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FGSI vs FTQI: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year FTQI paid 12.0% of its price in cash against FGSI’s 8.1%, and returned more with it reinvested.

FT Vest Growth Strength & Target Income ETF and First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF.

8.1%FGSI cash paid, 1 year
12.0%FTQI cash paid, 1 year
+5.3%FGSI total return, 1 year
+21.5%FTQI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: FTQI scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

FGSI 33FTQI 763.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

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

FGSI11.3 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%FGSI+5.3%8.1% as cash11.3 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%FGSI+5.3%11.3 pts behind SPY
FTQIAbout even with QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%FTQI+21.5%12.0% of it arrived as cashabout even with QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%FTQI+21.5%12.0% cashabout even with QQQ

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FGSI and FTQI hold 19% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions FGSI and FTQI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingFGSIFTQI
Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A)2.63%2.54%
NVIDIA Corporation2.15%6.55%
Seagate Technology Holdings Plc2.15%2.17%
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A)2.03%2.75%
Broadcom Inc.1.90%1.92%
Microsoft Corporation2.45%1.41%
Costco Wholesale Corporation1.85%1.30%
Netflix, Inc.2.04%1.24%
US Dollar1.13%5.75%
CME Group Inc.2.21%0.97%
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (Class A)1.96%0.61%
Incyte Corporation2.09%0.60%
Only in each
Only in FGSIOnly in FTQI
Newmont Corporation 2.70%Apple Inc. 8.76%
Marvell Technology, Inc. 2.53%Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 5.41%
Arista Networks, Inc. 2.32%Amazon.com, Inc. 4.13%
DexCom, Inc. 2.28%Cisco Systems, Inc. 3.18%
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 2.22%Tesla, Inc. 2.68%
Target Corporation 2.22%Micron Technology, Inc. 2.38%
ResMed Inc. 2.21%Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 2.06%
Garmin Ltd. 2.15%Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 2.05%

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

FGSI and FTQI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
FGSIFTQIFGSIFTQIFGSIFTQI
3 months+2.4%+4.0%2.1%2.9%+0.2 pts+6.5 pts
6 months+10.0%+18.3%4.4%6.3%−8.0 pts−5.9 pts
1 year+5.3%+21.5%8.1%12.0%−11.3 pts−0.3 pts
3 yearsnot published+62.9%not published37.0%not published−35.3 pts
Since launch+11.9%+141.7%9.8%78.8%−14.3 pts−675.0 pts
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FGSI and FTQI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
FGSI
FT Vest Growth Strength & Target Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
FTQI
First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerFirst TrustFirst Trust
Strategyoption incomecovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyNasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized8.6%11.9%
Expense ratio0.85%0.75%
Cash paid, 1 year8.1%12.0%
Price change, 1 year−3.2%+8.0%
Total return, 1 year+5.3%+21.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+21.8%
Ahead or behind−11.3 pts−0.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age449 days4637 days
Net assets$2m$975m

FGSI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FGSI paid 8.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.3%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 11.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.6%, paid monthly.

FTQI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FTQI paid 12.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +21.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.9%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FGSI or FTQI?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FGSI paid 8.1% of its starting price in cash and FTQI paid 12.0%, so FTQI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, FGSI or FTQI?
With every distribution reinvested, FGSI returned +5.3% and FTQI returned +21.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so FTQI returned more.
Which is cheaper, FGSI or FTQI?
FGSI charges 0.85% a year and FTQI charges 0.75%, so FTQI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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FGSI against FTQI, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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