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AMZY vs SDTY: 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 SDTY’s 24.6%, though SDTY returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $221m for YieldMax AMZN Option Income Strategy ETF and $41m for YieldMax S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF.

At a glance
34.3%
AMZY cash paid, 1 year
24.6%
SDTY cash paid, 1 year
+7.2%
AMZY total return, 1 year
+13.4%
SDTY 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.
SDTY · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 About even with VOO
SDTY
+13.4%
VOO
+13.7%

About even with VOO

SDTY over 1 year: paid 24.6%, price −13.3%, total +13.4%, VOO +13.7%, −0.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

VOO

+13.7%

SDTY

+13.4%

24.6% of it arrived as cash

about even with VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with VOO

SDTY over 1 year: paid 24.6%, price −13.3%, total +13.4%, VOO +13.7%, −0.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

VOO

+13.7%

SDTY

+13.4%

24.6% as cash

about even with VOO

24.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SDTY over 1 year: paid 24.6%, price −13.3%, total +13.4%, VOO +13.7%, −0.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SDTY costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.2 points; AMZY is 5.4 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AMZY vs SDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureAMZYSDTY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+7.2%+13.4%
Price change, 1 yearfell 28.9%fell 13.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate58% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkAmazon (AMZN)Vanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.09%1.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$221m$41m
Holdings
Holdings in common2%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · AMZY 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 Score70.9AMZY39.9SDTY

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

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

SDTY 39.9
0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

A percentile among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company. SDTY 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 Oct 28, 2026. Method

What they share

2%

By the books each fund has filed, AMZY and SDTY hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 28, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AMZY SDTY
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 11.87% 1.61%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in AMZY
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 29.92%
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 SDTY
SPX 12/18/2026 1200.26 C 85.46%
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Side by side

AMZY YieldMax AMZN Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on AMZN, paying weekly SDTY YieldMax S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on VOO, paying weekly
Strategy synthetic covered call 0DTE covered call
Benchmark Amazon (AMZN) Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Pays weekly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 26.6% 23.3%
Expense ratio 1.09% 1.08%
Cash paid, 1 year 34.3% 24.6%
Price change, 1 year −28.9% −13.3%
Total return, 1 year +7.2% +13.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year +11.1% +13.7%
Ahead or behind −3.9 pts −0.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 58%
Age 3.3 years 1.7 years
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $221m $41m

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 SDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowAMZYSDTYAMZYSDTYAMZYSDTY
3 months+12.3%+5.8%9.5%5.7%0.0 pts−0.3 pts
6 months−0.7%+9.7%17.8%12.1%+2.5 pts+0.6 pts
1 year+7.2%+13.4%34.3%24.6%−3.8 pts−0.3 pts
3 years+80.8%–104.5%–−18.5 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: AMZY Jul 2023 · SDTY Feb 2025+89.0%+23.9%109.0%37.5%−8.2 pts−6.1 pts

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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.

SDTY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SDTY paid 24.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 13.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.4%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +13.7% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 23.3%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 58% of the distribution paid Oct 29, 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 SDTY?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AMZY paid 34.3% of its starting price in cash and SDTY paid 24.6%, 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 SDTY?
With every distribution reinvested, AMZY returned +7.2% and SDTY +13.4% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, AMZY or SDTY?
AMZY charges 1.09% a year and SDTY charges 1.08%, so SDTY 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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