Data as of .
FDND vs SPUT: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year FDND paid 7.1% of its price in cash against SPUT’s 5.2%, though SPUT returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: SPUT 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 SPUT hold 9% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | FDND | SPUT |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 9.98% | 2.09% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class A) | 5.82% | 1.84% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class C) | 4.65% | 1.59% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) | 10.12% | 1.10% |
| Netflix, Inc. | 5.90% | 0.35% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 8.66% | 0.30% |
| Oracle Corporation | 4.08% | 0.22% |
| Arista Networks, Inc. | 4.62% | 0.15% |
| Salesforce, Inc. | 4.36% | 0.13% |
| Booking Holdings Inc. | 4.28% | 0.12% |
| Ciena Corporation | 1.69% | 0.06% |
| Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) | 3.53% | 0.05% |
| Only in FDND | Only in SPUT |
|---|---|
| US Dollar 0.85% | TREASURY BILL 49.24% |
| F5, Inc. 0.83% | NVIDIA Corp 3.85% |
| Nutanix, Inc. (Class A) 0.64% | Apple Inc 3.22% |
| Akamai Technologies, Inc. 0.51% | Microsoft Corp 2.47% |
| DocuSign, Inc. 0.45% | Broadcom Inc 1.60% |
| Paycom Software, Inc. 0.30% | Tesla Inc 0.91% |
| Duolingo, Inc. 0.19% | JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.70% |
| 2026-09-25 Nasdaq 100 Micro Index C 296 -0.16% | Eli Lilly & Co 0.65% |
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 Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FDND | SPUT | FDND | SPUT | FDND | SPUT | |
| 3 months | +8.9% | +2.4% | 2.0% | 1.1% | +8.5 pts | +0.1 pts |
| 6 months | +18.8% | +11.5% | 4.3% | 2.5% | +4.8 pts | −6.5 pts |
| 1 year | −0.6% | +11.5% | 7.1% | 5.2% | −14.1 pts | −5.1 pts |
| Since launch | +34.3% | +22.4% | 20.4% | 8.5% | −0.5 pts | −15.6 pts |
| FDND FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF Option income on DIA, paying monthly | SPUT Innovator Equity Premium Income - Daily PutWrite ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | Innovator |
| Strategy | option income | covered call |
| Benchmark | Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 7.8% | 4.7% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.79% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 7.1% | 5.2% |
| Price change, 1 year | −8.2% | +6.0% |
| Total return, 1 year | −0.6% | +11.5% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +13.5% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | −14.1 pts | −5.1 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 911 days | 553 days |
| Net assets | $10m | $17m |
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.
SPUT in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SPUT paid 5.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 4.7%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, FDND or SPUT?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FDND paid 7.1% of its starting price in cash and SPUT paid 5.2%, 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 SPUT?
- With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −0.6% and SPUT returned +11.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so SPUT returned more.
- Which is cheaper, FDND or SPUT?
- FDND charges 0.75% a year and SPUT charges 0.79%, so FDND is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, FDND against SPUT, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/fdnd-vs-sput Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.