Which is cheaper, ACKY or JUDO?

ACKY charges 0.95% a year and JUDO charges 0.55%, so JUDO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

ACKY vs JUDO: Dividend Yield & Total Return

ACKY and JUDO both write options for income.

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Net assets: $45m on Nov 3, 2026 for VistaShares Target 15 ACKtivist Distribution ETF, and $7.0m on Jul 31, 2026 for Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF.

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At a glance

14.0%

ACKY cash paid, 1 year

3.8%

JUDO cash paid, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

+6.4%

ACKY total return, 1 year

+16.1%

JUDO total return, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

ACKY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 8.4 pts behind SPY

ACKY

+6.4%

SPY

+14.8%

8.4 pts behind SPY

ACKY over 1 year: paid 14.0%, price −8.5%, total +6.4%, SPY +14.8%, −8.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

ACKY

+6.4%

14.0% of it arrived as cash

8.4 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

8.4 pts behind SPY

ACKY over 1 year: paid 14.0%, price −8.5%, total +6.4%, SPY +14.8%, −8.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

ACKY

+6.4%

8.4 pts behind SPY

14.0% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. ACKY over 1 year: paid 14.0%, price −8.5%, total +6.4%, SPY +14.8%, −8.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

JUDO

+16.1%

none

Not measured

JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO

+16.1%

3.8% as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO

+16.1%

3.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

JUDO costs 0.40 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ACKY vs JUDO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	ACKY	JUDO
Paid and earned
Measure	ACKY	JUDO
Total return, 1 year	+6.4%	not published
Price change	fell 8.5% (1 year)	rose 2.7% (6 months)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	98% of the Sep 29, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	ACKY	JUDO
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	its own stocks
Against its benchmark, same days	behind by 8.4 pts	ahead by 0.6 pts
Cost and size
Measure	ACKY	JUDO
Expense ratio	0.95%	0.55%
Net assets, ACKY as of Nov 3, 2026 and JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026	$45m	$7.0m
Holdings
Measure	ACKY	JUDO
Holdings in common	16%

Method

What they share

16%

By the books each fund has filed, ACKY and JUDO hold 16% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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16% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACKY JUDO

Microsoft Corp 12.01% 6.64%

Amazon.com Inc 9.54% 5.17%

Mastercard Inc 5.62% 1.72%

Visa Inc 5.85% 1.70%

Meta Platforms Inc 9.13% 0.79%

Netflix Inc 3.46% 0.31%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in ACKY

Brookfield Corp 11.51%

Howard Hughes Holdings Inc 10.79%

Uber Technologies Inc 9.89%

Pershing Square USA Ltd 9.73%

Restaurant Brands International Inc 8.26%

S&P Global Inc 5.39%

BN US 11/20/26 C40 0.92%

MSFT US 11/20/26 C535 0.58%

Only in JUDO

NVIDIA Corp. 7.84%

Alphabet, Inc. 6.79%

Apple, Inc. 4.38%

Broadcom, Inc. 3.56%

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.31%

Eli Lilly & Co. 2.07%

Micron Technology, Inc. 1.99%

General Electric Co. 1.69%

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Side by side

ACKY VistaShares Target 15 ACKtivist Distribution ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly JUDO Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly

Issuer VistaShares Janus Henderson

Strategy covered call covered call

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) JUDO's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 14.5% 6.4%

Expense ratio 0.95% 0.55%

Cash paid, 1 year 14.0% 3.8% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026)

Price change, 1 year −8.5% +12.2% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +6.4% +16.1% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% not published

Ahead or behind −8.4 pts not available

Return of capital, latest estimate 98% not published

Age 1.2 years 224 days

Net assets, ACKY as of Nov 3, 2026 and JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026 $45m $7.0m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

Window by window

Window by window: ACKY vs JUDO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	ACKY	JUDO	ACKY	JUDO	ACKY	JUDO
3 months	+4.8%	−1.2%	3.7%	1.6%	+5.0 pts	+0.5 pts
6 months	+1.0%	+5.8%	6.9%	3.1%	−4.0 pts	+0.6 pts
1 year	+6.4%	–	14.0%	–	−8.4 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: ACKY Sep 2025 · JUDO Mar 2026	+6.9%	+16.1%	16.2%	3.8%	−12.6 pts	not measured

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About each fund

ACKY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, ACKY paid 14.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.4%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 8.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.5%, paid monthly. VistaShares estimates that 98% of the distribution paid Sep 29, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

JUDO

JUDO's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) returned +5.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.6 pts.

Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, JUDO paid 3.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.4%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ACKY or JUDO?: ACKY charges 0.95% a year and JUDO charges 0.55%, so JUDO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

ACKY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACKY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

ACKY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

VistaShares page for ACKY ↗

JUDO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JUDO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Janus Henderson website ↗

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How this is computed

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

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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