Which is cheaper, FGSI or YSPC?

FGSI charges 0.85% a year and YSPC charges 1.01%, so FGSI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FGSI vs YSPC: Dividend Yield & Total Return

FGSI and YSPC 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 $42m for YieldMax SPCX Option Income Strategy ETF.

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At a glance

8.3%

FGSI cash paid, 1 year

16.7%

YSPC cash paid, since launch, Jul 15, 2026

+9.0%

FGSI total return, 1 year

−2.1%

YSPC total return, since launch, Jul 15, 2026

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.

YSPC · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 2.6 pts behind SPCX

YSPC

−2.1%

SPCX

+0.5%

2.6 pts behind SPCX

YSPC since launch: paid 16.7%, price −18.2%, total −2.1%, SPCX +0.5%, −2.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPCX

+0.5%

YSPC

−2.1%

2.6 pts behind SPCX

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.6 pts behind SPCX

YSPC since launch: paid 16.7%, price −18.2%, total −2.1%, SPCX +0.5%, −2.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPCX

+0.5%

YSPC

−2.1%

2.6 pts behind SPCX

16.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YSPC since launch: paid 16.7%, price −18.2%, total −2.1%, SPCX +0.5%, −2.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FGSI costs 0.16 points a year less; YSPC is far larger, $42m against $2.0m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FGSI vs YSPC: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FGSI	YSPC
Paid and earned
Measure	FGSI	YSPC
Total return, 1 year	+9.0%	not published
Price change	rose 0.2% (1 year)	fell 18.2% (since Jul 15, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	53% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FGSI	YSPC
Benchmark	First Trust Growth Strength ETF, measured through FTGS	Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX)
Cost and size
Measure	FGSI	YSPC
Expense ratio	0.85%	1.01%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$2.0m	$42m
Holdings
Measure	FGSI	YSPC
Holdings in common	0%

Method

What they share

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

50%

0 half 100%

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FGSI YSPC

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 YSPC

United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 29.45%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 13.87%

SPCX 11/20/2026 165.01 C 0.32%

SPCX US 11/06/26 C145 0.13%

SPCX US 11/06/26 C146 0.11%

SPCX US 11/06/26 C141 -0.11%

SPCX US 11/06/26 C140 -0.72%

SPCX 11/20/2026 165.01 P -21.73%

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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 YSPC YieldMax SPCX Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on SPCX, paying weekly

Issuer First Trust YieldMax

Strategy option income synthetic covered call

Benchmark First Trust Growth Strength ETF (FTGS) Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX)

Pays monthly weekly

Payout rate, annualized 8.3% 60.1%

Expense ratio 0.85% 1.01%

Cash paid, 1 year 8.3% 16.7% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +0.2% −18.2% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +9.0% −2.1% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +8.8% +0.5% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)

Ahead or behind +0.2 pts −2.6 pts (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)

Return of capital, latest estimate 53% not published

Age 1.4 years 112 days

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $2.0m $42m

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 YSPC: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FGSI	YSPC	FGSI	YSPC	FGSI	YSPC
3 months	−2.2%	+11.7%	2.0%	18.2%	+0.6 pts	−13.8 pts
6 months	+6.3%	–	4.3%	–	+0.2 pts	–
1 year	+9.0%	–	8.3%	–	+0.2 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: FGSI Jun 2025 · YSPC Jul 2026	+13.6%	−2.1%	11.3%	16.7%	−0.7 pts	−2.5 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.

YSPC

Over the period from its first trade on Jul 15, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, YSPC paid 16.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 18.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −2.1%. Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX) returned +0.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.6 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 60.1%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, FGSI or YSPC?: FGSI charges 0.85% a year and YSPC charges 1.01%, so FGSI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

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

YSPC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

YSPC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

YSPC 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

YieldMax page for YSPC ↗

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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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