Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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FDND vs XPAY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XPAY paid 19.7% of its price in cash against FDND’s 7.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $9.3m on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF, and $187m on Nov 4, 2026 for Roundhill S&P 500 Target 20 Managed Distribution ETF.

At a glance
7.3%
FDND cash paid, 1 year
19.7%
XPAY cash paid, 1 year
−2.6%
FDND total return, 1 year
+14.0%
XPAY 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.
XPAY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.8 pts behind VOO
XPAY
+14.0%
VOO
+14.8%

0.8 pts behind VOO

XPAY over 1 year: paid 19.7%, price −7.2%, total +14.0%, VOO +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

XPAY

+14.0%

19.7% of it arrived as cash

0.8 pts behind VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.8 pts behind VOO

XPAY over 1 year: paid 19.7%, price −7.2%, total +14.0%, VOO +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

XPAY

+14.0%

19.7% as cash

0.8 pts behind VOO

19.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XPAY over 1 year: paid 19.7%, price −7.2%, total +14.0%, VOO +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XPAY costs 0.26 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.6 points; XPAY is 19.7 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FDND vs XPAY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureFDNDXPAY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year−2.6%+14.0%
Price change, 1 yearfell 10.1%fell 7.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment100% of the Oct 15, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkFirst Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund, measured through FDNVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Against its benchmark, same daysbehind by 1.0 ptsbehind by 0.8 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.75%0.49%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$9.3m$183m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · XPAY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score12.3FDND43.4XPAY

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

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

0%

By the books each fund has filed, FDND and XPAY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FDND XPAY
Only in one fund ↓
Only in FDND
Amazon.com, Inc. 10.68%
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 10.21%
Cisco Systems, Inc. 8.81%
Netflix, Inc. 5.64%
Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 5.05%
Salesforce, Inc. 4.40%
Booking Holdings Inc. 4.29%
Arista Networks, Inc. 4.26%
Only in XPAY
SPY 12/10/2027 38.04 C 94.39%
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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 XPAY Roundhill S&P 500 Target 20 Managed Distribution ETF · Option income on VOO, paying monthly
Strategy option income option income
Benchmark First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 21.1%
Expense ratio 0.75% 0.49%
Cash paid, 1 year 7.3% 19.7%
Price change, 1 year −10.1% −7.2%
Total return, 1 year −2.6% +14.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year −1.6% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −1.0 pts −0.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 100%
Age 2.6 years 2.0 years
Net assets, FDND as of Nov 3, 2026 and XPAY as of Nov 4, 2026 $9.3m $187m

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 XPAY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowFDNDXPAYFDNDXPAYFDNDXPAY
3 months−4.7%−0.3%2.0%5.0%+0.5 pts−0.2 pts
6 months+2.2%+4.9%4.0%10.0%0.0 pts−0.1 pts
1 year−2.6%+14.0%7.3%19.7%−1.0 pts−0.9 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FDND Mar 2024 · XPAY Oct 2024+27.3%+35.6%21.9%39.0%−4.9 pts−2.6 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.

XPAY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XPAY paid 19.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 7.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.0%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 21.1%, paid monthly. Roundhill estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 15, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FDND or XPAY?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and XPAY paid 19.7%, so XPAY 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 XPAY?
With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and XPAY +14.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FDND or XPAY?
FDND charges 0.75% a year and XPAY charges 0.49%, so XPAY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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