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ACYQ vs SBAR: Dividend Yield & Total Return

Return, fees and overlap, side by side.

Return gap
+3.3 pts
3 months to Nov 12, 2026: SBAR ahead, total return
Fee gap
0.02 pts
A year: ACYQ 0.75%, SBAR 0.77%, per filings dated Jun 24, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026
Overlap
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Net flow
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Pair scorecard

ACYQ costs 0.02 points a year less; SBAR is 4.0 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ACYQ vs SBAR: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureACYQSBAR
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 yearnot published+7.5%
Price changefell 5.1% (since Jun 24, 2026)fell 4.8% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate35% of the Nov 3, 2026 payment77% of the Oct 27, 2026 payment
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.75%0.77%
Net assets, as of Nov 11, 2026$111m$441m
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published

Method

Key numbers
5.7%
ACYQ cash paid, since launch, Jun 24, 2026
11.8%
SBAR cash paid, 1 year
+0.3%
ACYQ total return, since launch, Jun 24, 2026
+7.5%
SBAR total return, 1 year
ACYQ · since launch to Nov 12, 2026 Not measured
ACYQ
+0.3%
none

Not measured

ACYQ since launch: paid 5.7%, price −5.1%, total +0.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

ACYQ

+0.3%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

ACYQ since launch: paid 5.7%, price −5.1%, total +0.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

ACYQ

+0.3%

5.7% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. ACYQ since launch: paid 5.7%, price −5.1%, total +0.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Data to Nov 12, 2026.
SBAR · 1 year to Nov 12, 2026 Not measured
SBAR
+7.5%
none

Not measured

SBAR over 1 year: paid 11.8%, price −4.8%, total +7.5%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

SBAR

+7.5%

11.8% of it arrived as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

SBAR over 1 year: paid 11.8%, price −4.8%, total +7.5%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

SBAR

+7.5%

11.8% as cash

11.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SBAR over 1 year: paid 11.8%, price −4.8%, total +7.5%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Side by side

ACYQ FT Vest Autocallable Barrier & High Income ETF · Autocallable, paying monthly SBAR Simplify Barrier Income ETF · Defined income, paying monthly
Strategy autocallable defined income
Benchmark not set not set
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 23.3% 12.0%
Expense ratio 0.75% 0.77%
Cash paid, 1 year 5.7% (since launch, Jun 24, 2026) 11.8%
Price change, 1 year −5.1% (since launch, Jun 24, 2026) −4.8%
Total return, 1 year +0.3% (since launch, Jun 24, 2026) +7.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year not published not published
Ahead or behind not available not available
Return of capital, latest estimate 35% 77%
Age 141 days 1.6 years
Net assets, as of Nov 11, 2026 $111m $441m

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: ACYQ vs SBAR: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowACYQSBARACYQSBARACYQSBAR
3 months−4.1%−0.8%5.4%2.9%not measurednot measured
6 months–+2.7%–5.8%–not measured
1 year–+7.5%–11.8%–not measured
Since launchNot the same days: ACYQ Jun 2026 · SBAR Apr 2025+0.3%+19.7%5.7%19.0%not measurednot measured

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About each fund
ACYQ

Over the period from its first trade on Jun 24, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026, ACYQ paid 5.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 5.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.3%. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 23.3%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 35% of the distribution paid Nov 3, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

SBAR

Over the year to Nov 12, 2026, SBAR paid 11.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 4.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.5%. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.0%, paid monthly. Simplify estimates that 77% of the distribution paid Oct 27, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ACYQ or SBAR?
ACYQ charges 0.75% a year and SBAR charges 0.77%, so ACYQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ACYQ and SBAR

Total return, distributions reinvested, 3 months.

ACYQ −4.1%SBAR −0.8%
Aug 13, 2026Nov 12, 2026

ACYQ −4.1%, SBAR −0.8%: SBAR +3.3 pts ahead, 3 months, Aug 13, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026.