Which is cheaper, FGSI or JUDO?

FGSI charges 0.85% a year and JUDO charges 0.55%, so JUDO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FGSI vs JUDO: Dividend Yield & Total Return

FGSI and JUDO 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 $7.0m on Jul 31, 2026 for Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF.

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At a glance

8.3%

FGSI cash paid, 1 year

3.8%

JUDO cash paid, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

+9.0%

FGSI total return, 1 year

+16.1%

JUDO total return, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

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.

JUDO · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

JUDO

+16.1%

none

Not measured

JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO

+16.1%

3.8% as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO

+16.1%

3.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +16.1%. JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +16.1%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

JUDO costs 0.30 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FGSI vs JUDO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FGSI	JUDO
Paid and earned
Measure	FGSI	JUDO
Total return, 1 year	+9.0%	not published
Price change	rose 0.2% (1 year)	rose 2.7% (6 months)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	53% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FGSI	JUDO
Benchmark	First Trust Growth Strength ETF, measured through FTGS	its own stocks
Against its benchmark, same days		ahead by 0.6 pts
Cost and size
Measure	FGSI	JUDO
Expense ratio	0.85%	0.55%
Net assets, FGSI as of Nov 3, 2026 and JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026	$2.0m	$7.0m
Holdings
Measure	FGSI	JUDO
Holdings in common	16%

Method

What they share

16%

By the books each fund has filed, FGSI and JUDO hold 16% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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16% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FGSI JUDO

Broadcom Inc. 2.02% 3.56%

NVIDIA Corporation 1.93% 7.84%

Mastercard Incorporated 2.10% 1.72%

Seagate Technology Holdings Plc 1.90% 1.24%

Amphenol Corporation 2.11% 1.20%

Stryker Corporation 2.10% 1.05%

Cummins Inc. 1.87% 1.03%

Trane Technologies plc 1.81% 0.87%

Garmin Ltd. 1.89% 0.86%

Delta Air Lines, Inc. 2.20% 0.85%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.73% 0.79%

Arista Networks, Inc. 1.91% 0.76%

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%

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 2.18%

General Dynamics Corporation 2.16%

S&P Global Inc. 2.16%

Cincinnati Financial Corporation 2.15%

Only in JUDO

Alphabet, Inc. 6.79%

Microsoft Corp. 6.64%

Amazon.com, Inc. 5.17%

Apple, Inc. 4.38%

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.31%

Eli Lilly & Co. 2.07%

Micron Technology, Inc. 1.99%

Visa, Inc. 1.70%

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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 JUDO Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust Janus Henderson

Strategy option income covered call

Benchmark First Trust Growth Strength ETF (FTGS) JUDO'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% 6.4%

Expense ratio 0.85% 0.55%

Cash paid, 1 year 8.3% 3.8% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +0.2% +12.2% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +9.0% +16.1% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026)

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 224 days

Net assets, FGSI as of Nov 3, 2026 and JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026 $2.0m $7.0m

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 JUDO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FGSI	JUDO	FGSI	JUDO	FGSI	JUDO
3 months	−2.2%	−1.2%	2.0%	1.6%	+0.6 pts	+0.5 pts
6 months	+6.3%	+5.8%	4.3%	3.1%	+0.2 pts	+0.6 pts
1 year	+9.0%	–	8.3%	–	+0.2 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: FGSI Jun 2025 · JUDO Mar 2026	+13.6%	+16.1%	11.3%	3.8%	−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.

JUDO

JUDO's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) returned +5.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.6 pts.

Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, JUDO paid 3.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.4%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, FGSI or JUDO?: FGSI charges 0.85% a year and JUDO charges 0.55%, so JUDO 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 →JUDO on its own →FGSI dividend history →FGSI holdings →JUDO dividend history →JUDO 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 ↗

JUDO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JUDO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Janus Henderson website ↗

Links are sources, not endorsements. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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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