Are IVV and NVDY in the same category?

IVV is a stock ETF and NVDY is an option-income ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

Which returned more over the last year, IVV or NVDY?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +13.7% and NVDY +10.5%.

Which is cheaper, IVV or NVDY?

IVV is cheaper, by 1.06 percentage points a year. That is about $106 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IVV vs NVDY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IVV returned +13.7% to NVDY's +10.5%, and IVV charges 0.03% to NVDY's 1.09%.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $885.1bn for iShares Core S&P 500 ETF and $1.3bn for YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF.

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At a glance

+13.7%

IVV total return, 1 year

+10.5%

NVDY total return, 1 year

0.03%

IVV expense ratio

1.09%

NVDY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IVV costs 1.06 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.2 points; IVV is far larger, $885.1bn against $1.3bn.

IVV vs NVDY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IVV	NVDY
Return
Measure	IVV	NVDY
Total return, 1 year	+13.7%	+10.5%
Price change, 1 year	rose 12.4%	fell 29.9%
Latest payout, annualized		25.2%
Against its benchmark
Measure	IVV	NVDY
What it tracks	S&P 500	Benchmark: NVIDIA (NVDA)
Against its benchmark, same days		ahead by 3.1 pts
Cost and size
Measure	IVV	NVDY
Expense ratio	0.03%	1.09%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$885.1bn	$1.3bn
Holdings
Measure	IVV	NVDY
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	38.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IVV and NVDY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IVV NVDY

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Only in IVV

NVIDIA 7.92%

APPLE 7.61%

MICROSOFT 5.93%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.73%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.83%

BROADCOM INC 2.45%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.26%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.05%

Only in NVDY

United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 19.44%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 18.49%

NVDA US 11/20/26 C210 6.10%

NVDA US 10/30/26 C220 0.22%

2NVDA US 11/20/26 C210.01 FLX 0.08%

NVDA US 10/30/26 C225 0.06%

NVDA US 10/30/26 C217.5 -0.48%

NVDA US 10/30/26 C215 -0.67%

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Side by side

IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF NVDY YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Income ETF

Issuer iShares YieldMax

What it is Tracks the S&P 500 synthetic covered call, vs NVDA

Total return, 1 year +13.7% +10.5%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.6% (SPY) +7.4% (NVDA)

Gap to its benchmark +0.1 pts vs SPY +3.1 pts vs NVDA

Cash paid, 1 year not an income fund 37.1%

Expense ratio 0.03% 1.09%

Holdings 505 not read by ETFIQ

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $885.1bn $1.3bn

IVV and NVDY on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price.

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About each fund

IVV

IVV tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 505 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

NVDY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, NVDY paid 37.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 29.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.5%. NVIDIA (NVDA) returned +7.4% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 3.1 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 25.2%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Are IVV and NVDY in the same category?: IVV is a stock ETF and NVDY is an option-income ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which returned more over the last year, IVV or NVDY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +13.7% and NVDY +10.5%.
Which is cheaper, IVV or NVDY?: IVV is cheaper, by 1.06 percentage points a year. That is about $106 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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IVV on its own →NVDY on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →IVV dividend history →IVV holdings →NVDY dividend history →NVDY holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

IVV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IVV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IVV ↗

NVDY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

NVDY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

NVDY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

YieldMax page for NVDY ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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