Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
AMDW vs AMDY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, AMDW paid 69.7% of its price in cash against AMDY’s 66.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets: $121m on Nov 4, 2026 for Roundhill AMD WeeklyPay ETF, and $425m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax AMD Option Income Strategy ETF.
6.5 pts ahead of AMD
AMDW over 1 year: paid 69.7%, price +7.2%, total +102.0%, AMD +95.5%, +6.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
AMD
+95.5%
AMDW
+102.0%
69.7% of it arrived as cash
6.5 pts ahead of AMD
Total return, distributions reinvested
6.5 pts ahead of AMD
AMDW over 1 year: paid 69.7%, price +7.2%, total +102.0%, AMD +95.5%, +6.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
AMD
+95.5%
AMDW
+102.0%
69.7% as cash
6.5 pts ahead of AMD
69.7% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. AMDW over 1 year: paid 69.7%, price +7.2%, total +102.0%, AMD +95.5%, +6.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.27.5 pts behind AMD
AMDY over 1 year: paid 66.3%, price −18.1%, total +68.0%, AMD +95.5%, −27.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
AMD
+95.5%
AMDY
+68.0%
66.3% of it arrived as cash
27.5 pts behind AMD
Total return, distributions reinvested
27.5 pts behind AMD
AMDY over 1 year: paid 66.3%, price −18.1%, total +68.0%, AMD +95.5%, −27.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
AMD
+95.5%
AMDY
+68.0%
66.3% cash
27.5 pts behind AMD
66.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. AMDY over 1 year: paid 66.3%, price −18.1%, total +68.0%, AMD +95.5%, −27.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
Both cost 1.00% a year; their one-year returns differ by 34.0 points; AMDY is 3.5 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | AMDW | AMDY |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +102.0% | +68.0% |
| Price change, 1 year | rose 7.2% | fell 18.1% |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | AMD (AMD) | AMD (AMD) |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $120m | $425m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 77 income ETFs writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed
One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →
Risk and return
Aug 1, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 65 weekly returns · each against AMDFrom Aug 2025 to Oct 2026, AMDW returned more: +221.4% to +145.0%. AMDY swung less: 54.1% to 78.4%. AMDY fell less at its worst: −24.6% to −31.7%.
Full scorecard
19 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | AMDW | AMDY | AMD | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | |||||
| Total return | +221.4% | +145.0% | AMDW | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. | |
| Annualized | +154.5% | +104.8% | AMDW | Total return as a yearly rate. | |
| Price return | +39.8% | −5.8% | AMDW | Price change alone, distributions left out. | |
| Risk | |||||
| Volatility | 78.4% | 54.1% | AMDY | Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier. | |
| Downside deviation | 41.4% | 30.4% | AMDY | Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate. | |
| Max drawdown | −31.7% | −24.6% | AMDY | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. | |
| Upside capture | 186.3% | 55.2% | 100.0% | AMDW | Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose. |
| Downside capture | 101.9% | 97.5% | 100.0% | AMDY (slight) | Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better. |
| Beta | 1.20 | 0.82 | 1.00 | AMDY lower | How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves. |
| R squared | 1.00 | 0.99 | 1.00 | Not an edge | Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains. |
| Risk-adjusted | |||||
| Sharpe | 1.52 | 1.52 | Tie | Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility. | |
| Sortino | 2.88 | 2.71 | AMDW (slight) | Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation. | |
| Treynor | 0.990 | 0.998 | 1.031 | Tie | Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta. |
| Calmar | 4.87 | 4.27 | AMDW | Annualized return divided by the max drawdown. | |
| Against the benchmark | |||||
| Benchmark | AMD | AMD | AMD | The ETF each fund is measured against. | |
| Alpha | −4.8% a year | −2.7% a year | 0.0% | AMDW significant | Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts. |
| Alpha t-stat | −2.61 | −0.48 | Not an edge | How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance. | |
| Alpha range | −8.6% to −1.1% | −13.9% to +8.5% | AMDY's includes zero | The 95% range for the yearly alpha. | |
| Information ratio | 1.20 | −1.60 | AMDW | Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error. | |
| Tracking error | 13.3% | 12.9% | 0.0% | Not an edge | How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized. |
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 65 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, AMDW and AMDY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
half
0% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | AMDW | AMDY | AMDW | AMDY | AMDW | AMDY |
| 3 months | −0.8% | +1.2% | 14.6% | 16.7% | −2.2 pts | −0.2 pts |
| 6 months | +13.4% | +11.3% | 35.4% | 37.3% | −2.6 pts | −4.7 pts |
| 1 year | +102.0% | +68.0% | 69.7% | 66.3% | +6.5 pts | −27.5 pts |
| 3 years | – | +200.9% | – | 117.8% | – | −134.5 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: AMDW Jul 2025 · AMDY Sep 2023 | +229.7% | +210.5% | 115.6% | 121.5% | +28.2 pts | −170.5 pts |
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No client brief for this pair: the two funds' holdings are dated 127 days apart.
AMDW
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, AMDW paid 69.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 7.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +102.0%. AMD (AMD) returned +95.5% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 6.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 53.6%, paid weekly. Roundhill estimates that 100% 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.
AMDY
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, AMDY paid 66.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 18.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +68.0%. AMD (AMD) returned +95.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 27.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 46.7%, paid weekly.
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