Which paid more, FDND or QYLG?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and QYLG paid 16.7%, so QYLG 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 QYLG?

With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and QYLG +14.4% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, FDND or QYLG?

FDND charges 0.75% a year and QYLG charges 0.35%, so QYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FDND vs QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLG paid 16.7% 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 $183m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF.

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At a glance

7.3%

FDND cash paid, 1 year

16.7%

QYLG cash paid, 1 year

−2.6%

FDND total return, 1 year

+14.4%

QYLG 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.

QYLG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLG

+14.4%

QQQ

+12.3%

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLG

+14.4%

16.7% of it arrived as cash

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLG

+14.4%

16.7% as cash

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

16.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QYLG costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 17.0 points; QYLG is 18.3 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FDND vs QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FDND	QYLG
Paid and earned
Measure	FDND	QYLG
Total return, 1 year	−2.6%	+14.4%
Price change, 1 year	fell 10.1%	fell 3.9%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	93% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FDND	QYLG
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 2.1 pts
Cost and size
Measure	FDND	QYLG
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$10m	$183m
Holdings
Measure	FDND	QYLG
Holdings in common	20%

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

IQ Income Score12.3FDND49.4QYLG

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

QYLG 49.4

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 QYLG 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 QYLG

Amazon.com, Inc. 10.68% 4.89%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 5.05% 3.47%

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 4.06% 3.25%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 10.21% 2.76%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 8.81% 2.11%

Netflix, Inc. 5.64% 1.40%

Booking Holdings Inc. 4.29% 0.69%

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

DoorDash, Inc. (Class A) 2.53% 0.37%

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

PayPal Holdings, Inc. 1.82% 0.23%

CoreWeave, Inc. (Class A) 0.76% 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 QYLG

NVIDIA CORPORATION 8.13%

APPLE INC. 7.59%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.78%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4.29%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.59%

BROADCOM INC. 3.09%

TESLA, INC. 2.60%

WALMART INC. 2.50%

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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 QYLG Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth 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% 7.1%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.35%

Cash paid, 1 year 7.3% 16.7%

Price change, 1 year −10.1% −3.9%

Total return, 1 year −2.6% +14.4%

Benchmark return, 1 year −1.6% +12.3%

Ahead or behind −1.0 pts +2.1 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 93%

Age 2.6 years 6.1 years

Net assets, FDND as of Nov 3, 2026 and QYLG as of Oct 12, 2026 $9.3m $183m

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 QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FDND	QYLG	FDND	QYLG	FDND	QYLG
3 months	−4.7%	−0.8%	2.0%	1.6%	+0.5 pts	+2.6 pts
6 months	+2.2%	+2.5%	4.0%	4.0%	0.0 pts	+2.8 pts
1 year	−2.6%	+14.4%	7.3%	16.7%	−1.0 pts	+2.1 pts
3 years	–	+72.0%	–	52.1%	–	−19.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FDND Mar 2024 · QYLG Sep 2020	+27.3%	+116.2%	21.9%	76.4%	−4.9 pts	−46.8 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.

QYLG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLG paid 16.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.4%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.1%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 93% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FDND or QYLG?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and QYLG paid 16.7%, so QYLG 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 QYLG?: With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and QYLG +14.4% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FDND or QYLG?: FDND charges 0.75% a year and QYLG charges 0.35%, so QYLG 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 →QYLG on its own →FDND dividend history →FDND holdings →QYLG dividend history →QYLG 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 ↗

QYLG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QYLG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

QYLG 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for QYLG ↗

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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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