Which paid more, FDND or TCAL?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and TCAL paid 11.4%, so TCAL 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 TCAL?

With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and TCAL +11.2% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, FDND or TCAL?

FDND charges 0.75% a year and TCAL charges 0.34%, so TCAL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FDND vs TCAL: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TCAL paid 11.4% 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 $324m for T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Premium Income ETF.

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At a glance

7.3%

FDND cash paid, 1 year

11.4%

TCAL cash paid, 1 year

−2.6%

FDND total return, 1 year

+11.2%

TCAL 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.

TCAL · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 3.4 pts behind its own stocks

TCAL

+11.2%

Own

+14.6%

3.4 pts behind its own stocks

TCAL over 1 year: paid 11.4%, price −1.2%, total +11.2%, its own stocks +14.6%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own stocks

+14.6%

TCAL

+11.2%

11.4% of it arrived as cash

3.4 pts behind its own stocks

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.4 pts behind its own stocks

TCAL over 1 year: paid 11.4%, price −1.2%, total +11.2%, its own stocks +14.6%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own stocks

+14.6%

TCAL

+11.2%

11.4% cash

11.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. TCAL over 1 year: paid 11.4%, price −1.2%, total +11.2%, its own stocks +14.6%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

TCAL costs 0.41 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.8 points; TCAL is far larger, $324m against $9.3m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FDND vs TCAL: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FDND	TCAL
Paid and earned
Measure	FDND	TCAL
Total return, 1 year	−2.6%	+11.2%
Price change, 1 year	fell 10.1%	fell 1.2%
Against its benchmark
Measure	FDND	TCAL
Benchmark	First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund, measured through FDN	its own stocks
Against its benchmark, same days	behind by 1.0 pts	behind by 3.4 pts
Cost and size
Measure	FDND	TCAL
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.34%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$9.3m	$324m
Holdings
Measure	FDND	TCAL
Holdings in common	7%

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

IQ Income Score12.3FDND54.8TCAL

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

TCAL 54.8

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

By the books each fund has filed, FDND and TCAL hold 7% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

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7% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FDND TCAL

Amazon.com, Inc. 10.68% 1.55%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 8.81% 1.15%

Arista Networks, Inc. 4.26% 1.13%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 10.21% 1.02%

Netflix, Inc. 5.64% 0.96%

DoorDash, Inc. (Class A) 2.53% 0.80%

Workday, Inc. (Class A) 1.46% 0.62%

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Only in FDND

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 5.05%

Salesforce, Inc. 4.40%

Booking Holdings Inc. 4.29%

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 4.06%

Oracle Corporation 3.78%

Snowflake Inc. (Class A) 3.75%

Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 3.23%

Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 2.72%

Only in TCAL

DANAHER CORP 2.02%

WATERS CORP 1.99%

VERALTO CORP 1.89%

WASTE CONNECTIONS INC 1.82%

YUM BRANDS INC 1.73%

MCDONALD S CORP 1.71%

VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES 1.71%

LINDE PLC 1.65%

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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 TCAL T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Premium Income ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust T. Rowe Price

Strategy option income covered call

Benchmark First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) TCAL's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 13.0%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.34%

Cash paid, 1 year 7.3% 11.4%

Price change, 1 year −10.1% −1.2%

Total return, 1 year −2.6% +11.2%

Benchmark return, 1 year −1.6% +14.6%

Ahead or behind −1.0 pts −3.4 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 100% not published

Age 2.6 years 1.6 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $9.3m $324m

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 TCAL: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FDND	TCAL	FDND	TCAL	FDND	TCAL
3 months	−4.7%	+5.3%	2.0%	2.6%	+0.5 pts	−1.8 pts
6 months	+2.2%	+12.3%	4.0%	6.3%	0.0 pts	−0.9 pts
1 year	−2.6%	+11.2%	7.3%	11.4%	−1.0 pts	−3.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FDND Mar 2024 · TCAL Mar 2025	+27.3%	+12.0%	21.9%	16.9%	−4.9 pts	not 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.

TCAL

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TCAL paid 11.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.2%. TCAL's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026) returned +14.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.0%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FDND or TCAL?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and TCAL paid 11.4%, so TCAL 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 TCAL?: With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and TCAL +11.2% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FDND or TCAL?: FDND charges 0.75% a year and TCAL charges 0.34%, so TCAL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) →FDND on its own →TCAL on its own →FDND dividend history →FDND holdings →TCAL dividend history →TCAL 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 ↗

TCAL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

TCAL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

T. Rowe Price 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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