Which is cheaper, FGSI or SIOO?

FGSI charges 0.85% a year and SIOO charges 0.59%, so SIOO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FGSI vs SIOO: Dividend Yield & Total Return

FGSI and SIOO 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 $25m for VistaShares Target 15 S&P 100 Distribution ETF.

FGSI on its own →SIOO on its own →

At a glance

8.3%

FGSI cash paid, 1 year

13.6%

SIOO cash paid, since launch, Dec 11, 2025

+9.0%

FGSI total return, 1 year

+10.8%

SIOO total return, since launch, Dec 11, 2025

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.

SIOO · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 About even with OEF

SIOO

+10.8%

OEF

+10.9%

About even with OEF

SIOO since launch: paid 13.6%, price −3.6%, total +10.8%, OEF +10.9%, −0.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

OEF

+10.9%

SIOO

+10.8%

13.6% of it arrived as cash

about even with OEF

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with OEF

SIOO since launch: paid 13.6%, price −3.6%, total +10.8%, OEF +10.9%, −0.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

OEF

+10.9%

SIOO

+10.8%

13.6% as cash

about even with OEF

13.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SIOO since launch: paid 13.6%, price −3.6%, total +10.8%, OEF +10.9%, −0.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SIOO costs 0.26 points a year less; SIOO is 12.5 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FGSI vs SIOO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FGSI	SIOO
Paid and earned
Measure	FGSI	SIOO
Total return, 1 year	+9.0%	not published
Price change	rose 0.2% (1 year)	fell 3.6% (since Dec 11, 2025)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	53% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	97% of the Oct 27, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FGSI	SIOO
Benchmark	First Trust Growth Strength ETF, measured through FTGS	S&P 100, measured through OEF
Cost and size
Measure	FGSI	SIOO
Expense ratio	0.85%	0.59%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$2.0m	$25m
Holdings
Measure	FGSI	SIOO
Holdings in common	12%

Method

What they share

12%

By the books each fund has filed, FGSI and SIOO hold 12% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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12% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FGSI SIOO

Eli Lilly and Company 2.25% 2.30%

Broadcom Inc. 2.02% 3.17%

NVIDIA Corporation 1.93% 8.37%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.73% 2.84%

Mastercard Incorporated 2.10% 1.11%

Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 1.88% 0.80%

Netflix, Inc. 1.79% 0.57%

Arista Networks, Inc. 1.91% 0.38%

Salesforce, Inc. 1.84% 0.38%

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 2.06% 0.34%

Uber Technologies, Inc. 1.89% 0.29%

Intuit Inc. 2.11% 0.19%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FGSI

Vertiv Holdings Co (Class A) 2.28%

United Therapeutics Corporation 2.25%

Blackstone Inc. 2.21%

Delta Air Lines, Inc. 2.20%

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 2.18%

S&P Global Inc. 2.16%

Cincinnati Financial Corporation 2.15%

Arch Capital Group Ltd. 2.12%

Only in SIOO

Apple Inc 9.09%

Microsoft Corp 6.30%

Amazon.com Inc 4.54%

Alphabet Inc 2.80%

Tesla Inc 2.23%

Berkshire Hathaway Inc 2.20%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.92%

Micron Technology Inc 1.84%

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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 SIOO VistaShares Target 15 S&P 100 Distribution ETF · Covered call on OEF, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust VistaShares

Strategy option income covered call

Benchmark First Trust Growth Strength ETF (FTGS) S&P 100 (OEF)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.3% 15.4%

Expense ratio 0.85% 0.59%

Cash paid, 1 year 8.3% 13.6% (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Price change, 1 year +0.2% −3.6% (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Total return, 1 year +9.0% +10.8% (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Benchmark return, 1 year +8.8% +10.9% (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Ahead or behind +0.2 pts −0.1 pts (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Return of capital, latest estimate 53% 97%

Age 1.4 years 328 days

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $2.0m $25m

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 SIOO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FGSI	SIOO	FGSI	SIOO	FGSI	SIOO
3 months	−2.2%	+0.8%	2.0%	3.7%	+0.6 pts	+1.0 pts
6 months	+6.3%	+5.6%	4.3%	7.5%	+0.2 pts	+1.1 pts
1 year	+9.0%	–	8.3%	–	+0.2 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: FGSI Jun 2025 · SIOO Dec 2025	+13.6%	+10.8%	11.3%	13.6%	−0.7 pts	−0.1 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.

SIOO

Over the period from its first trade on Dec 11, 2025 to Nov 4, 2026, SIOO paid 13.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.8%. S&P 100 (OEF) returned +10.9% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.4%, paid monthly. VistaShares estimates that 97% of the distribution paid Oct 27, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, FGSI or SIOO?: FGSI charges 0.85% a year and SIOO charges 0.59%, so SIOO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

First Trust Growth Strength ETF (FTGS) →S&P 100 (OEF) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →FGSI on its own →SIOO on its own →FGSI dividend history →FGSI holdings →SIOO dividend history →SIOO 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 ↗

SIOO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SIOO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SIOO 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

VistaShares page for SIOO ↗

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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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