Data as of .
FDND vs YYY: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year YYY paid 12.1% of its price in cash against FDND’s 7.1%, and returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: YYY 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 YYY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in FDND | Only in YYY |
|---|---|
| Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 10.12% | abrdn Healthcare Investors 3.64% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. 9.98% | BlackRock Capital Allocation T 3.56% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. 8.66% | Royce Small-Cap Trust Inc 3.55% |
| Netflix, Inc. 5.90% | abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend F 3.53% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 5.82% | Tortoise Energy Infrastructure 3.38% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 4.65% | BlackRock ESG Capital Allocati 3.31% |
| Arista Networks, Inc. 4.62% | DoubleLine Income Solutions Fu 3.22% |
| Salesforce, Inc. 4.36% | Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fu 3.08% |
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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FDND | YYY | FDND | YYY | FDND | YYY | |
| 3 months | +8.9% | −2.5% | 2.0% | 3.1% | +8.5 pts | −4.8 pts |
| 6 months | +18.8% | +4.7% | 4.3% | 6.5% | +4.8 pts | −13.3 pts |
| 1 year | −0.6% | +3.4% | 7.1% | 12.1% | −14.1 pts | −13.2 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +37.1% | not published | 37.7% | not published | −41.3 pts |
| Since launch | +34.3% | +117.8% | 20.4% | 112.4% | −0.5 pts | −519.1 pts |
| FDND FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF Option income on DIA, paying monthly | YYY Amplify CEF High Income ETF Option income on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | Amplify |
| Strategy | option income | option income |
| Benchmark | Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) | S&P 500 (SPY), used as the proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 7.8% | 13.3% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 3.23% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 7.1% | 12.1% |
| Price change, 1 year | −8.2% | −8.8% |
| Total return, 1 year | −0.6% | +3.4% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +13.5% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | −14.1 pts | −13.2 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 911 days | 5211 days |
| Net assets | $10m | $702m |
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.
YYY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, YYY paid 12.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.4%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as the proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 13.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.3%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, FDND or YYY?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FDND paid 7.1% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.1%, so YYY 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 YYY?
- With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −0.6% and YYY returned +3.4% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so YYY returned more.
- Which is cheaper, FDND or YYY?
- FDND charges 0.75% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so FDND is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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