Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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FDND vs ULTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, ULTY paid 46.0% of its price in cash against FDND’s 7.3%, though FDND 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 $576m for YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF.

At a glance
7.3%
FDND cash paid, 1 year
46.0%
ULTY cash paid, 1 year
−2.6%
FDND total return, 1 year
−12.4%
ULTY 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.
ULTY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.4 pts ahead of its own holdings
ULTY
−12.4%
Own
−16.8%

4.4 pts ahead of its own holdings

ULTY over 1 year: paid 46.0%, price −55.5%, total −12.4%, its own holdings −16.8%, +4.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

−16.8%

ULTY

−12.4%

4.4 pts ahead of its own holdings

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.4 pts ahead of its own holdings

ULTY over 1 year: paid 46.0%, price −55.5%, total −12.4%, its own holdings −16.8%, +4.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

−16.8%

ULTY

−12.4%

46.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. ULTY over 1 year: paid 46.0%, price −55.5%, total −12.4%, its own holdings −16.8%, +4.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FDND costs 0.55 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.8 points; ULTY is far larger, $576m against $9.3m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FDND vs ULTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureFDNDULTY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year−2.6%−12.4%
Price change, 1 yearfell 10.1%fell 55.5%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment100% of the Nov 5, 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 4.4 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.75%1.30%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$9.3m$576m
Holdings
Holdings in common12%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · ULTY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score12.3FDND12.9ULTY

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

12%

By the books each fund has filed, FDND and ULTY hold 12% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

12% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FDND ULTY
Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 5.05% 5.03%
Amazon.com, Inc. 10.68% 2.95%
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 10.21% 2.22%
Ciena Corporation 1.57% 2.14%
Reddit, Inc. (Class A) 0.51% 2.05%
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Only in FDND
Cisco Systems, Inc. 8.81%
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%
Only in ULTY
Analog Devices Inc 5.67%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 4.83%
MercadoLibre Inc 4.75%
Shopify Inc 4.74%
Space Exploration Technologies Corp 4.68%
VanEck Gold Miners ETF 4.60%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 4.02%
Lam Research Corp 4.00%
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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 ULTY YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on its own holdings, paying weekly
Strategy option income synthetic covered call
Benchmark First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) ULTY's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026)
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 60.9%
Expense ratio 0.75% 1.30%
Cash paid, 1 year 7.3% 46.0%
Price change, 1 year −10.1% −55.5%
Total return, 1 year −2.6% −12.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year −1.6% −16.8%
Ahead or behind −1.0 pts +4.4 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 100%
Age 2.6 years 2.7 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $9.3m $576m

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 ULTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowFDNDULTYFDNDULTYFDNDULTY
3 months−4.7%−8.3%2.0%14.3%+0.5 pts+3.4 pts
6 months+2.2%−9.9%4.0%26.6%0.0 pts+1.6 pts
1 year−2.6%−12.4%7.3%46.0%−1.0 pts+4.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FDND Mar 2024 · ULTY Feb 2024+27.3%−1.9%21.9%87.9%−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.

ULTY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, ULTY paid 46.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 55.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −12.4%. ULTY's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026) returned −16.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 60.9%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FDND or ULTY?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and ULTY paid 46.0%, so ULTY 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 ULTY?
With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and ULTY −12.4% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FDND or ULTY?
FDND charges 0.75% a year and ULTY charges 1.30%, so FDND 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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