Which is cheaper, FGSI or KIQQ?

FGSI charges 0.85% a year and KIQQ charges 0.79%, so KIQQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FGSI vs KIQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

FGSI and KIQQ 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 $2.4m on Nov 4, 2026 for KraneShares InspereX Nasdaq Dynamic Buffered High Income Index ETF.

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At a glance

8.3%

FGSI cash paid, 1 year

6.9%

KIQQ cash paid, since launch, Jan 7, 2026

+9.0%

FGSI total return, 1 year

+0.9%

KIQQ total return, since launch, Jan 7, 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% 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.

KIQQ · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 10.4 pts behind QQQ

KIQQ

+0.9%

QQQ

+11.3%

10.4 pts behind QQQ

KIQQ since launch: paid 6.9%, price −6.0%, total +0.9%, QQQ +11.3%, −10.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+11.3%

KIQQ

+0.9%

10.4 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

10.4 pts behind QQQ

KIQQ since launch: paid 6.9%, price −6.0%, total +0.9%, QQQ +11.3%, −10.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+11.3%

KIQQ

+0.9%

10.4 pts behind QQQ

6.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. KIQQ since launch: paid 6.9%, price −6.0%, total +0.9%, QQQ +11.3%, −10.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

KIQQ costs 0.06 points a year less; KIQQ is 1.2 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FGSI vs KIQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FGSI	KIQQ
Paid and earned
Measure	FGSI	KIQQ
Total return, 1 year	+9.0%	not published
Price change	rose 0.2% (1 year)	fell 6.0% (since Jan 7, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	53% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	99% of the Sep 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FGSI	KIQQ
Benchmark	First Trust Growth Strength ETF, measured through FTGS	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Measure	FGSI	KIQQ
Expense ratio	0.85%	0.79%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$2.0m	$2.3m
Holdings
Measure	FGSI	KIQQ
Holdings in common	14%

Method

What they share

14%

By the books each fund has filed, FGSI and KIQQ hold 14% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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14% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FGSI KIQQ

Broadcom Inc. 2.02% 2.72%

NVIDIA Corporation 1.93% 8.54%

Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 1.88% 1.93%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.73% 3.37%

Netflix, Inc. 1.79% 1.37%

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 2.06% 0.82%

Marvell Technology, Inc. 1.51% 0.71%

Seagate Technology Holdings Plc 1.90% 0.59%

Intuit Inc. 2.11% 0.48%

Monster Beverage Corporation 2.06% 0.48%

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 2.02% 0.45%

Fortinet, Inc. 1.51% 0.45%

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%

Delta Air Lines, Inc. 2.20%

General Dynamics Corporation 2.16%

S&P Global Inc. 2.16%

Cincinnati Financial Corporation 2.15%

Only in KIQQ

+NDXDBHIO/-FED FUNDS 97.94%

APPLE INC 9.00%

MICROSOFT CORP 7.18%

AMAZON.COM INC 4.97%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 4.32%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 3.92%

TESLA INC 3.55%

WALMART INC 3.01%

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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 KIQQ KraneShares InspereX Nasdaq Dynamic Buffered High Income Index ETF · Buffer with income on QQQ, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust KraneShares

Strategy option income buffer with income

Benchmark First Trust Growth Strength ETF (FTGS) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.3% 7.5%

Expense ratio 0.85% 0.79%

Cash paid, 1 year 8.3% 6.9% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +0.2% −6.0% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +9.0% +0.9% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +8.8% +11.3% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026)

Ahead or behind +0.2 pts −10.4 pts (since launch, Jan 7, 2026)

Return of capital, latest estimate 53% 99%

Age 1.4 years 301 days

Net assets, FGSI as of Nov 3, 2026 and KIQQ as of Nov 4, 2026 $2.0m $2.4m

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 KIQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FGSI	KIQQ	FGSI	KIQQ	FGSI	KIQQ
3 months	−2.2%	−3.7%	2.0%	1.7%	+0.6 pts	−0.2 pts
6 months	+6.3%	−4.4%	4.3%	3.7%	+0.2 pts	−4.0 pts
1 year	+9.0%	–	8.3%	–	+0.2 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: FGSI Jun 2025 · KIQQ Jan 2026	+13.6%	+0.9%	11.3%	6.9%	−0.7 pts	−10.4 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.

KIQQ

Over the period from its first trade on Jan 7, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, KIQQ paid 6.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 6.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.9%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +11.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.5%, paid monthly. KraneShares estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Sep 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, FGSI or KIQQ?: FGSI charges 0.85% a year and KIQQ charges 0.79%, so KIQQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

First Trust Growth Strength ETF (FTGS) →Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →FGSI on its own →KIQQ on its own →FGSI dividend history →FGSI holdings →KIQQ dividend history →KIQQ 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 ↗

KIQQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

KIQQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

KIQQ 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

KraneShares page for KIQQ ↗

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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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