Data as of .
FDND vs QYLG: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year QYLG paid 17.4% of its price in cash against FDND’s 7.1%, and returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: QYLG scores higher
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A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FDND and QYLG hold 19% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | FDND | QYLG |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 9.98% | 4.31% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class A) | 5.82% | 3.23% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) | 10.12% | 3.11% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class C) | 4.65% | 3.00% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 8.66% | 1.88% |
| Netflix, Inc. | 5.90% | 1.30% |
| Booking Holdings Inc. | 4.28% | 0.55% |
| Datadog, Inc. (Class A) | 2.62% | 0.34% |
| DoorDash, Inc. (Class A) | 2.46% | 0.34% |
| Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) | 2.36% | 0.30% |
| PayPal Holdings, Inc. | 1.52% | 0.19% |
| CoreWeave, Inc. (Class A) | 1.06% | 0.16% |
| Only in FDND | Only in QYLG |
|---|---|
| Arista Networks, Inc. 4.62% | NVIDIA CORP 8.44% |
| Salesforce, Inc. 4.36% | APPLE INC 7.73% |
| Oracle Corporation 4.08% | MICROSOFT CORP 5.77% |
| Snowflake Inc. (Class A) 3.90% | MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 4.99% |
| Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 3.53% | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 3.97% |
| Ciena Corporation 1.69% | TESLA INC 3.01% |
| Carvana Co. (Class A) 1.59% | SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN-CL A 2.85% |
| eBay Inc. 1.51% | BROADCOM INC 2.67% |
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FDND | QYLG | FDND | QYLG | FDND | QYLG | |
| 3 months | +8.9% | −0.1% | 2.0% | 2.1% | +8.5 pts | +2.4 pts |
| 6 months | +18.8% | +19.6% | 4.3% | 4.6% | +4.8 pts | −4.7 pts |
| 1 year | −0.6% | +22.2% | 7.1% | 17.4% | −14.1 pts | +0.5 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +76.2% | not published | 51.1% | not published | −22.0 pts |
| Since launch | +34.3% | +122.0% | 20.4% | 75.3% | −0.5 pts | −52.0 pts |
| FDND FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF Option income on DIA, 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 | Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 7.8% | 6.8% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.35% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 7.1% | 17.4% |
| Price change, 1 year | −8.2% | +2.4% |
| Total return, 1 year | −0.6% | +22.2% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +13.5% | +21.8% |
| Ahead or behind | −14.1 pts | +0.5 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | 96% |
| Age | 911 days | 2187 days |
| Net assets | $10m | $175m |
FDND in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FDND paid 7.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −0.6%. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) returned +13.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 14.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.8%, paid monthly.
QYLG in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QYLG paid 17.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +22.2%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.8%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 96% of the distribution paid Aug 27, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, FDND or QYLG?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FDND paid 7.1% of its starting price in cash and QYLG paid 17.4%, 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 −0.6% and QYLG returned +22.2% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so QYLG returned more.
- 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 these figures came from
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