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AMZY vs ISPY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AMZY paid 34.3% of its price in cash against ISPY’s 5.7%, though ISPY returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $221m on Oct 27, 2026 for YieldMax AMZN Option Income Strategy ETF, and $1.2bn on Oct 28, 2026 for ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF.

At a glance
34.3%
AMZY cash paid, 1 year
5.7%
ISPY cash paid, 1 year
+7.2%
AMZY total return, 1 year
+10.1%
ISPY total return, 1 year
AMZY · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 3.9 pts behind AMZN
AMZY
+7.2%
AMZN
+11.1%

3.9 pts behind AMZN

AMZY over 1 year: paid 34.3%, price −28.9%, total +7.2%, AMZN +11.1%, −3.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

AMZN

+11.1%

AMZY

+7.2%

34.3% of it arrived as cash

3.9 pts behind AMZN

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.9 pts behind AMZN

AMZY over 1 year: paid 34.3%, price −28.9%, total +7.2%, AMZN +11.1%, −3.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

AMZN

+11.1%

AMZY

+7.2%

3.9 pts behind AMZN

34.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. AMZY over 1 year: paid 34.3%, price −28.9%, total +7.2%, AMZN +11.1%, −3.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.
ISPY · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 3.5 pts behind SPY
ISPY
+10.1%
SPY
+13.6%

3.5 pts behind SPY

ISPY over 1 year: paid 5.7%, price +4.0%, total +10.1%, SPY +13.6%, −3.5 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

SPY

+13.6%

ISPY

+10.1%

5.7% of it arrived as cash

3.5 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.5 pts behind SPY

ISPY over 1 year: paid 5.7%, price +4.0%, total +10.1%, SPY +13.6%, −3.5 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

SPY

+13.6%

ISPY

+10.1%

3.5 pts behind SPY

5.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. ISPY over 1 year: paid 5.7%, price +4.0%, total +10.1%, SPY +13.6%, −3.5 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

ISPY costs 0.54 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.9 points; ISPY is 5.4 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AMZY vs ISPY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureAMZYISPY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+7.2%+10.1%
Price change, 1 yearfell 28.9%rose 4.0%
Return of capital, issuer estimate81% of the Oct 7, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkAmazon (AMZN)S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.09%0.55%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$221m$1.2bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · ISPY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

AMZY among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company

IQ Income Score70.9AMZY85.7ISPY

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 74 income ETFs writing on a single company and 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

AMZY 70.9
0.7, the lowest in this set 99.3, the highest

ISPY among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company

ISPY 85.7
0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

A percentile among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company. ISPY is a percentile among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company, a different set, so the two marks are not on one scale. 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 →

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026. Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, AMZY and ISPY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AMZY ISPY
Only in one fund ↓
Only in AMZY
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 29.92%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 11.87%
AMZN US 11/20/26 C255 5.21%
AMZN US 10/30/26 C265 1.35%
AMZN US 10/30/26 C262.5 1.22%
AMZN US 10/30/26 C252.5 -2.04%
AMZN US 10/30/26 C255 -2.30%
2AMZN US 11/20/26 P255.01 FLX -5.06%
Only in ISPY
NVIDIA Corp. 6.80%
Apple, Inc. 5.92%
Microsoft Corp. 4.80%
Amazon.com, Inc. 3.24%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.53%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.23%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.02%
Meta Platforms, Inc. 1.60%
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Side by side

AMZY YieldMax AMZN Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on AMZN, paying weekly ISPY ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF · Option income on SPY, paying monthly
Strategy synthetic covered call option income
Benchmark Amazon (AMZN) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays weekly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 26.6% 6.3%
Expense ratio 1.09% 0.55%
Cash paid, 1 year 34.3% 5.7%
Price change, 1 year −28.9% +4.0%
Total return, 1 year +7.2% +10.1%
Benchmark return, 1 year +11.1% +13.6%
Ahead or behind −3.9 pts −3.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 81%
Age 3.3 years 2.9 years
Net assets, AMZY as of Oct 27, 2026 and ISPY as of Oct 28, 2026 $221m $1.2bn

As of Oct 28, 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: AMZY vs ISPY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowAMZYISPYAMZYISPYAMZYISPY
3 months+12.3%+4.8%9.5%1.6%0.0 pts−1.4 pts
6 months−0.7%+7.3%17.8%3.3%+2.5 pts−1.7 pts
1 year+7.2%+10.1%34.3%5.7%−3.8 pts−3.5 pts
3 years+80.8%–104.5%–−18.5 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: AMZY Jul 2023 · ISPY Dec 2023+89.0%+54.8%109.0%26.5%−8.2 pts−15.5 pts

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Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-ADA023BE33

AMZY and ISPY are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

  1. Income paid. AMZY paid 34.3% and ISPY 5.7% (cash paid over 1 year, as a share of its price at the start), a gap of 28.6 points.
  2. What each is measured against. AMZY is measured against Amazon (AMZN) and ISPY against S&P 500 through SPY.
  3. Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 28, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026).

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund
AMZY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AMZY paid 34.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 28.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.2%. Amazon (AMZN) returned +11.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.9 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 26.6%, paid weekly.

ISPY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ISPY paid 5.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +13.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.5 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.3%, paid monthly. ProShares estimates that 81% of the distribution paid Oct 7, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, AMZY or ISPY?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AMZY paid 34.3% of its starting price in cash and ISPY paid 5.7%, so AMZY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, AMZY or ISPY?
With every distribution reinvested, AMZY returned +7.2% and ISPY +10.1% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, AMZY or ISPY?
AMZY charges 1.09% a year and ISPY charges 0.55%, so ISPY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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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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