Which paid more, FGSI or FTQI?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FGSI paid 8.3% of its starting price in cash and FTQI paid 12.1%, 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 +9.0% and FTQI +16.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

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.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FGSI vs FTQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTQI paid 12.1% of its price in cash against FGSI’s 8.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $2.0m for FT Vest Growth Strength & Target Income ETF and $997m for First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF.

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At a glance

8.3%

FGSI cash paid, 1 year

12.1%

FTQI cash paid, 1 year

+9.0%

FGSI total return, 1 year

+16.5%

FTQI total return, 1 year

FGSI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with FTGS

FGSI

+9.0%

FTGS

+8.8%

About even with FTGS

FGSI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +0.2%, total +9.0%, FTGS +8.8%, +0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

FTGS

+8.8%

FGSI

+9.0%

8.3% of it arrived as cash

about even with FTGS

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with FTGS

FGSI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +0.2%, total +9.0%, FTGS +8.8%, +0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

FTGS

+8.8%

FGSI

+9.0%

8.3% cash

about even with FTGS

8.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. FGSI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +0.2%, total +9.0%, FTGS +8.8%, +0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

FTQI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

FTQI

+16.5%

QQQ

+12.3%

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

FTQI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +3.5%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

FTQI

+16.5%

12.1% of it arrived as cash

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

FTQI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +3.5%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

FTQI

+16.5%

12.1% as cash

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

12.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +16.5%. FTQI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +3.5%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +16.5%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FTQI costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.5 points; FTQI is far larger, $997m against $2.0m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FGSI vs FTQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FGSI	FTQI
Paid and earned
Measure	FGSI	FTQI
Total return, 1 year	+9.0%	+16.5%
Price change, 1 year	rose 0.2%	rose 3.5%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	53% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	99% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FGSI	FTQI
Benchmark	First Trust Growth Strength ETF, measured through FTGS	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Measure	FGSI	FTQI
Expense ratio	0.85%	0.75%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$2.0m	$997m
Holdings
Measure	FGSI	FTQI
Holdings in common	13%

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

IQ Income Score63.2FGSI74FTQI

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

FGSI 63.2

FTQI 74

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

What they share

13%

By the books each fund has filed, FGSI and FTQI hold 13% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

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13% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FGSI FTQI

NVIDIA Corporation 1.93% 6.22%

Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 1.88% 2.60%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.73% 2.67%

Broadcom Inc. 2.02% 1.64%

Seagate Technology Holdings Plc 1.90% 1.59%

Netflix, Inc. 1.79% 1.14%

Expedia Group, Inc. 1.96% 0.84%

Incyte Corporation 2.07% 0.58%

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (Class A) 1.87% 0.54%

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 2.18% 0.49%

Arch Capital Group Ltd. 2.12% 0.28%

Five Below, Inc. 2.12% 0.26%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FGSI

Vertiv Holdings Co (Class A) 2.28%

Eli Lilly and Company 2.25%

United Therapeutics Corporation 2.25%

Blackstone Inc. 2.21%

Delta Air Lines, Inc. 2.20%

General Dynamics Corporation 2.16%

S&P Global Inc. 2.16%

Amphenol Corporation 2.11%

Only in FTQI

Apple Inc. 8.98%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 4.73%

Amazon.com, Inc. 4.23%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 3.10%

Tesla, Inc. 3.05%

Micron Technology, Inc. 2.01%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 1.72%

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 1.72%

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Side by side

FGSI FT Vest Growth Strength & Target Income ETF · Writes calls on the S&P 500, measured against The Growth Strength Index, paying monthly FTQI First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust First Trust

Strategy option income covered call

Benchmark First Trust Growth Strength ETF (FTGS) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.3% 12.3%

Expense ratio 0.85% 0.75%

Cash paid, 1 year 8.3% 12.1%

Price change, 1 year +0.2% +3.5%

Total return, 1 year +9.0% +16.5%

Benchmark return, 1 year +8.8% +12.3%

Ahead or behind +0.2 pts +4.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 53% 99%

Age 1.4 years 12.8 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $2.0m $997m

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: FGSI vs FTQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FGSI	FTQI	FGSI	FTQI	FGSI	FTQI
3 months	−2.2%	+0.4%	2.0%	3.0%	+0.6 pts	+3.8 pts
6 months	+6.3%	+6.6%	4.3%	6.0%	+0.2 pts	+6.9 pts
1 year	+9.0%	+16.5%	8.3%	12.1%	+0.2 pts	+4.3 pts
3 years	–	+60.8%	–	38.1%	–	−30.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FGSI Jun 2025 · FTQI Jan 2014	+13.6%	+138.8%	11.3%	81.1%	−0.7 pts	−641.3 pts

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About each fund

FGSI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FGSI paid 8.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.0%. First Trust Growth Strength ETF (FTGS) returned +8.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.3%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 53% 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.

FTQI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTQI paid 12.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.3%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FGSI or FTQI?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FGSI paid 8.3% of its starting price in cash and FTQI paid 12.1%, 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 +9.0% and FTQI +16.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
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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First Trust Growth Strength ETF (FTGS) →Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →FGSI on its own →FTQI on its own →FGSI dividend history →FGSI holdings →FTQI dividend history →FTQI holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

FGSI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FGSI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

FGSI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for FGSI ↗

FTQI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FTQI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

FTQI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for FTQI ↗

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How this is computed

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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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