Which is cheaper, FGSI or GRNI?

FGSI charges 0.85% a year and GRNI charges 0.99%, so FGSI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FGSI vs GRNI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

FGSI and GRNI both write options for income.

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Net assets: $2.0m on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest Growth Strength & Target Income ETF, and $55m on Jul 31, 2026 for Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap & Income ETF.

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At a glance

8.3%

FGSI cash paid, 1 year

9.5%

GRNI cash paid, since launch, Nov 18, 2025

+9.0%

FGSI total return, 1 year

+9.0%

GRNI total return, since launch, Nov 18, 2025

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% as 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.

GRNI · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

GRNI

+9.0%

none

Not measured

GRNI since launch: paid 9.5%, price −0.6%, total +9.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

GRNI

+9.0%

9.5% of it arrived as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

GRNI since launch: paid 9.5%, price −0.6%, total +9.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

GRNI

+9.0%

9.5% as cash

9.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. GRNI since launch: paid 9.5%, price −0.6%, total +9.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FGSI costs 0.14 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FGSI vs GRNI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FGSI	GRNI
Paid and earned
Measure	FGSI	GRNI
Total return, 1 year	+9.0%	not published
Price change	rose 0.2% (1 year)	fell 6.4% (6 months)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	53% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FGSI	GRNI
Benchmark	First Trust Growth Strength ETF, measured through FTGS	its own stocks
Against its benchmark, same days		behind by 0.8 pts
Cost and size
Measure	FGSI	GRNI
Expense ratio	0.85%	0.99%
Net assets, FGSI as of Nov 3, 2026 and GRNI as of Jul 31, 2026	$2.0m	$55m
Holdings
Measure	FGSI	GRNI
Holdings in common	18%

Method

What they share

18%

By the books each fund has filed, FGSI and GRNI hold 18% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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18% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FGSI GRNI

Eli Lilly and Company 2.25% 2.61%

Monster Beverage Corporation 2.06% 2.56%

Broadcom Inc. 2.02% 2.15%

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 2.02% 2.26%

NVIDIA Corporation 1.93% 2.09%

Arista Networks, Inc. 1.91% 2.98%

Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 1.88% 2.08%

Netflix, Inc. 1.79% 1.88%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.73% 2.12%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FGSI

Vertiv Holdings Co (Class A) 2.28%

United Therapeutics Corporation 2.25%

Blackstone Inc. 2.21%

Delta Air Lines, Inc. 2.20%

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 2.18%

General Dynamics Corporation 2.16%

S&P Global Inc. 2.16%

Cincinnati Financial Corporation 2.15%

Only in GRNI

General Electric Co 2.79%

JPMorgan Chase & Co 2.69%

Packaging Corp of America 2.69%

PNC Financial Services Group I 2.67%

Robinhood Markets Inc 2.65%

Bank of New York Mellon Corp 2.63%

Microsoft Corp 2.56%

Eaton Corp PLC 2.53%

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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 GRNI Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap & Income ETF · Option income on its own stocks, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust Fundstrat

Strategy option income option income

Benchmark First Trust Growth Strength ETF (FTGS) GRNI's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.3% 10.5%

Expense ratio 0.85% 0.99%

Cash paid, 1 year 8.3% 9.5% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025)

Price change, 1 year +0.2% −0.6% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025)

Total return, 1 year +9.0% +9.0% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025)

Benchmark return, 1 year +8.8% not published

Ahead or behind +0.2 pts not available

Return of capital, latest estimate 53% not published

Age 1.4 years 351 days

Net assets, FGSI as of Nov 3, 2026 and GRNI as of Jul 31, 2026 $2.0m $55m

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 GRNI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FGSI	GRNI	FGSI	GRNI	FGSI	GRNI
3 months	−2.2%	−3.9%	2.0%	2.5%	+0.6 pts	−0.6 pts
6 months	+6.3%	−1.6%	4.3%	5.0%	+0.2 pts	−0.8 pts
1 year	+9.0%	–	8.3%	–	+0.2 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: FGSI Jun 2025 · GRNI Nov 2025	+13.6%	+9.0%	11.3%	9.5%	−0.7 pts	not measured

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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.

GRNI

GRNI's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) returned −0.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.8 pts.

Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, GRNI paid 5.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 6.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −1.6%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.5%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, FGSI or GRNI?: FGSI charges 0.85% a year and GRNI charges 0.99%, so FGSI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

First Trust Growth Strength ETF (FTGS) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →FGSI on its own →GRNI on its own →FGSI dividend history →FGSI holdings →GRNI dividend history →GRNI 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 ↗

GRNI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GRNI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Fundstrat website ↗

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How this is computed

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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