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FTKI vs RYLD: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year RYLD paid 12.3% of its price in cash against FTKI’s 12.1%, though FTKI returned more with it reinvested.

First Trust Small Cap BuyWrite Income ETF and Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF.

12.1%FTKI cash paid, 1 year
12.3%RYLD cash paid, 1 year
+16.8%FTKI total return, 1 year
+16.1%RYLD total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: FTKI scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

FTKI 70.8RYLD 65.93.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

FTKIAbout even with IWM · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
IWM+17.2%FTKI+16.8%12.1% of it arrived as cashabout even with IWMTotal return, distributions reinvestedIWM+17.2%FTKI+16.8%12.1% as cashabout even with IWM
RYLD1.1 pts behind IWM · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
IWM+17.2%RYLD+16.1%12.3% of it arrived as cash1.1 pts behind IWMTotal return, distributions reinvestedIWM+17.2%RYLD+16.1%12.3% as cash1.1 pts behind IWM

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTKI and RYLD hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions FTKI and RYLD both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingFTKIRYLD
Canadian Dollar0.00%0.00%
Only in each
Only in FTKIOnly in RYLD
US Dollar 6.26%GLOBAL X RUSSELL 2000 ETF 102.02%
UiPath, Inc. (Class A) 2.06%CASH 1.02%
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (Class A) 1.87%CARTESIAN THERAPEUTICS INC 0.00%
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 1.83%INHIBRX INC 0.00%
Etsy, Inc. 1.83%NOVARTIS AG - CVR 0.00%
Scorpio Tankers Inc. 1.76%OMNIAB INC - 12.5 EARNOUT 0.00%
Equinox Gold Corp. 1.75%OMNIAB INC - 15.00 EARNOUT 0.00%
Encompass Health Corporation 1.71%OTHER PAYABLE & RECEIVABLES -0.97%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

FTKI and RYLD over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
FTKIRYLDFTKIRYLDFTKIRYLD
3 months+1.7%+1.3%3.0%3.0%+5.3 pts+5.0 pts
6 months+8.8%+12.9%6.1%6.4%−9.1 pts−5.0 pts
1 year+16.8%+16.1%12.1%12.3%−0.5 pts−1.1 pts
3 yearsnot published+29.5%not published32.2%not published−33.0 pts
Since launch+17.9%+49.8%16.3%67.2%−18.3 pts−51.2 pts
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FTKI and RYLD on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
FTKI
First Trust Small Cap BuyWrite Income ETF
Covered call on IWM, paying monthly
RYLD
Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF
Covered call on IWM, paying monthly
IssuerFirst TrustGlobal X
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkRussell 2000 (IWM)Russell 2000 (IWM)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized12.1%12.6%
Expense ratio0.86%0.60%
Cash paid, 1 year12.1%12.3%
Price change, 1 year+3.8%+2.9%
Total return, 1 year+16.8%+16.1%
Benchmark return, 1 year+17.2%+17.2%
Ahead or behind−0.5 pts−1.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published100%
Age568 days2706 days
Net assets$27m$1.4bn

FTKI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FTKI paid 12.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.8%. Russell 2000 (IWM) returned +17.2% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.1%, paid monthly.

RYLD in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, RYLD paid 12.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.1%. Russell 2000 (IWM) returned +17.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.6%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Aug 27, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FTKI or RYLD?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FTKI paid 12.1% of its starting price in cash and RYLD paid 12.3%, so RYLD 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 RYLD?
With every distribution reinvested, FTKI returned +16.8% and RYLD returned +16.1% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so FTKI returned more.
Which is cheaper, FTKI or RYLD?
FTKI charges 0.86% a year and RYLD charges 0.60%, so RYLD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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FTKI against RYLD, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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