Data as of .
ACKY vs YYY: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year ACKY paid 13.9% of its price in cash against YYY’s 12.1%, though YYY returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: YYY scores higher
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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
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, ACKY and YYY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in ACKY | Only in YYY |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Corp 11.56% | abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund 3.61% |
| Brookfield Corp 11.16% | BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust 3.33% |
| Uber Technologies Inc 10.74% | Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp 3.32% |
| Pershing Square USA Ltd 10.50% | Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund/Closed-end Fund 3.30% |
| Meta Platforms Inc 10.23% | PIMCO High Income Fund 3.04% |
| Amazon.com Inc 9.95% | Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 2.98% |
| Howard Hughes Holdings Inc 8.86% | Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund 2.66% |
| Restaurant Brands International Inc 8.22% | Western Asset Diversified Income Fund 2.45% |
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
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACKY | YYY | ACKY | YYY | ACKY | YYY | |
| 3 months | +0.8% | −2.5% | 3.7% | 3.1% | −1.5 pts | −4.8 pts |
| 6 months | +5.8% | +4.7% | 7.7% | 6.5% | −12.2 pts | −13.3 pts |
| 1 year | −1.3% | +3.4% | 13.9% | 12.1% | −17.9 pts | −13.2 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +37.1% | not published | 37.7% | not published | −41.3 pts |
| Since launch | −0.4% | +117.8% | 14.0% | 112.4% | −19.1 pts | −519.1 pts |
| ACKY VistaShares Target 15 ACKtivist Distribution ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | YYY Amplify CEF High Income ETF Option income on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | VistaShares | Amplify |
| Strategy | covered call | option income |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy | S&P 500 (SPY), used as the proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 15.7% | 13.3% |
| Expense ratio | 0.95% | 3.23% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 13.9% | 12.1% |
| Price change, 1 year | −15.1% | −8.8% |
| Total return, 1 year | −1.3% | +3.4% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | −17.9 pts | −13.2 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 374 days | 5211 days |
| Net assets | $45m | $702m |
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.
YYY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, YYY paid 12.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.4%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as the proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 13.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.3%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, ACKY or YYY?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, ACKY paid 13.9% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.1%, 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 YYY?
- With every distribution reinvested, ACKY returned −1.3% and YYY returned +3.4% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so YYY returned more.
- Which is cheaper, ACKY or YYY?
- ACKY charges 0.95% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so ACKY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, ACKY against YYY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/acky-vs-yyy Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.