Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
FTKI vs RDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RDTY paid 35.2% of its price in cash against FTKI’s 12.5%, though FTKI returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $25m for First Trust Small Cap BuyWrite Income ETF and $15m for YieldMax R2000 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF.
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.About even with IWM
RDTY over 1 year: paid 35.2%, price −19.8%, total +18.8%, IWM +19.0%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
IWM
+19.0%
RDTY
+18.8%
35.2% of it arrived as cash
about even with IWM
Total return, distributions reinvested
About even with IWM
RDTY over 1 year: paid 35.2%, price −19.8%, total +18.8%, IWM +19.0%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
IWM
+19.0%
RDTY
+18.8%
35.2% as cash
about even with IWM
35.2% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. RDTY over 1 year: paid 35.2%, price −19.8%, total +18.8%, IWM +19.0%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
FTKI costs 0.87 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.5 points; FTKI is 1.7 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | FTKI | RDTY |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +20.3% | +18.8% |
| Price change, 1 year | rose 6.9% | fell 19.8% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 93% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment | 65% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | Russell 2000, measured through IWM | Russell 2000, measured through IWM |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.86% | 1.73% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $25m | $15m |
| 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
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 →
Risk and return
Mar 14, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 85 weekly returns · each against IWMFrom Mar 2025 to Oct 2026, RDTY returned more: +30.1% to +24.1%. FTKI swung less: 11.2% to 16.8%. FTKI fell less at its worst: −8.7% to −13.1%.
Full scorecard
19 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | FTKI | RDTY | IWM | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | |||||
| Total return | +24.1% | +30.1% | RDTY | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. | |
| Annualized | +14.1% | +17.5% | RDTY | Total return as a yearly rate. | |
| Price return | +2.7% | −30.9% | FTKI | Price change alone, distributions left out. | |
| Risk | |||||
| Volatility | 11.2% | 16.8% | FTKI | Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier. | |
| Downside deviation | 8.7% | 12.4% | FTKI | Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate. | |
| Max drawdown | −8.7% | −13.1% | FTKI | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. | |
| Upside capture | 31.6% | 77.1% | 100.0% | RDTY | Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose. |
| Downside capture | 44.6% | 92.5% | 100.0% | FTKI | Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better. |
| Beta | 0.47 | 0.88 | 1.00 | FTKI lower | How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves. |
| R squared | 0.56 | 0.88 | 1.00 | Not an edge | Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains. |
| Risk-adjusted | |||||
| Sharpe | 0.88 | 0.81 | FTKI (slight) | Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility. | |
| Sortino | 1.14 | 1.09 | FTKI (slight) | Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation. | |
| Treynor | 0.210 | 0.154 | 0.183 | FTKI | Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta. |
| Calmar | 1.62 | 1.33 | FTKI | Annualized return divided by the max drawdown. | |
| Against the benchmark | |||||
| Benchmark | IWM | IWM | IWM | The ETF each fund is measured against. | |
| Alpha | +1.3% a year | −2.6% a year | 0.0% | Not significant | Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts. |
| Alpha t-stat | 0.22 | −0.55 | Not an edge | How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance. | |
| Alpha range | −10.5% to +13.0% | −12.0% to +6.8% | Both include zero | The 95% range for the yearly alpha. | |
| Information ratio | −0.70 | −0.75 | FTKI (slight) | Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error. | |
| Tracking error | 12.0% | 6.3% | 0.0% | Not an edge | How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized. |
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 85 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, FTKI and RDTY 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 | FTKI | RDTY | FTKI | RDTY | FTKI | RDTY |
| 3 months | +0.5% | −1.5% | 2.9% | 7.7% | +5.5 pts | +3.5 pts |
| 6 months | +4.6% | +5.1% | 5.9% | 16.5% | +5.1 pts | +5.6 pts |
| 1 year | +20.3% | +18.8% | 12.5% | 35.2% | +1.3 pts | −0.2 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: FTKI Feb 2025 · RDTY Mar 2025 | +19.9% | +32.2% | 18.3% | 53.1% | −16.2 pts | −8.7 pts |
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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.
RDTY
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RDTY paid 35.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 19.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.8%. Russell 2000 (IWM) returned +19.0% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 35.9%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 65% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 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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