Which is cheaper, FGSI or ROCY?

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

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FGSI vs ROCY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

FGSI and ROCY both write options for income.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $2.0m for FT Vest Growth Strength & Target Income ETF and $884m for JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF.

FGSI on its own →ROCY on its own →

At a glance

8.3%

FGSI cash paid, 1 year

4.8%

ROCY cash paid, since launch, Mar 19, 2026

+9.0%

FGSI total return, 1 year

+15.3%

ROCY total return, since launch, Mar 19, 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%

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.

ROCY · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 1.8 pts behind SPY

ROCY

+15.3%

SPY

+17.1%

1.8 pts behind SPY

ROCY since launch: paid 4.8%, price +10.2%, total +15.3%, SPY +17.1%, −1.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+17.1%

ROCY

+15.3%

4.8% as cash

1.8 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.8 pts behind SPY

ROCY since launch: paid 4.8%, price +10.2%, total +15.3%, SPY +17.1%, −1.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+17.1%

ROCY

+15.3%

1.8 pts behind SPY

4.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +17.1%. ROCY since launch: paid 4.8%, price +10.2%, total +15.3%, SPY +17.1%, −1.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +17.1%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

ROCY costs 0.50 points a year less; ROCY is far larger, $884m against $2.0m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FGSI vs ROCY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FGSI	ROCY
Paid and earned
Measure	FGSI	ROCY
Total return, 1 year	+9.0%	not published
Price change	rose 0.2% (1 year)	rose 10.2% (since Mar 19, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	53% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FGSI	ROCY
Benchmark	First Trust Growth Strength ETF, measured through FTGS	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	FGSI	ROCY
Expense ratio	0.85%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$2.0m	$884m
Holdings
Measure	FGSI	ROCY
Holdings in common	15%

Method

What they share

15%

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

50%

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15% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FGSI ROCY

Broadcom Inc. 2.02% 2.17%

NVIDIA Corporation 1.93% 8.20%

Mastercard Incorporated 2.10% 1.88%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.73% 2.54%

Eli Lilly and Company 2.25% 1.64%

Seagate Technology Holdings Plc 1.90% 0.83%

Amphenol Corporation 2.11% 0.72%

Trane Technologies plc 1.81% 0.69%

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%

Only in one fund ↓

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 ROCY

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 7.31%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 6.59%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 4.16%

ALPHABET INC-CL A 4.13%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.11%

WELLS FARGO & CO COMMON 2.02%

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 ROCY JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust JPMorgan

Strategy option income covered call

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

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.3% 6.6%

Expense ratio 0.85% 0.35%

Cash paid, 1 year 8.3% 4.8% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +0.2% +10.2% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +9.0% +15.3% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +8.8% +17.1% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Ahead or behind +0.2 pts −1.8 pts (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Return of capital, latest estimate 53% not published

Age 1.4 years 230 days

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $2.0m $884m

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 ROCY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FGSI	ROCY	FGSI	ROCY	FGSI	ROCY
3 months	−2.2%	+1.1%	2.0%	1.6%	+0.6 pts	+1.2 pts
6 months	+6.3%	+6.5%	4.3%	3.5%	+0.2 pts	+1.5 pts
1 year	+9.0%	–	8.3%	–	+0.2 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: FGSI Jun 2025 · ROCY Mar 2026	+13.6%	+15.3%	11.3%	4.8%	−0.7 pts	−1.9 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.

ROCY

Over the period from its first trade on Mar 19, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, ROCY paid 4.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 10.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +17.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.6%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, FGSI or ROCY?: FGSI charges 0.85% a year and ROCY charges 0.35%, so ROCY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

First Trust Growth Strength ETF (FTGS) →S&P 500 (SPY) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →FGSI on its own →ROCY on its own →FGSI dividend history →FGSI holdings →ROCY dividend history →ROCY 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 ↗

ROCY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ROCY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

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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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