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FGSI vs XDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XDTE paid 25.5% 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 $321m on Nov 4, 2026 for Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF.

FGSI on its own →XDTE on its own →
At a glance
8.3%
FGSI cash paid, 1 year
25.5%
XDTE cash paid, 1 year
+9.0%
FGSI total return, 1 year
+14.6%
XDTE 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.
XDTE · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with SPY
XDTE
+14.6%
SPY
+14.8%

About even with SPY

XDTE over 1 year: paid 25.5%, price −13.2%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XDTE

+14.6%

25.5% of it arrived as cash

about even with SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with SPY

XDTE over 1 year: paid 25.5%, price −13.2%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XDTE

+14.6%

25.5% as cash

about even with SPY

25.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XDTE over 1 year: paid 25.5%, price −13.2%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FGSI costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.6 points; XDTE is far larger, $315m against $2.0m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FGSI vs XDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureFGSIXDTE
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+9.0%+14.6%
Price change, 1 yearrose 0.2%fell 13.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate53% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkFirst Trust Growth Strength ETF, measured through FTGSS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.85%0.97%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$2.0m$315m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · FGSI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score63.2FGSI39.2XDTE

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

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

0%

By the books each fund has filed, FGSI and XDTE hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FGSI XDTE
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 XDTE
SPY 11/19/2027 77.43 C 90.03%
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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 XDTE Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on SPY, paying weekly
Issuer First Trust Roundhill
Strategy option income 0DTE covered call
Benchmark First Trust Growth Strength ETF (FTGS) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 8.3% 12.4%
Expense ratio 0.85% 0.97%
Cash paid, 1 year 8.3% 25.5%
Price change, 1 year +0.2% −13.2%
Total return, 1 year +9.0% +14.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year +8.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind +0.2 pts −0.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 53% 100%
Age 1.4 years 2.7 years
Net assets, FGSI as of Nov 3, 2026 and XDTE as of Nov 4, 2026 $2.0m $321m

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 XDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowFGSIXDTEFGSIXDTEFGSIXDTE
3 months−2.2%+1.0%2.0%4.2%+0.6 pts+1.2 pts
6 months+6.3%+5.5%4.3%9.3%+0.2 pts+0.5 pts
1 year+9.0%+14.6%8.3%25.5%+0.2 pts−0.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FGSI Jun 2025 · XDTE Mar 2024+13.6%+47.4%11.3%60.8%−0.7 pts−6.4 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.

XDTE

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XDTE paid 25.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 13.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.4%, paid weekly. Roundhill estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FGSI or XDTE?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FGSI paid 8.3% of its starting price in cash and XDTE paid 25.5%, so XDTE 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 XDTE?
With every distribution reinvested, FGSI returned +9.0% and XDTE +14.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FGSI or XDTE?
FGSI charges 0.85% a year and XDTE charges 0.97%, so FGSI 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) →FGSI on its own →XDTE on its own →FGSI dividend history →FGSI holdings →XDTE dividend history →XDTE 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 ↗
XDTE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
XDTE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
XDTE 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
Roundhill page for XDTE ↗

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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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