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FDND vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its price in cash against SIXH’s 2.1%, though SIXH 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 $603m on Aug 31, 2026 for ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.

At a glance
7.3%
FDND cash paid, 1 year
2.1%
SIXH cash paid, 1 year
−2.6%
FDND total return, 1 year
+23.5%
SIXH 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.
SIXH · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings
SIXH
+23.5%
Own
+18.0%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

2.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SIXH costs 0.06 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 26.1 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FDND vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureFDNDSIXH
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year−2.6%+23.5%
Price change, 1 yearfell 10.1%rose 21.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkFirst Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund, measured through FDNits own holdings
Against its benchmark, same daysbehind by 1.0 ptsahead by 5.5 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.75%0.69%
Net assets, FDND as of Nov 3, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026$9.3m$603m
Holdings
Holdings in common5%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · SIXH scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score12.3FDND98.5SIXH

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

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Method

What they share

5%

By the books each fund has filed, FDND and SIXH hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

5% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FDND SIXH
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 10.21% 1.26%
Amazon.com, Inc. 10.68% 1.17%
Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 5.05% 1.16%
Cisco Systems, Inc. 8.81% 1.16%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in FDND
Netflix, Inc. 5.64%
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 SIXH
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 4.95%
Altria Group, Inc. 4.90%
AT&T INC. 4.08%
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 3.92%
PEPSICO, INC. 3.69%
Philip Morris International Inc. 3.60%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2.85%
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 2.82%
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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 SIXH ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF · Option income on its own holdings, paying monthly
Strategy option income option income
Benchmark First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 3.2%
Expense ratio 0.75% 0.69%
Cash paid, 1 year 7.3% 2.1%
Price change, 1 year −10.1% +21.2%
Total return, 1 year −2.6% +23.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year −1.6% +18.0%
Ahead or behind −1.0 pts +5.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% not published
Age 2.6 years 6.5 years
Net assets, FDND as of Nov 3, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026 $9.3m $603m

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 SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowFDNDSIXHFDNDSIXHFDNDSIXH
3 months−4.7%+6.0%2.0%0.5%+0.5 pts+1.8 pts
6 months+2.2%+10.3%4.0%1.0%0.0 pts+3.5 pts
1 year−2.6%+23.5%7.3%2.1%−1.0 pts+5.5 pts
3 years–+47.6%–6.8%–not measured
Since launchNot the same days: FDND Mar 2024 · SIXH May 2020+27.3%+104.1%21.9%16.7%−4.9 ptsnot measured

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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.

SIXH

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SIXH paid 2.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 21.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +23.5%. SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026) returned +18.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 3.2%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FDND or SIXH?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.1%, so FDND 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 SIXH?
With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and SIXH +23.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FDND or SIXH?
FDND charges 0.75% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so SIXH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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