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FGSI vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YYY paid 12.4% of its price in cash against FGSI’s 8.3%, though FGSI 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 $674m for Amplify CEF High Income ETF.

At a glance
8.3%
FGSI cash paid, 1 year
12.4%
YYY cash paid, 1 year
+9.0%
FGSI total return, 1 year
+1.9%
YYY 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% 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.
YYY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured
YYY
+1.9%
none

Not measured

YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YYY

+1.9%

12.4% as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YYY

+1.9%

12.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FGSI costs 2.38 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.1 points; YYY is far larger, $674m against $2.0m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FGSI vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureFGSIYYY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+9.0%+1.9%
Price change, 1 yearrose 0.2%fell 10.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate53% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment18% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkFirst Trust Growth Strength ETF, measured through FTGSits own holdings
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.85%3.23%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$2.0m$674m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%

Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, FGSI and YYY 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 YYY
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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 YYY
abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund 3.64%
Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 3.31%
Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund/Closed-end Fund 3.31%
BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust 3.30%
PIMCO High Income Fund 3.06%
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp 3.04%
Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund 2.70%
abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund 2.66%
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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 YYY Amplify CEF High Income ETF · Income from closed-end funds on its own holdings, paying monthly
Strategy option income income from closed-end funds
Benchmark First Trust Growth Strength ETF (FTGS) YYY's own holdings (from its holdings of Nov 3, 2026)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 8.3% 13.8%
Expense ratio 0.85% 3.23%
Cash paid, 1 year 8.3% 12.4%
Price change, 1 year +0.2% −10.3%
Total return, 1 year +9.0% +1.9%
Benchmark return, 1 year +8.8% not published
Ahead or behind +0.2 pts not available
Return of capital, latest estimate 53% 18%
Age 1.4 years 14.4 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $2.0m $674m

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 YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowFGSIYYYFGSIYYYFGSIYYY
3 months−2.2%−4.9%2.0%3.2%+0.6 ptsnot measured
6 months+6.3%−4.1%4.3%6.2%+0.2 ptsnot measured
1 year+9.0%+1.9%8.3%12.4%+0.2 ptsnot measured
3 years–+35.2%–38.6%–not measured
Since launchNot the same days: FGSI Jun 2025 · YYY Jun 2012+13.6%+114.4%11.3%113.6%−0.7 ptsnot measured

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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.

YYY

No 1-year comparison: a quarter's holdings filing is missing from the year.

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YYY paid 12.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +1.9%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.8%, paid monthly. Amplify estimates that 18% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FGSI or YYY?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FGSI paid 8.3% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.4%, so YYY 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 YYY?
With every distribution reinvested, FGSI returned +9.0% and YYY +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FGSI or YYY?
FGSI charges 0.85% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so FGSI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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