FDND vs VAIE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
FDND and VAIE both write options for income. Net assets: $10m on Oct 20, 2026 for FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF, and $67m on Oct 19, 2026 for VegaShares US Equity Autocallable Income ETF.
VAIE costs 0.01 points a year less; VAIE is 6.6 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| FDND | VAIE | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.74% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 19, 2026 | $10m | $67m |
| Total return, 1 year | +0.1% | not published |
| Benchmark | First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund, measured through FDN | not published |
| Holdings in common | not published | |
| Against its benchmark, same days | behind by 1.8 pts | |
| Price change | fell 7.6% (1 year) | fell 3.6% (since May 12, 2026) |
1.7 pts behind FDN
FDND over 1 year: paid 7.1%, price −7.6%, total +0.1%, FDN +1.8%, −1.7 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
FDN
+1.8%
FDND
+0.1%
1.7 pts behind FDN
Total return, distributions reinvested
1.7 pts behind FDN
FDND over 1 year: paid 7.1%, price −7.6%, total +0.1%, FDN +1.8%, −1.7 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
FDN
+1.8%
FDND
+0.1%
1.7 pts behind FDN
7.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. FDND over 1 year: paid 7.1%, price −7.6%, total +0.1%, FDN +1.8%, −1.7 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Not measured
VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
VAIE
+3.3%
6.8% of it arrived as cash
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
VAIE
+3.3%
6.8% as cash
6.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | FDND | VAIE | FDND | VAIE | FDND | VAIE |
| 3 months | +6.5% | +2.5% | 1.4% | 4.1% | −0.1 pts | not measured |
| 6 months | +7.9% | – | 3.4% | – | −1.2 pts | – |
| 1 year | +0.1% | – | 7.1% | – | −1.8 pts | – |
| Since launch Not the same days: FDND Mar 2024 · VAIE May 2026 | +33.7% | +3.3% | 21.2% | 6.8% | −5.9 pts | not measured |
Source: ETFIQ. – means no data for this window, usually because the fund is younger than it. Open this comparison in the app →
On the same fields
As of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid is what the fund distributed over the window, as a share of its price at the start. Payout rate is its latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.
About FDND
Over the year to Oct 20, 2026, FDND paid 7.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 7.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.1%. First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) returned +1.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.8 pts. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.2%, paid monthly.
About VAIE
Over the period from its first trade on May 12, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026, VAIE paid 6.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.3%. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 16.8%, paid weekly.
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