Which paid more, FGSI or SPIN?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FGSI paid 8.3% of its starting price in cash and SPIN paid 5.1%, 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 SPIN?

With every distribution reinvested, FGSI returned +9.0% and SPIN +9.3% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, FGSI or SPIN?

FGSI charges 0.85% a year and SPIN charges 0.25%, so SPIN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FGSI vs SPIN: 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 SPIN’s 5.1% and the two finished level on total return.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $2.0m for FT Vest Growth Strength & Target Income ETF and $45m for State Street US Equity Premium Income ETF.

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At a glance

8.3%

FGSI cash paid, 1 year

5.1%

SPIN cash paid, 1 year

+9.0%

FGSI total return, 1 year

+9.3%

SPIN 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.

SPIN · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 5.5 pts behind SPY

SPIN

+9.3%

SPY

+14.8%

5.5 pts behind SPY

SPIN over 1 year: paid 5.1%, price +3.9%, total +9.3%, SPY +14.8%, −5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SPIN

+9.3%

5.1% of it arrived as cash

5.5 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.5 pts behind SPY

SPIN over 1 year: paid 5.1%, price +3.9%, total +9.3%, SPY +14.8%, −5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SPIN

+9.3%

5.5 pts behind SPY

5.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +14.8%. SPIN over 1 year: paid 5.1%, price +3.9%, total +9.3%, SPY +14.8%, −5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

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

Pair scorecard

SPIN costs 0.60 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.3 points; SPIN is far larger, $45m against $2.0m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FGSI vs SPIN: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FGSI	SPIN
Paid and earned
Measure	FGSI	SPIN
Total return, 1 year	+9.0%	+9.3%
Price change, 1 year	rose 0.2%	rose 3.9%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	53% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	97% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FGSI	SPIN
Benchmark	First Trust Growth Strength ETF, measured through FTGS	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	FGSI	SPIN
Expense ratio	0.85%	0.25%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$2.0m	$45m
Holdings
Measure	FGSI	SPIN
Holdings in common	17%

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

IQ Income Score63.2FGSI84.1SPIN

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

SPIN 84.1

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

17%

By the books each fund has filed, FGSI and SPIN hold 17% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

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17% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FGSI SPIN

Eli Lilly and Company 2.25% 2.50%

Broadcom Inc. 2.02% 3.37%

NVIDIA Corporation 1.93% 9.22%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.73% 2.93%

Amphenol Corporation 2.11% 1.41%

Mastercard Incorporated 2.10% 1.19%

Uber Technologies, Inc. 1.89% 1.04%

Netflix, Inc. 1.79% 0.91%

Seagate Technology Holdings Plc 1.90% 0.87%

S&P Global Inc. 2.16% 0.71%

Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 1.88% 0.69%

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 2.06% 0.44%

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%

General Dynamics Corporation 2.16%

Cincinnati Financial Corporation 2.15%

Arch Capital Group Ltd. 2.12%

Only in SPIN

MICROSOFT CORP 7.47%

APPLE INC 6.03%

AMAZON.COM INC 4.87%

ALPHABET INC CL A 4.59%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.50%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.28%

JPMORGAN CHASE + CO 2.13%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.94%

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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 SPIN State Street US Equity Premium Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust State Street

Strategy option income covered call

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

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.3% 5.5%

Expense ratio 0.85% 0.25%

Cash paid, 1 year 8.3% 5.1%

Price change, 1 year +0.2% +3.9%

Total return, 1 year +9.0% +9.3%

Benchmark return, 1 year +8.8% +14.8%

Ahead or behind +0.2 pts −5.5 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 53% 97%

Age 1.4 years 2.2 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $2.0m $45m

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 SPIN: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FGSI	SPIN	FGSI	SPIN	FGSI	SPIN
3 months	−2.2%	+0.8%	2.0%	0.9%	+0.6 pts	+0.9 pts
6 months	+6.3%	+6.0%	4.3%	1.9%	+0.2 pts	+1.0 pts
1 year	+9.0%	+9.3%	8.3%	5.1%	+0.2 pts	−5.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FGSI Jun 2025 · SPIN Sep 2024	+13.6%	+30.3%	11.3%	16.0%	−0.7 pts	−12.9 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.

SPIN

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SPIN paid 5.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.5%, paid monthly. State Street estimates that 97% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FGSI or SPIN?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FGSI paid 8.3% of its starting price in cash and SPIN paid 5.1%, 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 SPIN?: With every distribution reinvested, FGSI returned +9.0% and SPIN +9.3% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FGSI or SPIN?: FGSI charges 0.85% a year and SPIN charges 0.25%, so SPIN 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 ↗

SPIN filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPIN prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SPIN 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

State Street website ↗

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How this is computed

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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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