Which is cheaper, FDND or XQQI?

FDND charges 0.75% a year and XQQI charges 0.98%, so FDND is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FDND vs XQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

FDND and XQQI both write options for income.

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Net assets: $9.3m on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF, and $408m on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS Boosted Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF.

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At a glance

7.3%

FDND cash paid, 1 year

17.0%

XQQI cash paid, since launch, Feb 3, 2026

−2.6%

FDND total return, 1 year

+7.7%

XQQI total return, since launch, Feb 3, 2026

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.

XQQI · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 4.9 pts behind QQQ

XQQI

+7.7%

QQQ

+12.6%

4.9 pts behind QQQ

XQQI since launch: paid 17.0%, price −9.2%, total +7.7%, QQQ +12.6%, −4.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.6%

XQQI

+7.7%

17.0% of it arrived as cash

4.9 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.9 pts behind QQQ

XQQI since launch: paid 17.0%, price −9.2%, total +7.7%, QQQ +12.6%, −4.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.6%

XQQI

+7.7%

4.9 pts behind QQQ

17.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XQQI since launch: paid 17.0%, price −9.2%, total +7.7%, QQQ +12.6%, −4.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FDND costs 0.23 points a year less; XQQI is far larger, $408m against $9.8m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FDND vs XQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FDND	XQQI
Paid and earned
Measure	FDND	XQQI
Total return, 1 year	−2.6%	not published
Price change	fell 10.1% (1 year)	fell 9.2% (since Feb 3, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	100% of the Oct 9, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FDND	XQQI
Benchmark	First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund, measured through FDN	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Against its benchmark, same days	behind by 1.0 pts	behind by 4.9 pts
Cost and size
Measure	FDND	XQQI
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.98%
Net assets, as of Oct 28, 2026	$9.8m	$408m
Holdings
Measure	FDND	XQQI
Holdings in common	19%

Method

What they share

19%

By the books each fund has filed, FDND and XQQI hold 19% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

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19% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FDND XQQI

Amazon.com, Inc. 10.68% 4.74%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 10.21% 3.22%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 5.05% 2.90%

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 4.06% 2.70%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 8.81% 1.99%

Netflix, Inc. 5.64% 1.28%

Booking Holdings Inc. 4.29% 0.61%

DoorDash, Inc. (Class A) 2.53% 0.38%

Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 2.72% 0.36%

Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) 2.57% 0.35%

PayPal Holdings, Inc. 1.82% 0.24%

Workday, Inc. (Class A) 1.46% 0.14%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FDND

Salesforce, Inc. 4.40%

Arista Networks, Inc. 4.26%

Oracle Corporation 3.78%

Snowflake Inc. (Class A) 3.75%

Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 3.23%

Carvana Co. (Class A) 1.88%

eBay Inc. 1.73%

Veeva Systems Inc. (Class A) 1.65%

Only in XQQI

NVIDIA Corp 8.71%

Apple Inc 8.50%

Microsoft Corp 6.78%

Micron Technology Inc 4.63%

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.78%

Tesla Inc 3.64%

Walmart Inc 2.93%

Broadcom Inc 2.78%

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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 XQQI NEOS Boosted Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust NEOS

Strategy option income option income

Benchmark First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 20.2%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.98%

Cash paid, 1 year 7.3% 17.0% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Price change, 1 year −10.1% −9.2% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Total return, 1 year −2.6% +7.7% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year −1.6% +12.6% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Ahead or behind −1.0 pts −4.9 pts (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 100%

Age 2.6 years 274 days

Net assets, FDND as of Nov 3, 2026 and XQQI as of Oct 28, 2026 $9.3m $408m

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 XQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FDND	XQQI	FDND	XQQI	FDND	XQQI
3 months	−4.7%	−4.1%	2.0%	5.0%	+0.5 pts	−0.6 pts
6 months	+2.2%	−3.0%	4.0%	10.0%	0.0 pts	−2.6 pts
1 year	−2.6%	–	7.3%	–	−1.0 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: FDND Mar 2024 · XQQI Feb 2026	+27.3%	+7.7%	21.9%	17.0%	−4.9 pts	−4.9 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.

XQQI

Over the period from its first trade on Feb 3, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, XQQI paid 17.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 9.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.9 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 20.2%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 9, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, FDND or XQQI?: FDND charges 0.75% a year and XQQI charges 0.98%, so FDND is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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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 ↗

XQQI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XQQI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XQQI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

NEOS page for XQQI ↗

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How this is computed

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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