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FGSI vs QDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QDTE paid 34.7% 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 $881m on Nov 4, 2026 for Roundhill Nasdaq-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF.

FGSI on its own →QDTE on its own →
At a glance
8.3%
FGSI cash paid, 1 year
34.7%
QDTE cash paid, 1 year
+9.0%
FGSI total return, 1 year
+13.7%
QDTE 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.
QDTE · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.4 pts ahead of QQQ
QDTE
+13.7%
QQQ
+12.3%

1.4 pts ahead of QQQ

QDTE over 1 year: paid 34.7%, price −23.4%, total +13.7%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QDTE

+13.7%

34.7% of it arrived as cash

1.4 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.4 pts ahead of QQQ

QDTE over 1 year: paid 34.7%, price −23.4%, total +13.7%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QDTE

+13.7%

34.7% as cash

1.4 pts ahead of QQQ

34.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QDTE over 1 year: paid 34.7%, price −23.4%, total +13.7%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FGSI costs 0.11 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.7 points; QDTE is far larger, $869m against $2.0m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FGSI vs QDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureFGSIQDTE
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+9.0%+13.7%
Price change, 1 yearrose 0.2%fell 23.4%
Return of capital, issuer estimate53% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkFirst Trust Growth Strength ETF, measured through FTGSNasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.85%0.96%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$2.0m$869m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · FGSI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score63.2FGSI32.6QDTE

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 QDTE hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FGSI QDTE
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 QDTE
QQQ 11/19/2027 70.11 C 73.55%
QQQ 09/17/2027 70.69 C 17.69%
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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 QDTE Roundhill Nasdaq-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on QQQ, paying weekly
Issuer First Trust Roundhill
Strategy option income 0DTE covered call
Benchmark First Trust Growth Strength ETF (FTGS) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 8.3% 27.9%
Expense ratio 0.85% 0.96%
Cash paid, 1 year 8.3% 34.7%
Price change, 1 year +0.2% −23.4%
Total return, 1 year +9.0% +13.7%
Benchmark return, 1 year +8.8% +12.3%
Ahead or behind +0.2 pts +1.4 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 53% 100%
Age 1.4 years 2.7 years
Net assets, FGSI as of Nov 3, 2026 and QDTE as of Nov 4, 2026 $2.0m $881m

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 QDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowFGSIQDTEFGSIQDTEFGSIQDTE
3 months−2.2%−1.6%2.0%6.3%+0.6 pts+1.8 pts
6 months+6.3%+1.6%4.3%14.3%+0.2 pts+2.0 pts
1 year+9.0%+13.7%8.3%34.7%+0.2 pts+1.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FGSI Jun 2025 · QDTE Mar 2024+13.6%+55.2%11.3%75.6%−0.7 pts−2.3 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.

QDTE

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QDTE paid 34.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 23.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 27.9%, paid weekly. Roundhill estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FGSI or QDTE?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FGSI paid 8.3% of its starting price in cash and QDTE paid 34.7%, so QDTE 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 QDTE?
With every distribution reinvested, FGSI returned +9.0% and QDTE +13.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FGSI or QDTE?
FGSI charges 0.85% a year and QDTE charges 0.96%, so FGSI 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) →FGSI on its own →QDTE on its own →FGSI dividend history →FGSI holdings →QDTE dividend history →QDTE 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 ↗
QDTE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
QDTE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
QDTE 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
Roundhill page for QDTE ↗

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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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