Which paid more, AAPW or AAPY?

Over the year to Sep 30, 2026, AAPW paid 27.9% of its starting price in cash and AAPY paid 12.8%, so AAPW paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, AAPW or AAPY?

With every distribution reinvested, AAPW returned +32.9% and AAPY +30.6% over the year to Sep 30, 2026.

Which is cheaper, AAPW or AAPY?

AAPW charges 1.00% a year and AAPY charges 0.99%, so AAPY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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AAPW vs AAPY: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year AAPW paid 27.9% of its price in cash against AAPY’s 12.8%, and returned more with it reinvested. Roundhill AAPL WeeklyPay ETF and Kurv Yield Premium Strategy Apple (AAPL) ETF.

27.9%

AAPW cash paid, 1 year

12.8%

AAPY cash paid, 1 year

+32.9%

AAPW total return, 1 year

+30.6%

AAPY total return, 1 year

AAPW · 1 year to Sep 30, 20261.6 pts ahead of AAPL

AAPW

+32.9%

AAPL

+31.3%

1.6 pts ahead of AAPL

AAPW over 1 year: paid 27.9%, price −0.6%, total +32.9%, AAPL +31.3%, +1.6 pts.

AAPL

+31.3%

AAPW

+32.9%

27.9% of it arrived as cash

1.6 pts ahead of AAPL

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.6 pts ahead of AAPL

AAPW over 1 year: paid 27.9%, price −0.6%, total +32.9%, AAPL +31.3%, +1.6 pts.

AAPL

+31.3%

AAPW

+32.9%

27.9% as cash

1.6 pts ahead of AAPL

27.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. AAPW over 1 year: paid 27.9%, price −0.6%, total +32.9%, AAPL +31.3%, +1.6 pts.

AAPY · 1 year to Sep 30, 20260.7 pts behind AAPL

AAPY

+30.6%

AAPL

+31.3%

0.7 pts behind AAPL

AAPY over 1 year: paid 12.8%, price +15.5%, total +30.6%, AAPL +31.3%, −0.7 pts.

AAPL

+31.3%

AAPY

+30.6%

12.8% of it arrived as cash

0.7 pts behind AAPL

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.7 pts behind AAPL

AAPY over 1 year: paid 12.8%, price +15.5%, total +30.6%, AAPL +31.3%, −0.7 pts.

AAPL

+31.3%

AAPY

+30.6%

0.7 pts behind AAPL

12.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +32.9%. AAPY over 1 year: paid 12.8%, price +15.5%, total +30.6%, AAPL +31.3%, −0.7 pts.

ETFIQ Return Stability Score · AAPW scores higherWas the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

AAPW 82.8

AAPY 80

7.2, the lowest in this set97.2, the highest

A percentile among the 70 income ETFs writing on a single company. 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 →

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AAPW and AAPY hold 41% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

50%

half

41% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding AAPW AAPY

TREASURY BILL 85.68% 41.49%

Only in AAPW

Apple Inc 14.32%

Only in AAPY

TREASURY BILL 34.20%

TREASURY BILL 24.31%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

Performance, window by window

	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	AAPW	AAPY	AAPW	AAPY	AAPW	AAPY
3 months	+15.0%	+13.2%	7.4%	3.0%	+1.8 pts	−0.1 pts
6 months	+35.6%	+32.2%	16.2%	7.0%	+5.1 pts	+1.7 pts
1 year	+32.9%	+30.6%	27.9%	12.8%	+1.6 pts	−0.7 pts
Since launch AAPW Feb 2025 · AAPY Oct 2023	+34.7%	+68.6%	39.0%	42.7%	−2.2 pts	−32.0 pts

AAPW and AAPY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →

On the same fields

AAPW

Roundhill AAPL WeeklyPay ETF · Option income on AAPL, paying weekly

AAPY

Kurv Yield Premium Strategy Apple (AAPL) ETF · Synthetic covered call on AAPL, paying monthly

Issuer Roundhill Kurv

Strategy option income synthetic covered call

Benchmark Apple (AAPL) Apple (AAPL)

Pays weekly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 29.0% 10.9%

Expense ratio 1.00% 0.99%

Cash paid, 1 year 27.9% 12.8%

Price change, 1 year −0.6% +15.5%

Total return, 1 year +32.9% +30.6%

Benchmark return, 1 year +31.3% +31.3%

Ahead or behind +1.6 pts −0.7 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 83%

Age 588 days 1069 days

Net assets $42m $8m

AAPW and AAPY on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

AAPW in plain words

Over the year to Sep 30, 2026, AAPW paid 27.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +32.9%. Apple (AAPL) returned +31.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.6 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 29.0%, paid weekly.

AAPY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 30, 2026, AAPY paid 12.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 15.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +30.6%. Apple (AAPL) returned +31.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.7 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.9%, paid monthly. Kurv estimates that 83% of the distribution paid Aug 20, 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, AAPW or AAPY?: Over the year to Sep 30, 2026, AAPW paid 27.9% of its starting price in cash and AAPY paid 12.8%, so AAPW paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, AAPW or AAPY?: With every distribution reinvested, AAPW returned +32.9% and AAPY +30.6% over the year to Sep 30, 2026.
Which is cheaper, AAPW or AAPY?: AAPW charges 1.00% a year and AAPY charges 0.99%, so AAPY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

AAPW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗AAPW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Roundhill page for AAPW ↗AAPY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗AAPY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗Kurv page for AAPY ↗

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