Which is cheaper, ACYB or MSR?

ACYB charges 0.75% a year and MSR charges 1.18%, so ACYB is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 12, 2026.

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ACYB vs MSR: Dividend Yield & Total Return

Return, fees and overlap, side by side.

Return gap

+2.8 pts

1 month to Nov 12, 2026: ACYB ahead, total return

Fee gap

0.43 pts

A year: ACYB 0.75%, MSR 1.18%, per filings dated Oct 7, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026

Overlap

Share of the two books held in common, holdings dated Nov 11, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026

Net flow

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Needs daily flows for both funds

Pair scorecard

ACYB costs 0.43 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ACYB vs MSR: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	ACYB	MSR
Paid and earned
Measure	ACYB	MSR
Price change	fell 0.6% (since Oct 7, 2026)	fell 45.1% (since May 12, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate		0% of the Jun 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	ACYB	MSR
Benchmark	not published	MicroStrategy (MSTR)
Cost and size
Measure	ACYB	MSR
Expense ratio	0.75%	1.18%
Net assets, as of Nov 11, 2026	$4.0m	$705,492
Holdings
Measure	ACYB	MSR
Holdings in common	0%

Method

Key numbers

0.0%

ACYB cash paid, since launch, Oct 7, 2026

9.7%

MSR cash paid, since launch, May 12, 2026

−0.6%

ACYB total return, since launch, Oct 7, 2026

−36.1%

MSR total return, since launch, May 12, 2026

ACYB · since launch to Nov 12, 2026 Not measured

ACYB

−0.6%

none

Not measured

ACYB since launch: paid 0.0%, price −0.6%, total −0.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

ACYB

−0.6%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

ACYB since launch: paid 0.0%, price −0.6%, total −0.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

ACYB

−0.6%

0.0% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. ACYB since launch: paid 0.0%, price −0.6%, total −0.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Data to Nov 12, 2026.

MSR · since launch to Nov 12, 2026 1.9 pts ahead of MSTR

MSR

−36.1%

MSTR

−38.0%

1.9 pts ahead of MSTR

MSR since launch: paid 9.7%, price −45.1%, total −36.1%, MSTR −38.0%, +1.9 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

MSTR

−38.0%

MSR

−36.1%

1.9 pts ahead of MSTR

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.9 pts ahead of MSTR

MSR since launch: paid 9.7%, price −45.1%, total −36.1%, MSTR −38.0%, +1.9 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

MSTR

−38.0%

MSR

−36.1%

1.9 pts ahead of MSTR

9.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. MSR since launch: paid 9.7%, price −45.1%, total −36.1%, MSTR −38.0%, +1.9 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Data to Nov 12, 2026.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ACYB and MSR hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 11, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACYB MSR

Only in one fund ↓

Only in ACYB

ACYB Autocall Derivative BNP -0.46%

ACYB Autocall Derivative JPMorgan -0.50%

ACYB Autocall Derivative Citi -0.51%

Only in MSR

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Side by side

ACYB FT Vest Laddered Autocallable Buffer & Resilient Income ETF · Autocallable MSR GraniteShares Autocallable MSTR ETF · Autocallable on MSTR, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust GraniteShares

Strategy autocallable autocallable

Benchmark not set MicroStrategy (MSTR)

Pays not established monthly

Payout rate, annualized not published 49.3%

Expense ratio 0.75% 1.18%

Cash paid, 1 year 0.0% (since launch, Oct 7, 2026) 9.7% (since launch, May 12, 2026)

Price change, 1 year −0.6% (since launch, Oct 7, 2026) −45.1% (since launch, May 12, 2026)

Total return, 1 year −0.6% (since launch, Oct 7, 2026) −36.1% (since launch, May 12, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year not published −38.0% (since launch, May 12, 2026)

Ahead or behind not available +1.9 pts (since launch, May 12, 2026)

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 0%

Age 36 days 184 days

Net assets, as of Nov 11, 2026 $4.0m $705,492

As of Nov 12, 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: ACYB vs MSR: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	ACYB	MSR	ACYB	MSR	ACYB	MSR
3 months	–	+3.1%	–	11.4%	–	−14.8 pts
6 months	–	−38.2%	–	9.4%	–	+0.6 pts
Since launchNot the same days: ACYB Oct 2026 · MSR May 2026	−0.6%	−36.1%	0.0%	9.7%	not measured	+1.8 pts

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About each fund

ACYB

Over the period from its first trade on Oct 7, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026, ACYB paid 0.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −0.6%.

MSR

Over the period from its first trade on May 12, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026, MSR paid 9.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 45.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −36.1%. MicroStrategy (MSTR) returned −38.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.9 pts. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 49.3%, paid monthly. GraniteShares estimates that 0% of the distribution paid Jun 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ACYB or MSR?: ACYB charges 0.75% a year and MSR charges 1.18%, so ACYB is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →ACYB on its own →MSR on its own →ACYB holdings →MSR dividend history →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

ACYB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACYB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for ACYB ↗

MSR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

MSR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

MSR 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

GraniteShares page for MSR ↗

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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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ACYB and MSR

Total return, distributions reinvested, 1 month.

ACYB −1.1%MSR −3.9%

Oct 13, 2026Nov 12, 2026

ACYB −1.1%, MSR −3.9%: ACYB +2.8 pts ahead, 1 month, Oct 13, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026.