Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
FGSI vs IVVW: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IVVW paid 17.5% of its price in cash against FGSI’s 8.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets: $2.0m on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest Growth Strength & Target Income ETF, and $349m on Nov 4, 2026 for iShares IVV Premium Income+ ETF.
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.About even with SPY
IVVW over 1 year: paid 17.5%, price −4.1%, total +14.8%, SPY +14.8%, 0.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPY
+14.8%
IVVW
+14.8%
17.5% of it arrived as cash
about even with SPY
Total return, distributions reinvested
About even with SPY
IVVW over 1 year: paid 17.5%, price −4.1%, total +14.8%, SPY +14.8%, 0.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPY
+14.8%
IVVW
+14.8%
17.5% as cash
about even with SPY
17.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. IVVW over 1 year: paid 17.5%, price −4.1%, total +14.8%, SPY +14.8%, 0.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
IVVW costs 0.60 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.8 points; IVVW is far larger, $344m against $2.0m.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | FGSI | IVVW |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +9.0% | +14.8% |
| Price change, 1 year | rose 0.2% | fell 4.1% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 53% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment | 49% of the Oct 7, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | First Trust Growth Strength ETF, measured through FTGS | S&P 500, measured through SPY |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.85% | 0.25% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $2.0m | $344m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
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
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 →
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, FGSI and IVVW hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.
half
0% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | FGSI | IVVW | FGSI | IVVW | FGSI | IVVW |
| 3 months | −2.2% | +2.0% | 2.0% | 3.9% | +0.6 pts | +2.2 pts |
| 6 months | +6.3% | +8.0% | 4.3% | 7.8% | +0.2 pts | +3.0 pts |
| 1 year | +9.0% | +14.8% | 8.3% | 17.5% | +0.2 pts | 0.0 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: FGSI Jun 2025 · IVVW Mar 2024 | +13.6% | +40.5% | 11.3% | 42.6% | −0.7 pts | −14.4 pts |
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.
IVVW
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IVVW paid 17.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 4.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.8%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.7%, paid monthly. iShares estimates that 49% of the distribution paid Oct 7, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.
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