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FGSI vs OVLH: 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 OVLH’s 0.3%, 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 $109m on Aug 31, 2026 for Overlay Shares Hedged Large Cap Equity ETF.

At a glance
8.3%
FGSI cash paid, 1 year
0.3%
OVLH cash paid, 1 year
+9.0%
FGSI total return, 1 year
+7.0%
OVLH 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.
OVLH · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 7.8 pts behind VOO
OVLH
+7.0%
VOO
+14.8%

7.8 pts behind VOO

OVLH over 1 year: paid 0.3%, price +6.7%, total +7.0%, VOO +14.8%, −7.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

OVLH

+7.0%

7.8 pts behind VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

7.8 pts behind VOO

OVLH over 1 year: paid 0.3%, price +6.7%, total +7.0%, VOO +14.8%, −7.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

OVLH

+7.0%

7.8 pts behind VOO

0.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +14.8%. OVLH over 1 year: paid 0.3%, price +6.7%, total +7.0%, VOO +14.8%, −7.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

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

Pair scorecard

OVLH costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.0 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FGSI vs OVLH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureFGSIOVLH
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+9.0%+7.0%
Price change, 1 yearrose 0.2%rose 6.7%
Return of capital, issuer estimate53% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment38% of the Dec 29, 2023 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkFirst Trust Growth Strength ETF, measured through FTGSVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.85%0.80%
Net assets, FGSI as of Nov 3, 2026 and OVLH as of Aug 31, 2026$2.0m$109m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · OVLH scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score63.2FGSI99.7OVLH

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

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

0%

By the books each fund has filed, FGSI and OVLH hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FGSI OVLH
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%
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 2.18%
General Dynamics Corporation 2.16%
S&P Global Inc. 2.16%
Only in OVLH
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 97.79%
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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 OVLH Overlay Shares Hedged Large Cap Equity ETF · Put-selling overlay, hedged on VOO, paying annually
Strategy option income put-selling overlay, hedged
Benchmark First Trust Growth Strength ETF (FTGS) Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Pays monthly annual
Payout rate, annualized 8.3% 0.3%
Expense ratio 0.85% 0.80%
Cash paid, 1 year 8.3% 0.3%
Price change, 1 year +0.2% +6.7%
Total return, 1 year +9.0% +7.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year +8.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind +0.2 pts −7.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 53% 38%
Age 1.4 years 5.8 years
Net assets, FGSI as of Nov 3, 2026 and OVLH as of Aug 31, 2026 $2.0m $109m

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 OVLH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowFGSIOVLHFGSIOVLHFGSIOVLH
3 months−2.2%−1.4%2.0%0.0%+0.6 pts−1.3 pts
6 months+6.3%+1.6%4.3%0.0%+0.2 pts−3.5 pts
1 year+9.0%+7.0%8.3%0.3%+0.2 pts−7.8 pts
3 years–+58.6%–1.7%–−24.8 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FGSI Jun 2025 · OVLH Jan 2021+13.6%+73.9%11.3%3.2%−0.7 pts−47.2 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.

OVLH

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OVLH paid 0.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.0%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.3%, paid annually. Overlay Shares estimates that 38% of the distribution paid Dec 29, 2023 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FGSI or OVLH?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FGSI paid 8.3% of its starting price in cash and OVLH paid 0.3%, 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 OVLH?
With every distribution reinvested, FGSI returned +9.0% and OVLH +7.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FGSI or OVLH?
FGSI charges 0.85% a year and OVLH charges 0.80%, so OVLH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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