Which paid more, FDND or XYLD?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and XYLD paid 10.7%, so XYLD 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 XYLD?

With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and XYLD +15.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, FDND or XYLD?

FDND charges 0.75% a year and XYLD charges 0.60%, so XYLD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FDND vs XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLD paid 10.7% 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 $3.4bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF.

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At a glance

7.3%

FDND cash paid, 1 year

10.7%

XYLD cash paid, 1 year

−2.6%

FDND total return, 1 year

+15.9%

XYLD 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.

XYLD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.1 pts ahead of SPY

XYLD

+15.9%

SPY

+14.8%

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price +4.4%, total +15.9%, SPY +14.8%, +1.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLD

+15.9%

10.7% of it arrived as cash

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price +4.4%, total +15.9%, SPY +14.8%, +1.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLD

+15.9%

10.7% cash

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

10.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price +4.4%, total +15.9%, SPY +14.8%, +1.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XYLD costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.5 points; XYLD is far larger, $3.4bn against $10m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FDND vs XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FDND	XYLD
Paid and earned
Measure	FDND	XYLD
Total return, 1 year	−2.6%	+15.9%
Price change, 1 year	fell 10.1%	rose 4.4%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	93% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FDND	XYLD
Benchmark	First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund, measured through FDN	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Against its benchmark, same days	behind by 1.0 pts	ahead by 1.1 pts
Cost and size
Measure	FDND	XYLD
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.60%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$10m	$3.4bn
Holdings
Measure	FDND	XYLD
Holdings in common	15%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · XYLD scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score12.3FDND77.5XYLD

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

FDND 12.3

XYLD 77.5

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

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Method

What they share

15%

By the books each fund has filed, FDND and XYLD hold 15% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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0 half 100%

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15% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FDND XYLD

Amazon.com, Inc. 10.68% 4.18%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 5.05% 3.28%

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 4.06% 2.65%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 10.21% 1.92%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 8.81% 0.72%

Netflix, Inc. 5.64% 0.47%

Oracle Corporation 3.78% 0.34%

Arista Networks, Inc. 4.26% 0.29%

Booking Holdings Inc. 4.29% 0.23%

Salesforce, Inc. 4.40% 0.23%

Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 2.72% 0.14%

DoorDash, Inc. (Class A) 2.53% 0.12%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FDND

Snowflake Inc. (Class A) 3.75%

Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 3.23%

Okta, Inc. 1.16%

Atlassian Corporation (Class A) 1.12%

Roblox Corporation (Class A) 1.12%

Zoom Communications, Inc. (Class A) 0.89%

CoreWeave, Inc. (Class A) 0.76%

Nutanix, Inc. (Class A) 0.64%

Only in XYLD

NVIDIA CORPORATION 7.64%

APPLE INC. 7.13%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.42%

BROADCOM INC. 2.90%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.48%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.47%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.46%

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.43%

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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 XYLD Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust Global X

Strategy option income covered call

Benchmark First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 9.1%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.60%

Cash paid, 1 year 7.3% 10.7%

Price change, 1 year −10.1% +4.4%

Total return, 1 year −2.6% +15.9%

Benchmark return, 1 year −1.6% +14.8%

Ahead or behind −1.0 pts +1.1 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 93%

Age 2.6 years 13.4 years

Net assets, FDND as of Nov 3, 2026 and XYLD as of Oct 12, 2026 $9.3m $3.4bn

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 XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FDND	XYLD	FDND	XYLD	FDND	XYLD
3 months	−4.7%	+2.4%	2.0%	2.2%	+0.5 pts	+2.6 pts
6 months	+2.2%	+7.9%	4.0%	5.1%	0.0 pts	+2.9 pts
1 year	−2.6%	+15.9%	7.3%	10.7%	−1.0 pts	+1.1 pts
3 years	–	+48.4%	–	34.0%	–	−34.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FDND Mar 2024 · XYLD Jun 2013	+27.3%	+194.8%	21.9%	114.5%	−4.9 pts	−316.0 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.

XYLD

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLD paid 10.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.1%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 93% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FDND or XYLD?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and XYLD paid 10.7%, so XYLD 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 XYLD?: With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and XYLD +15.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FDND or XYLD?: FDND charges 0.75% a year and XYLD charges 0.60%, so XYLD 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 ↗

XYLD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XYLD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XYLD 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for XYLD ↗

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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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