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GOOY vs ISPY
YieldMax(R) GOOGL Option Income Strategy ETF and ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF, side by side on the income desk.
Open the live comparison on ETFIQ| GOOY YieldMax(R) GOOGL Option Income Strategy ETF | ISPY ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | YieldMax | ProShares |
| Strategy | synthetic covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | Alphabet (GOOGL) | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| Pays | weekly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualised | 28.7% | 5.8% |
| Expense ratio | 1.14% | not published |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 45.5% | 5.7% |
| Price change, 1 year | −12.9% | +10.8% |
| Total return, 1 year | +35.5% | +16.9% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +46.2% | +20.0% |
| Ahead or behind | −10.7 pts | −3.1 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | 2% | not published |
| Age | 1134 days | 989 days |
GOOY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, GOOY paid 45.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 12.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +35.5%. Alphabet (GOOGL) returned +46.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.7 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 28.7%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 2% of the distribution paid Sep 4, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterisation rather than a measure of erosion).
ISPY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, ISPY paid 5.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 10.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +20.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.1 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 5.8%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, GOOY or ISPY?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, GOOY paid 45.5% of its starting price in cash and ISPY paid 5.7%, so GOOY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
- Which returned more once distributions are counted, GOOY or ISPY?
- With every distribution reinvested, GOOY returned +35.5% and ISPY returned +16.9% over the year to Sep 4, 2026, so GOOY returned more.
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