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FTQI vs PAPI: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year FTQI paid 12.0% of its price in cash against PAPI’s 7.9%, and returned more with it reinvested.

First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF and Parametric Equity Premium Income ETF.

12.0%FTQI cash paid, 1 year
7.9%PAPI cash paid, 1 year
+21.5%FTQI total return, 1 year
+12.8%PAPI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: FTQI scores higher

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

FTQI 76PAPI 62.83.8, 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

FTQIAbout even with QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%FTQI+21.5%12.0% of it arrived as cashabout even with QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%FTQI+21.5%12.0% cashabout even with QQQ
PAPI3.8 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%PAPI+12.8%7.9% of it arrived as cash3.8 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%PAPI+12.8%3.8 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTQI and PAPI hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions FTQI and PAPI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingFTQIPAPI
Cisco Systems, Inc.3.18%0.77%
AbbVie Inc.1.32%0.64%
Texas Roadhouse, Inc.0.58%0.51%
Gilead Sciences, Inc.1.22%0.49%
CME Group Inc.0.97%0.40%
Evergy, Inc.0.28%0.56%
Avnet, Inc.0.22%0.71%
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.0.21%0.51%
Johnson & Johnson0.19%0.56%
Corteva Inc.0.18%0.56%
Royal Gold, Inc.0.18%0.40%
Phillips 660.16%0.56%
Only in each
Only in FTQIOnly in PAPI
Apple Inc. 8.76%Corning, Inc. 1.01%
NVIDIA Corporation 6.55%TD SYNNEX Corp. 0.81%
US Dollar 5.75%Power Integrations, Inc. 0.73%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 5.41%Royalty Pharma plc 0.73%
Amazon.com, Inc. 4.13%Millicom International Cellular SA 0.72%
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 2.75%Texas Instruments, Inc. 0.71%
Tesla, Inc. 2.68%Cummins, Inc. 0.70%
Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 2.54%Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc. 0.68%

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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

FTQI and PAPI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
FTQIPAPIFTQIPAPIFTQIPAPI
3 months+4.0%+4.7%2.9%2.0%+6.5 pts+2.5 pts
6 months+18.3%+5.6%6.3%4.0%−5.9 pts−12.4 pts
1 year+21.5%+12.8%12.0%7.9%−0.3 pts−3.8 pts
3 years+62.9%not published37.0%not published−35.3 ptsnot published
Since launch+141.7%+35.6%78.8%22.5%−675.0 pts−49.6 pts
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FTQI and PAPI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
FTQI
First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
PAPI
Parametric Equity Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerFirst TrustParametric
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized11.9%7.2%
Expense ratio0.75%0.29%
Cash paid, 1 year12.0%7.9%
Price change, 1 year+8.0%+4.5%
Total return, 1 year+21.5%+12.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year+21.8%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−0.3 pts−3.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age4637 days1065 days
Net assets$975m$400m

FTQI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FTQI paid 12.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +21.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.9%, paid monthly.

PAPI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, PAPI paid 7.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +12.8%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.8 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.2%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FTQI or PAPI?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FTQI paid 12.0% of its starting price in cash and PAPI paid 7.9%, so FTQI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, FTQI or PAPI?
With every distribution reinvested, FTQI returned +21.5% and PAPI returned +12.8% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so FTQI returned more.
Which is cheaper, FTQI or PAPI?
FTQI charges 0.75% a year and PAPI charges 0.29%, so PAPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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FTQI against PAPI, 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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