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FDND vs SDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SDTY paid 24.9% 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 $40m for YieldMax S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF.

At a glance
7.3%
FDND cash paid, 1 year
24.9%
SDTY cash paid, 1 year
−2.6%
FDND total return, 1 year
+14.7%
SDTY 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.
SDTY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with VOO
SDTY
+14.7%
VOO
+14.8%

About even with VOO

SDTY over 1 year: paid 24.9%, price −12.3%, total +14.7%, VOO +14.8%, −0.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

SDTY

+14.7%

24.9% of it arrived as cash

about even with VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with VOO

SDTY over 1 year: paid 24.9%, price −12.3%, total +14.7%, VOO +14.8%, −0.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

SDTY

+14.7%

24.9% as cash

about even with VOO

24.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SDTY over 1 year: paid 24.9%, price −12.3%, total +14.7%, VOO +14.8%, −0.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FDND costs 0.33 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 17.3 points; SDTY is 4.3 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FDND vs SDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureFDNDSDTY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year−2.6%+14.7%
Price change, 1 yearfell 10.1%fell 12.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkFirst Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund, measured through FDNVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Against its benchmark, same daysbehind by 1.0 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.75%1.08%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$9.3m$40m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · SDTY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score12.3FDND40.4SDTY

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

0%

By the books each fund has filed, FDND and SDTY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FDND SDTY
Only in one fund ↓
Only in FDND
Amazon.com, Inc. 10.68%
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 10.21%
Cisco Systems, Inc. 8.81%
Netflix, Inc. 5.64%
Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 5.05%
Salesforce, Inc. 4.40%
Booking Holdings Inc. 4.29%
Arista Networks, Inc. 4.26%
Only in SDTY
SPX 12/18/2026 1200.26 C 85.22%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 1.62%
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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 SDTY YieldMax S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on VOO, paying weekly
Strategy option income 0DTE covered call
Benchmark First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 23.2%
Expense ratio 0.75% 1.08%
Cash paid, 1 year 7.3% 24.9%
Price change, 1 year −10.1% −12.3%
Total return, 1 year −2.6% +14.7%
Benchmark return, 1 year −1.6% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −1.0 pts −0.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% not published
Age 2.6 years 1.7 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $9.3m $40m

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 SDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowFDNDSDTYFDNDSDTYFDNDSDTY
3 months−4.7%+1.2%2.0%5.4%+0.5 pts+1.4 pts
6 months+2.2%+6.6%4.0%11.7%0.0 pts+1.5 pts
1 year−2.6%+14.7%7.3%24.9%−1.0 pts−0.1 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FDND Mar 2024 · SDTY Feb 2025+27.3%+23.8%21.9%37.8%−4.9 pts−5.3 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.

SDTY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SDTY paid 24.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 12.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.7%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 23.2%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FDND or SDTY?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and SDTY paid 24.9%, so SDTY 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 SDTY?
With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and SDTY +14.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FDND or SDTY?
FDND charges 0.75% a year and SDTY charges 1.08%, so FDND is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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