesforce, Inc. 4.40%
Booking Holdings Inc. 4.29%
Arista Networks, Inc. 4.26%
Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 4.06%
Oracle Corporation 3.78%
Snowflake Inc. (Class A) 3.75%
Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 3.23%
Only in QUSA
Apple Inc 7.27%
Microsoft Corp 6.27%
NVIDIA Corp 6.15%
Visa Inc 5.70%
Lam Research Corp 4.91%
Mastercard Inc 4.37%
Adobe Inc 4.17%
Applied Materials Inc 4.17%
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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 QUSA VistaShares Target 15 USA Quality Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
Strategy option income covered call
Benchmark First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 15.4%
Expense ratio 0.75% 0.97%
Cash paid, 1 year 7.3% 14.6%
Price change, 1 year −10.1% −12.3%
Total return, 1 year −2.6% +1.9%
Benchmark return, 1 year −1.6% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −1.0 pts −12.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 100%
Age 2.6 years 1.5 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $9.3m $20m

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 QUSA: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowFDNDQUSAFDNDQUSAFDNDQUSA
3 months−4.7%−8.5%2.0%3.6%+0.5 pts−8.4 pts
6 months+2.2%−5.5%4.0%7.3%0.0 pts−10.5 pts
1 year−2.6%+1.9%7.3%14.6%−1.0 pts−12.8 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FDND Mar 2024 · QUSA May 2025+27.3%−1.8%21.9%17.3%−4.9 pts−41.3 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.

QUSA

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QUSA paid 14.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 12.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +1.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 12.9 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.4%, paid monthly. VistaShares estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 27, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FDND or QUSA?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and QUSA paid 14.6%, so QUSA 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 QUSA?
With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and QUSA +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FDND or QUSA?
FDND charges 0.75% a year and QUSA charges 0.97%, so FDND is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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