Which paid more, FGSI or SCLZ?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FGSI paid 8.3% of its starting price in cash and SCLZ paid 8.5%, so SCLZ 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 SCLZ?

With every distribution reinvested, FGSI returned +9.0% and SCLZ +10.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, FGSI or SCLZ?

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

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FGSI vs SCLZ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SCLZ paid 8.5% 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 $20m on Jun 30, 2026 for Swan Enhanced Dividend Income ETF.

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At a glance

8.3%

FGSI cash paid, 1 year

8.5%

SCLZ cash paid, 1 year

+9.0%

FGSI total return, 1 year

+10.6%

SCLZ 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.

SCLZ · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.2 pts behind SPY

SCLZ

+10.6%

SPY

+14.8%

4.2 pts behind SPY

SCLZ over 1 year: paid 8.5%, price +1.6%, total +10.6%, SPY +14.8%, −4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SCLZ

+10.6%

8.5% of it arrived as cash

4.2 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.2 pts behind SPY

SCLZ over 1 year: paid 8.5%, price +1.6%, total +10.6%, SPY +14.8%, −4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SCLZ

+10.6%

8.5% cash

4.2 pts behind SPY

8.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +14.8%. SCLZ over 1 year: paid 8.5%, price +1.6%, total +10.6%, SPY +14.8%, −4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

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

Pair scorecard

SCLZ costs 0.06 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.6 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FGSI vs SCLZ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FGSI	SCLZ
Paid and earned
Measure	FGSI	SCLZ
Total return, 1 year	+9.0%	+10.6%
Price change, 1 year	rose 0.2%	rose 1.6%
Against its benchmark
Measure	FGSI	SCLZ
Benchmark	First Trust Growth Strength ETF, measured through FTGS	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	FGSI	SCLZ
Expense ratio	0.85%	0.79%
Net assets, FGSI as of Nov 3, 2026 and SCLZ as of Jun 30, 2026	$2.0m	$20m
Holdings
Measure	FGSI	SCLZ
Holdings in common	11%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · SCLZ scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score63.2FGSI71.6SCLZ

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

FGSI 63.2

SCLZ 71.6

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

11%

By the books each fund has filed, FGSI and SCLZ hold 11% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

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11% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FGSI SCLZ

Broadcom Inc. 2.02% 4.74%

NVIDIA Corporation 1.93% 6.03%

Mastercard Incorporated 2.10% 1.75%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.73% 3.36%

Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 1.88% 1.43%

Uber Technologies, Inc. 1.89% 1.12%

Netflix, Inc. 1.79% 1.00%

Newmont Corporation 1.80% 0.32%

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. 1.77% 0.10%

CBRE Group, Inc. 2.03% 0.07%

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 SCLZ

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 7.95%

APPLE INC 6.20%

ALPHABET INC 5.22%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 5.18%

ELI LILLY & COMPANY 3.88%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.77%

MICROSOFT CORP 3.74%

JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 3.53%

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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 SCLZ Swan Enhanced Dividend Income ETF · Dividend stocks with call overlay on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust Swan

Strategy option income dividend stocks with call overlay

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

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.3% 8.7%

Expense ratio 0.85% 0.79%

Cash paid, 1 year 8.3% 8.5%

Price change, 1 year +0.2% +1.6%

Total return, 1 year +9.0% +10.6%

Benchmark return, 1 year +8.8% +14.8%

Ahead or behind +0.2 pts −4.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 53% not published

Age 1.4 years 2.7 years

Net assets, FGSI as of Nov 3, 2026 and SCLZ as of Jun 30, 2026 $2.0m $20m

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 SCLZ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FGSI	SCLZ	FGSI	SCLZ	FGSI	SCLZ
3 months	−2.2%	0.0%	2.0%	2.1%	+0.6 pts	+0.2 pts
6 months	+6.3%	+4.4%	4.3%	4.3%	+0.2 pts	−0.6 pts
1 year	+9.0%	+10.6%	8.3%	8.5%	+0.2 pts	−4.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FGSI Jun 2025 · SCLZ Feb 2024	+13.6%	+35.4%	11.3%	21.2%	−0.7 pts	−20.8 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.

SCLZ

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SCLZ paid 8.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.7%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FGSI or SCLZ?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FGSI paid 8.3% of its starting price in cash and SCLZ paid 8.5%, so SCLZ 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 SCLZ?: With every distribution reinvested, FGSI returned +9.0% and SCLZ +10.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FGSI or SCLZ?: FGSI charges 0.85% a year and SCLZ charges 0.79%, so SCLZ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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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 ↗

SCLZ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SCLZ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Swan website ↗

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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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