Which paid more, FTKI or ITWO?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTKI paid 12.5% of its starting price in cash and ITWO paid 8.6%, so FTKI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, FTKI or ITWO?

With every distribution reinvested, FTKI returned +20.3% and ITWO +21.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, FTKI or ITWO?

FTKI charges 0.86% a year and ITWO charges 0.55%, so ITWO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FTKI vs ITWO: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTKI paid 12.5% of its price in cash against ITWO’s 8.6%, though ITWO returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $25m on Nov 3, 2026 for First Trust Small Cap BuyWrite Income ETF, and $182m on Nov 4, 2026 for ProShares Russell 2000 High Income ETF.

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At a glance

12.5%

FTKI cash paid, 1 year

8.6%

ITWO cash paid, 1 year

+20.3%

FTKI total return, 1 year

+21.6%

ITWO total return, 1 year

FTKI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.3 pts ahead of IWM

FTKI

+20.3%

IWM

+19.0%

1.3 pts ahead of IWM

FTKI over 1 year: paid 12.5%, price +6.9%, total +20.3%, IWM +19.0%, +1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

IWM

+19.0%

FTKI

+20.3%

12.5% of it arrived as cash

1.3 pts ahead of IWM

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.3 pts ahead of IWM

FTKI over 1 year: paid 12.5%, price +6.9%, total +20.3%, IWM +19.0%, +1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

IWM

+19.0%

FTKI

+20.3%

12.5% cash

1.3 pts ahead of IWM

12.5% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. FTKI over 1 year: paid 12.5%, price +6.9%, total +20.3%, IWM +19.0%, +1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

ITWO · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.6 pts ahead of IWM

ITWO

+21.6%

IWM

+19.0%

2.6 pts ahead of IWM

ITWO over 1 year: paid 8.6%, price +12.4%, total +21.6%, IWM +19.0%, +2.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

IWM

+19.0%

ITWO

+21.6%

8.6% of it arrived as cash

2.6 pts ahead of IWM

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.6 pts ahead of IWM

ITWO over 1 year: paid 8.6%, price +12.4%, total +21.6%, IWM +19.0%, +2.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

IWM

+19.0%

ITWO

+21.6%

2.6 pts ahead of IWM

8.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +21.6%. ITWO over 1 year: paid 8.6%, price +12.4%, total +21.6%, IWM +19.0%, +2.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +21.6%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

ITWO costs 0.31 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.3 points; ITWO is 7.2 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FTKI vs ITWO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FTKI	ITWO
Paid and earned
Measure	FTKI	ITWO
Total return, 1 year	+20.3%	+21.6%
Price change, 1 year	rose 6.9%	rose 12.4%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	93% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	89% of the Nov 6, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FTKI	ITWO
Benchmark	Russell 2000, measured through IWM	Russell 2000, measured through IWM
Cost and size
Measure	FTKI	ITWO
Expense ratio	0.86%	0.55%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$25m	$179m
Holdings
Measure	FTKI	ITWO
Holdings in common	20%

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

IQ Income Score79.9FTKI93.1ITWO

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

FTKI 79.9

ITWO 93.1

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

20%

By the books each fund has filed, FTKI and ITWO hold 20% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

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20% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FTKI ITWO

JFrog Ltd. 0.36% 0.32%

UMB Financial Corporation 0.91% 0.30%

Glaukos Corporation 0.37% 0.30%

Cytokinetics, Incorporated 0.35% 0.27%

Krystal Biotech, Inc. 0.36% 0.27%

Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. 0.36% 0.26%

SM Energy Company 0.34% 0.26%

Twist Bioscience Corporation 0.43% 0.26%

FirstCash Holdings, Inc. 1.39% 0.26%

ViaSat, Inc. 0.30% 0.25%

Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. 0.24% 0.25%

SSR Mining Inc. 1.19% 0.24%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FTKI

Etsy, Inc. 2.30%

Maplebear Inc. (Instacart) 2.17%

UiPath, Inc. (Class A) 2.06%

Encompass Health Corporation 1.92%

Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 1.60%

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. 1.54%

Texas Roadhouse, Inc. 1.54%

Equinox Gold Corp. 1.43%

Only in ITWO

Moog, Inc. 0.31%

Brinker International, Inc. 0.29%

BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. 0.28%

Old National Bancorp 0.26%

Jackson Financial, Inc. 0.26%

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 0.25%

Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. 0.25%

HealthEquity, Inc. 0.24%

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Side by side

FTKI First Trust Small Cap BuyWrite Income ETF · Covered call on IWM, paying monthly ITWO ProShares Russell 2000 High Income ETF · Option income on IWM, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust ProShares

Strategy covered call option income

Benchmark Russell 2000 (IWM) Russell 2000 (IWM)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 11.7% 5.9%

Expense ratio 0.86% 0.55%

Cash paid, 1 year 12.5% 8.6%

Price change, 1 year +6.9% +12.4%

Total return, 1 year +20.3% +21.6%

Benchmark return, 1 year +19.0% +19.0%

Ahead or behind +1.3 pts +2.6 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 93% 89%

Age 1.7 years 2.2 years

Net assets, FTKI as of Nov 3, 2026 and ITWO as of Nov 4, 2026 $25m $182m

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: FTKI vs ITWO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FTKI	ITWO	FTKI	ITWO	FTKI	ITWO
3 months	+0.5%	−4.2%	2.9%	1.4%	+5.5 pts	+0.8 pts
6 months	+4.6%	+1.3%	5.9%	3.0%	+5.1 pts	+1.7 pts
1 year	+20.3%	+21.6%	12.5%	8.6%	+1.3 pts	+2.7 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FTKI Feb 2025 · ITWO Sep 2024	+19.9%	+40.0%	18.3%	23.6%	−16.2 pts	+2.7 pts

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About each fund

FTKI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTKI paid 12.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +20.3%. Russell 2000 (IWM) returned +19.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.3 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.7%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 93% 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.

ITWO

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, ITWO paid 8.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 12.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +21.6%. Russell 2000 (IWM) returned +19.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.6 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.9%, paid monthly. ProShares estimates that 89% of the distribution paid Nov 6, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FTKI or ITWO?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTKI paid 12.5% of its starting price in cash and ITWO paid 8.6%, so FTKI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, FTKI or ITWO?: With every distribution reinvested, FTKI returned +20.3% and ITWO +21.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FTKI or ITWO?: FTKI charges 0.86% a year and ITWO charges 0.55%, so ITWO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

Russell 2000 (IWM) →FTKI on its own →ITWO on its own →FTKI dividend history →FTKI holdings →ITWO dividend history →ITWO holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

FTKI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FTKI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

FTKI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for FTKI ↗

ITWO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ITWO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

ITWO 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

ProShares page for ITWO ↗

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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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