Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
FGSI vs WDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, WDTE paid 27.9% of its price in cash against FGSI’s 8.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $2.0m for FT Vest Growth Strength & Target Income ETF and $69m for Defiance S&P 500 Weekly Distribution ETF.
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, 2026.0.7 pts behind SPY
WDTE over 1 year: paid 27.9%, price −15.9%, total +14.1%, SPY +14.8%, −0.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPY
+14.8%
WDTE
+14.1%
27.9% of it arrived as cash
0.7 pts behind SPY
Total return, distributions reinvested
0.7 pts behind SPY
WDTE over 1 year: paid 27.9%, price −15.9%, total +14.1%, SPY +14.8%, −0.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPY
+14.8%
WDTE
+14.1%
27.9% as cash
0.7 pts behind SPY
27.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. WDTE over 1 year: paid 27.9%, price −15.9%, total +14.1%, SPY +14.8%, −0.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
FGSI costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.1 points; WDTE is far larger, $69m against $2.0m.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | FGSI | WDTE |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +9.0% | +14.1% |
| Price change, 1 year | rose 0.2% | fell 15.9% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 53% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment | 100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | First Trust Growth Strength ETF, measured through FTGS | S&P 500, measured through SPY |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.85% | 1.03% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $2.0m | $69m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
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
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What they share
By the books each fund has filed, FGSI and WDTE hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
half
0% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | FGSI | WDTE | FGSI | WDTE | FGSI | WDTE |
| 3 months | −2.2% | −0.4% | 2.0% | 7.3% | +0.6 pts | −0.2 pts |
| 6 months | +6.3% | +4.6% | 4.3% | 14.4% | +0.2 pts | −0.4 pts |
| 1 year | +9.0% | +14.1% | 8.3% | 27.9% | +0.2 pts | −0.7 pts |
| 3 years | – | +50.8% | – | 78.5% | – | −32.1 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: FGSI Jun 2025 · WDTE Sep 2023 | +13.6% | +49.2% | 11.3% | 79.5% | −0.7 pts | −30.4 pts |
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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.
WDTE
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, WDTE paid 27.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 15.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.7 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 30.3%, paid weekly. Defiance estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.
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