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AMZY vs XDTE: 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 XDTE’s 25.5%, though XDTE returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $221m on Oct 27, 2026 for YieldMax AMZN Option Income Strategy ETF, and $322m on Oct 28, 2026 for Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF.

At a glance
34.3%
AMZY cash paid, 1 year
25.5%
XDTE cash paid, 1 year
+7.2%
AMZY total return, 1 year
+13.6%
XDTE 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.
XDTE · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 About even with SPY
XDTE
+13.6%
SPY
+13.6%

About even with SPY

XDTE over 1 year: paid 25.5%, price −14.3%, total +13.6%, SPY +13.6%, 0.0 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

SPY

+13.6%

XDTE

+13.6%

25.5% of it arrived as cash

about even with SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with SPY

XDTE over 1 year: paid 25.5%, price −14.3%, total +13.6%, SPY +13.6%, 0.0 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

SPY

+13.6%

XDTE

+13.6%

25.5% as cash

about even with SPY

25.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XDTE over 1 year: paid 25.5%, price −14.3%, total +13.6%, SPY +13.6%, 0.0 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XDTE costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.4 points; XDTE is 1.5 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AMZY vs XDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureAMZYXDTE
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+7.2%+13.6%
Price change, 1 yearfell 28.9%fell 14.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkAmazon (AMZN)S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.09%0.97%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$221m$321m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
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 Score70.9AMZY37.5XDTE

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

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

XDTE 37.5
0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

A percentile among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company. XDTE 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

Risk and return

Mar 15, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026 · 136 weekly returns
AMZY XDTE
Return
Total return edge XDTE +37.3% +46.5%
Annualized edge XDTE +12.9% +15.7%
Price return edge XDTE −55.5% −27.7%
Risk
Volatility edge XDTE 25.6% 13.2%
Max drawdown edge XDTE −22.2% −16.7%
Downside capture 89.4% 91.3%
Beta 0.79 0.87
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge XDTE 0.43 0.85
Sortino edge XDTE 0.63 1.20
Treynor 0.189 0.129
Calmar edge XDTE 0.58 0.94
Against the benchmark
Alpha +0.8% a year −0.2% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.28 −0.10
Information ratio −0.36 −0.46
Tracking error 8.1% 4.3%

Each against its own benchmark: AMZY against AMZN, Aug 4, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026; XDTE against SPY, Mar 15, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

XDTE returned more: +46.5% to +37.3%. XDTE swung less: 13.2% to 25.6%. XDTE fell less at its worst: −16.7% to −22.2%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: AMZY vs XDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureAMZYXDTEEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+37.3%+46.5%XDTEPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+12.9%+15.7%XDTETotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return−55.5%−27.7%XDTEPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility25.6%13.2%XDTESpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation17.4%9.3%XDTELike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−22.2%−16.7%XDTEDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture67.2%83.4%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture89.4%91.3%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.790.87Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.960.92Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.430.85XDTEReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino0.631.20XDTEReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1890.129Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.580.94XDTEAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkAMZNSPYThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+0.8% a year−0.2% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.28−0.10Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−4.7% to +6.3%−5.0% to +4.5%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.36−0.46Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error8.1%4.3%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 136 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

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

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AMZY XDTE
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 XDTE
SPY 11/19/2027 77.43 C 90.12%
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Side by side

AMZY YieldMax AMZN Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on AMZN, paying weekly XDTE Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on SPY, paying weekly
Strategy synthetic covered call 0DTE covered call
Benchmark Amazon (AMZN) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays weekly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 26.6% 15.2%
Expense ratio 1.09% 0.97%
Cash paid, 1 year 34.3% 25.5%
Price change, 1 year −28.9% −14.3%
Total return, 1 year +7.2% +13.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year +11.1% +13.6%
Ahead or behind −3.9 pts 0.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 100%
Age 3.3 years 2.6 years
Net assets, AMZY as of Oct 27, 2026 and XDTE as of Oct 28, 2026 $221m $322m

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 XDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowAMZYXDTEAMZYXDTEAMZYXDTE
3 months+12.3%+5.7%9.5%4.4%0.0 pts−0.5 pts
6 months−0.7%+8.2%17.8%9.6%+2.5 pts−0.8 pts
1 year+7.2%+13.6%34.3%25.5%−3.8 pts0.0 pts
3 years+80.8%–104.5%–−18.5 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: AMZY Jul 2023 · XDTE Mar 2024+89.0%+47.8%109.0%60.6%−8.2 pts−7.1 pts

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Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-74A4186F51

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

  1. Income paid. AMZY paid 34.3% and XDTE 25.5% (cash paid over 1 year, as a share of its price at the start), a gap of 8.8 points.
  2. What each is measured against. AMZY is measured against Amazon (AMZN) and XDTE against S&P 500 through SPY.
  3. Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 28, 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.

XDTE

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, XDTE paid 25.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 14.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +13.6% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.2%, paid weekly. Roundhill estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 23, 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 XDTE?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AMZY paid 34.3% of its starting price in cash and XDTE paid 25.5%, 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 XDTE?
With every distribution reinvested, AMZY returned +7.2% and XDTE +13.6% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, AMZY or XDTE?
AMZY charges 1.09% a year and XDTE charges 0.97%, so XDTE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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