{"url":"https://etfiq.com/compare/income/fgsi-vs-ink","section":"compare","title":"FGSI vs INK: Dividend Yield & Total Return | ETFIQ","description":"FGSI paid 8.3% in cash each over its own window and INK 0.0%. Total return with distributions reinvested was +7.9% against \u22121.2%, to Nov 12, 2026.","as_of":"Nov 12, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"FAQPage","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Which is cheaper, FGSI or INK?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"FGSI charges 0.85% a year and INK charges 0.35%, so INK is cheaper. 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As of Nov 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. FGSI INK \n Expense ratio 0.85% 0.35% \n Net assets, as of Nov 11, 2026 $2.0m $5.3m \n Total return, 1 year +7.9% not published \n Benchmark First Trust Growth Strength ETF, measured through FTGS not published \n Holdings in common not published ","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, FGSI against INK, data as of Nov 12, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/fgsi-vs-ink","a":{"ticker":"FGSI","name":"FT Vest Growth Strength & Target Income ETF","issuer":"First Trust","desk":"income","as_of":"2026-11-12","verdict":"Over the year to Nov 12, 2026, FGSI paid 8.3% in cash and returned 7.9% in total, against 7.6% for FTGS.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/fgsi","key_facts":[{"label":"Cash paid, 1 year, on its starting price","value":"8.3%","as_of":"2026-11-12","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions"},{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"+7.9%","as_of":"2026-11-12","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Against FTGS","value":"+0.3 pts","as_of":"2026-11-12","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Return of capital, annual report, fiscal year to Oct 31, 2025 (First Trust latest estimate 53.0%, Oct 30, 2026)","value":"0.0%","as_of":"2026-10-30","source":"First Trust latest estimate 53.0%, Oct 30, 2026"},{"label":"Last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 21, 2026","value":"$0.1402","as_of":"2026-10-21","source":"Tiingo end-of-day distributions"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$2.0m","as_of":"2026-11-11","source":"issuer page, as of Nov 11, 2026"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.85%","as_of":"2026-02-27","source":"485BPOS XBRL, Feb 27, 2026"}]},"b":{"ticker":"INK","name":"AB Equity Premium Income ETF","issuer":"AllianceBernstein","desk":"income","as_of":"2026-11-12","verdict":"Since launch in Nov 2026, INK paid no cash and lost 1.2% in total.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/ink","key_facts":[{"label":"Cash paid, since launch, on its starting price","value":"0.0%","as_of":"2026-11-12","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions"},{"label":"Total return, since launch","value":"\u22121.2%","as_of":"2026-11-12","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Benchmark","value":"not set","as_of":"2026-11-12","source":null},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$5.3m","as_of":"2026-11-11","source":"issuer page, as of Nov 11, 2026"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.35%","as_of":"2026-09-04","source":"497 XBRL, Sep 4, 2026"},{"label":"Strategy","value":"covered call","as_of":"2026-11-12","source":null}]},"overlap_pct":null,"overlap_note":"ETFIQ does not publish a holdings overlap for this pair. Either the funds are not compared on holdings, or one book is incomplete.","full_text_at":"https://etfiq.com/compare/income/fgsi-vs-ink"}