Which paid more, FDND or SPIN?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and SPIN paid 5.1%, 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 SPIN?

With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and SPIN +9.3% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, FDND or SPIN?

FDND charges 0.75% a year and SPIN charges 0.25%, so SPIN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FDND vs SPIN: 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 SPIN’s 5.1%, though SPIN 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 $45m for State Street US Equity Premium Income ETF.

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At a glance

7.3%

FDND cash paid, 1 year

5.1%

SPIN cash paid, 1 year

−2.6%

FDND total return, 1 year

+9.3%

SPIN 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.

SPIN · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 5.5 pts behind SPY

SPIN

+9.3%

SPY

+14.8%

5.5 pts behind SPY

SPIN over 1 year: paid 5.1%, price +3.9%, total +9.3%, SPY +14.8%, −5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SPIN

+9.3%

5.1% as cash

5.5 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.5 pts behind SPY

SPIN over 1 year: paid 5.1%, price +3.9%, total +9.3%, SPY +14.8%, −5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SPIN

+9.3%

5.5 pts behind SPY

5.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SPIN over 1 year: paid 5.1%, price +3.9%, total +9.3%, SPY +14.8%, −5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SPIN costs 0.50 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.9 points; SPIN is 4.8 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FDND vs SPIN: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FDND	SPIN
Paid and earned
Measure	FDND	SPIN
Total return, 1 year	−2.6%	+9.3%
Price change, 1 year	fell 10.1%	rose 3.9%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	97% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FDND	SPIN
Benchmark	First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund, measured through FDN	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Against its benchmark, same days	behind by 1.0 pts	behind by 5.5 pts
Cost and size
Measure	FDND	SPIN
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.25%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$9.3m	$45m
Holdings
Measure	FDND	SPIN
Holdings in common	15%

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

IQ Income Score12.3FDND84.1SPIN

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

SPIN 84.1

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

15%

By the books each fund has filed, FDND and SPIN hold 15% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

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15% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FDND SPIN

Amazon.com, Inc. 10.68% 4.87%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 5.05% 4.59%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 10.21% 2.93%

Netflix, Inc. 5.64% 0.91%

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 4.06% 0.68%

Oracle Corporation 3.78% 0.35%

Snowflake Inc. (Class A) 3.75% 0.24%

Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 3.23% 0.07%

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Only in FDND

Cisco Systems, Inc. 8.81%

Salesforce, Inc. 4.40%

Booking Holdings Inc. 4.29%

Arista Networks, Inc. 4.26%

Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 2.72%

Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) 2.57%

DoorDash, Inc. (Class A) 2.53%

Carvana Co. (Class A) 1.88%

Only in SPIN

NVIDIA CORP 9.22%

MICROSOFT CORP 7.47%

APPLE INC 6.03%

BROADCOM INC 3.37%

ELI LILLY + CO 2.50%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.50%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.28%

JPMORGAN CHASE + CO 2.13%

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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 SPIN State Street US Equity Premium Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust State Street

Strategy option income covered call

Benchmark First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 5.5%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.25%

Cash paid, 1 year 7.3% 5.1%

Price change, 1 year −10.1% +3.9%

Total return, 1 year −2.6% +9.3%

Benchmark return, 1 year −1.6% +14.8%

Ahead or behind −1.0 pts −5.5 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 97%

Age 2.6 years 2.2 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $9.3m $45m

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 SPIN: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FDND	SPIN	FDND	SPIN	FDND	SPIN
3 months	−4.7%	+0.8%	2.0%	0.9%	+0.5 pts	+0.9 pts
6 months	+2.2%	+6.0%	4.0%	1.9%	0.0 pts	+1.0 pts
1 year	−2.6%	+9.3%	7.3%	5.1%	−1.0 pts	−5.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FDND Mar 2024 · SPIN Sep 2024	+27.3%	+30.3%	21.9%	16.0%	−4.9 pts	−12.9 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.

SPIN

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SPIN paid 5.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.5%, paid monthly. State Street estimates that 97% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FDND or SPIN?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and SPIN paid 5.1%, 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 SPIN?: With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and SPIN +9.3% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FDND or SPIN?: FDND charges 0.75% a year and SPIN charges 0.25%, so SPIN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) →S&P 500 (SPY) →FDND on its own →SPIN on its own →FDND dividend history →FDND holdings →SPIN dividend history →SPIN 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 ↗

SPIN filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPIN prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SPIN 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

State Street website ↗

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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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