Data as of .
FDND vs XRMI: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year XRMI paid 12.1% of its price in cash against FDND’s 7.1%, and returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: XRMI scores higher
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A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FDND and XRMI hold 15% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | FDND | XRMI |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 9.98% | 3.82% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class A) | 5.82% | 3.15% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class C) | 4.65% | 2.50% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) | 10.12% | 2.26% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 8.66% | 0.66% |
| Netflix, Inc. | 5.90% | 0.46% |
| Oracle Corporation | 4.08% | 0.39% |
| Arista Networks, Inc. | 4.62% | 0.32% |
| Salesforce, Inc. | 4.36% | 0.30% |
| Booking Holdings Inc. | 4.28% | 0.20% |
| Datadog, Inc. (Class A) | 2.62% | 0.12% |
| Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) | 2.36% | 0.11% |
| Only in FDND | Only in XRMI |
|---|---|
| Snowflake Inc. (Class A) 3.90% | NVIDIA CORP 8.27% |
| Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 3.53% | APPLE INC 7.54% |
| Roblox Corporation (Class A) 1.08% | MICROSOFT CORP 5.63% |
| CoreWeave, Inc. (Class A) 1.06% | BROADCOM INC 2.61% |
| Atlassian Corporation (Class A) 1.04% | MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1.76% |
| Okta, Inc. 1.03% | TESLA INC 1.58% |
| US Dollar 0.85% | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC-CL B 1.46% |
| Zoom Communications, Inc. (Class A) 0.80% | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.44% |
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FDND | XRMI | FDND | XRMI | FDND | XRMI | |
| 3 months | +8.9% | +3.5% | 2.0% | 3.0% | +8.5 pts | +1.2 pts |
| 6 months | +18.8% | +8.9% | 4.3% | 6.3% | +4.8 pts | −9.1 pts |
| 1 year | −0.6% | +10.3% | 7.1% | 12.1% | −14.1 pts | −6.3 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +27.2% | not published | 33.3% | not published | −51.2 pts |
| Since launch | +34.3% | +17.0% | 20.4% | 43.8% | −0.5 pts | −66.1 pts |
| FDND FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF Option income on DIA, paying monthly | XRMI Global X S&P 500 Risk Managed Income ETF Option income on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | Global X |
| Strategy | option income | option income |
| Benchmark | Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 7.8% | 12.3% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.60% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 7.1% | 12.1% |
| Price change, 1 year | −8.2% | −2.4% |
| Total return, 1 year | −0.6% | +10.3% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +13.5% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | −14.1 pts | −6.3 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | 95% |
| Age | 911 days | 1849 days |
| Net assets | $10m | $60m |
FDND in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FDND paid 7.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −0.6%. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) returned +13.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 14.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.8%, paid monthly.
XRMI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, XRMI paid 12.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.3%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 95% of the distribution paid Aug 27, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, FDND or XRMI?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FDND paid 7.1% of its starting price in cash and XRMI paid 12.1%, so XRMI 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 XRMI?
- With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −0.6% and XRMI returned +10.3% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so XRMI returned more.
- Which is cheaper, FDND or XRMI?
- FDND charges 0.75% a year and XRMI charges 0.60%, so XRMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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