Which paid more, FDND or QYLD?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and QYLD paid 12.3%, so QYLD 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 QYLD?

With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and QYLD +16.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, FDND or QYLD?

FDND charges 0.75% a year and QYLD charges 0.60%, so QYLD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FDND vs QYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLD paid 12.3% 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 $8.5bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF.

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At a glance

7.3%

FDND cash paid, 1 year

12.3%

QYLD cash paid, 1 year

−2.6%

FDND total return, 1 year

+16.5%

QYLD 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.

QYLD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLD

+16.5%

QQQ

+12.3%

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLD over 1 year: paid 12.3%, price +3.3%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLD

+16.5%

12.3% of it arrived as cash

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLD over 1 year: paid 12.3%, price +3.3%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLD

+16.5%

12.3% cash

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

12.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QYLD over 1 year: paid 12.3%, price +3.3%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QYLD costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 19.1 points; QYLD is far larger, $8.5bn against $10m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FDND vs QYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FDND	QYLD
Paid and earned
Measure	FDND	QYLD
Total return, 1 year	−2.6%	+16.5%
Price change, 1 year	fell 10.1%	rose 3.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	99% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FDND	QYLD
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	ahead by 4.2 pts
Cost and size
Measure	FDND	QYLD
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.60%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$10m	$8.5bn
Holdings
Measure	FDND	QYLD
Holdings in common	20%

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

IQ Income Score12.3FDND72.8QYLD

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

QYLD 72.8

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

20%

By the books each fund has filed, FDND and QYLD hold 20% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

20% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FDND QYLD

Amazon.com, Inc. 10.68% 4.93%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 5.05% 3.50%

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 4.06% 3.28%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 10.21% 2.78%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 8.81% 2.13%

Netflix, Inc. 5.64% 1.41%

Booking Holdings Inc. 4.29% 0.70%

Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 2.72% 0.41%

DoorDash, Inc. (Class A) 2.53% 0.38%

Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) 2.57% 0.29%

PayPal Holdings, Inc. 1.82% 0.24%

Workday, Inc. (Class A) 1.46% 0.15%

Only in one fund ↓

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 QYLD

NVIDIA CORPORATION 8.20%

APPLE INC. 7.65%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.82%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4.32%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.62%

BROADCOM INC. 3.11%

TESLA, INC. 2.62%

WALMART INC. 2.53%

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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 QYLD Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust Global X

Strategy option income covered call

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

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 12.2%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.60%

Cash paid, 1 year 7.3% 12.3%

Price change, 1 year −10.1% +3.3%

Total return, 1 year −2.6% +16.5%

Benchmark return, 1 year −1.6% +12.3%

Ahead or behind −1.0 pts +4.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 99%

Age 2.6 years 12.9 years

Net assets, FDND as of Nov 3, 2026 and QYLD as of Oct 12, 2026 $9.3m $8.5bn

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 QYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FDND	QYLD	FDND	QYLD	FDND	QYLD
3 months	−4.7%	+2.4%	2.0%	3.0%	+0.5 pts	+5.9 pts
6 months	+2.2%	+5.4%	4.0%	6.0%	0.0 pts	+5.8 pts
1 year	−2.6%	+16.5%	7.3%	12.3%	−1.0 pts	+4.2 pts
3 years	–	+52.7%	–	37.9%	–	−38.6 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FDND Mar 2024 · QYLD Dec 2013	+27.3%	+194.8%	21.9%	117.5%	−4.9 pts	−610.5 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.

QYLD

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLD paid 12.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.2%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FDND or QYLD?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and QYLD paid 12.3%, so QYLD 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 QYLD?: With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and QYLD +16.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FDND or QYLD?: FDND charges 0.75% a year and QYLD charges 0.60%, so QYLD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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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 ↗

QYLD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QYLD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

QYLD 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for QYLD ↗

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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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