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ACKY vs DIVO: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year ACKY paid 13.9% of its price in cash against DIVO’s 6.8%, though DIVO returned more with it reinvested.

VistaShares Target 15 ACKtivist Distribution ETF and Amplify CWP Enhanced Dividend Income ETF.

13.9%ACKY cash paid, 1 year
6.8%DIVO cash paid, 1 year
−1.3%ACKY total return, 1 year
+14.6%DIVO total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: DIVO scores higher

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

ACKY 12.7DIVO 67.33.8, 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

ACKY17.9 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%ACKY−1.3%17.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%ACKY−1.3%17.9 pts behind SPY
DIVO2 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%DIVO+14.6%6.8% of it arrived as cash2 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%DIVO+14.6%2 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACKY and DIVO hold 11% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ACKY and DIVO both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingACKYDIVO
Microsoft Corp11.56%5.97%
Visa Inc5.35%5.15%
Only in each
Only in ACKYOnly in DIVO
Brookfield Corp 11.16%Apple Inc 5.49%
Uber Technologies Inc 10.74%Caterpillar Inc 5.34%
Pershing Square USA Ltd 10.50%Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio 12/31/2031 5.02%
Meta Platforms Inc 10.23%JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 4.90%
Amazon.com Inc 9.95%Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 4.76%
Howard Hughes Holdings Inc 8.86%Amgen Inc 4.74%
Restaurant Brands International Inc 8.22%Chevron Corp 4.67%
Mastercard Inc 5.11%State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF 4.53%

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 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

ACKY and DIVO over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
ACKYDIVOACKYDIVOACKYDIVO
3 months+0.8%+4.5%3.7%1.2%−1.5 pts+2.3 pts
6 months+5.8%+9.4%7.7%2.5%−12.2 pts−8.6 pts
1 year−1.3%+14.6%13.9%6.8%−17.9 pts−2.0 pts
3 yearsnot published+56.1%not published19.1%not published−22.3 pts
Since launch−0.4%+218.8%14.0%72.4%−19.1 pts−76.3 pts
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ACKY and DIVO on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ACKY
VistaShares Target 15 ACKtivist Distribution ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
DIVO
Amplify CWP Enhanced Dividend Income ETF
Dividend stocks with call overlay on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerVistaSharesAmplify
Strategycovered calldividend stocks with call overlay
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized15.7%4.9%
Expense ratio0.95%0.56%
Cash paid, 1 year13.9%6.8%
Price change, 1 year−15.1%+7.3%
Total return, 1 year−1.3%+14.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−17.9 pts−2.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age374 days3565 days
Net assets$45m$7.8bn

ACKY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, ACKY paid 13.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 15.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −1.3%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 17.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.7%, paid monthly.

DIVO in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, DIVO paid 6.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 7.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 4.9%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, ACKY or DIVO?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, ACKY paid 13.9% of its starting price in cash and DIVO paid 6.8%, so ACKY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, ACKY or DIVO?
With every distribution reinvested, ACKY returned −1.3% and DIVO returned +14.6% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so DIVO returned more.
Which is cheaper, ACKY or DIVO?
ACKY charges 0.95% a year and DIVO charges 0.56%, so DIVO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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ACKY against DIVO, 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.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, ACKY against DIVO, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/acky-vs-divo Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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