Which paid more, FGSI or JOYT?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FGSI paid 8.3% of its starting price in cash and JOYT paid 0.9%, so FGSI 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 JOYT?

With every distribution reinvested, FGSI returned +9.0% and JOYT +14.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, FGSI or JOYT?

FGSI charges 0.85% a year and JOYT charges 0.35%, so JOYT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FGSI vs JOYT: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FGSI paid 8.3% of its price in cash against JOYT’s 0.9%, though JOYT 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 $117m for JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF.

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At a glance

8.3%

FGSI cash paid, 1 year

0.9%

JOYT cash paid, 1 year

+9.0%

FGSI total return, 1 year

+14.6%

JOYT 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.

JOYT · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with SPY

JOYT

+14.6%

SPY

+14.8%

About even with SPY

JOYT over 1 year: paid 0.9%, price +13.7%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

JOYT

+14.6%

about even with SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with SPY

JOYT over 1 year: paid 0.9%, price +13.7%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

JOYT

+14.6%

about even with SPY

0.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +14.8%. JOYT over 1 year: paid 0.9%, price +13.7%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +14.8%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

JOYT costs 0.50 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.6 points; JOYT is far larger, $117m against $2.0m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FGSI vs JOYT: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FGSI	JOYT
Paid and earned
Measure	FGSI	JOYT
Total return, 1 year	+9.0%	+14.6%
Price change, 1 year	rose 0.2%	rose 13.7%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	53% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FGSI	JOYT
Benchmark	First Trust Growth Strength ETF, measured through FTGS	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	FGSI	JOYT
Expense ratio	0.85%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$2.0m	$117m
Holdings
Measure	FGSI	JOYT
Holdings in common	15%

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

IQ Income Score63.2FGSI99.1JOYT

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

JOYT 99.1

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

15%

By the books each fund has filed, FGSI and JOYT hold 15% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

15% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FGSI JOYT

Broadcom Inc. 2.02% 2.17%

NVIDIA Corporation 1.93% 8.18%

Mastercard Incorporated 2.10% 1.87%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.73% 2.53%

Eli Lilly and Company 2.25% 1.63%

Seagate Technology Holdings Plc 1.90% 0.82%

Amphenol Corporation 2.11% 0.72%

Trane Technologies plc 1.81% 0.68%

Stryker Corporation 2.10% 0.65%

Salesforce, Inc. 1.84% 0.47%

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 2.01% 0.44%

Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 1.88% 0.35%

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Only in FGSI

Vertiv Holdings Co (Class A) 2.28%

United Therapeutics Corporation 2.25%

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%

Arch Capital Group Ltd. 2.12%

Only in JOYT

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 7.29%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 6.57%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 4.16%

ALPHABET INC-CL A 4.13%

WELLS FARGO & CO COMMON 2.11%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.10%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.01%

ABBVIE INC COMMON STOCK 1.58%

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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 JOYT JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF · Option income on SPY, paying quarterly

Issuer First Trust JPMorgan

Strategy option income option income

Benchmark First Trust Growth Strength ETF (FTGS) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays monthly quarterly

Payout rate, annualized 8.3% 0.7%

Expense ratio 0.85% 0.35%

Cash paid, 1 year 8.3% 0.9%

Price change, 1 year +0.2% +13.7%

Total return, 1 year +9.0% +14.6%

Benchmark return, 1 year +8.8% +14.8%

Ahead or behind +0.2 pts −0.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 53% not published

Age 1.4 years 1.2 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $2.0m $117m

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 JOYT: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FGSI	JOYT	FGSI	JOYT	FGSI	JOYT
3 months	−2.2%	+2.0%	2.0%	0.2%	+0.6 pts	+2.2 pts
6 months	+6.3%	+7.8%	4.3%	0.4%	+0.2 pts	+2.8 pts
1 year	+9.0%	+14.6%	8.3%	0.9%	+0.2 pts	−0.1 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FGSI Jun 2025 · JOYT Aug 2025	+13.6%	+21.6%	11.3%	0.9%	−0.7 pts	+0.1 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.

JOYT

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JOYT paid 0.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 13.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.6%. 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 0.7%, paid quarterly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FGSI or JOYT?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FGSI paid 8.3% of its starting price in cash and JOYT paid 0.9%, so FGSI 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 JOYT?: With every distribution reinvested, FGSI returned +9.0% and JOYT +14.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FGSI or JOYT?: FGSI charges 0.85% a year and JOYT charges 0.35%, so JOYT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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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 ↗

JOYT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JOYT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

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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