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ARKY vs MSR: Dividend Yield & Total Return

Return, fees and overlap, side by side.

Return gap
+0.2 pts
1 month to Nov 12, 2026: ARKY ahead, total return
Fee gap
0.18 pts
A year: ARKY 1.00%, MSR 1.18%, per filings dated Jan 28, 2025 and Oct 28, 2026
Overlap
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Net flow
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Pair scorecard

ARKY costs 0.18 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ARKY vs MSR: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureARKYMSR
Paid and earned
Price changefell 7.6% (since Aug 19, 2026)fell 45.1% (since May 12, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate0% of the Jun 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Benchmarknot publishedMicroStrategy (MSTR)
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.00%1.18%
Net assetsnot read by ETFIQ$705,492
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published

Method

Key numbers
2.2%
ARKY cash paid, since launch, Aug 19, 2026
9.7%
MSR cash paid, since launch, May 12, 2026
−5.4%
ARKY total return, since launch, Aug 19, 2026
−36.1%
MSR total return, since launch, May 12, 2026
ARKY · since launch to Nov 12, 2026 Not measured
ARKY
−5.4%
none

Not measured

ARKY since launch: paid 2.2%, price −7.6%, total −5.4%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

ARKY

−5.4%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

ARKY since launch: paid 2.2%, price −7.6%, total −5.4%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

ARKY

−5.4%

2.2% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. ARKY since launch: paid 2.2%, price −7.6%, total −5.4%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Data to Nov 12, 2026.
MSR · since launch to Nov 12, 2026 1.9 pts ahead of MSTR
MSR
−36.1%
MSTR
−38.0%

1.9 pts ahead of MSTR

MSR since launch: paid 9.7%, price −45.1%, total −36.1%, MSTR −38.0%, +1.9 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

MSTR

−38.0%

MSR

−36.1%

1.9 pts ahead of MSTR

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.9 pts ahead of MSTR

MSR since launch: paid 9.7%, price −45.1%, total −36.1%, MSTR −38.0%, +1.9 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

MSTR

−38.0%

MSR

−36.1%

1.9 pts ahead of MSTR

9.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. MSR since launch: paid 9.7%, price −45.1%, total −36.1%, MSTR −38.0%, +1.9 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Side by side

ARKY ARK Active Autocallable Income ETF · Autocallable MSR GraniteShares Autocallable MSTR ETF · Autocallable on MSTR, paying monthly
Strategy autocallable autocallable
Benchmark not set MicroStrategy (MSTR)
Pays not established monthly
Payout rate, annualized 12.3% 49.3%
Expense ratio 1.00% 1.18%
Cash paid, 1 year 2.2% (since launch, Aug 19, 2026) 9.7% (since launch, May 12, 2026)
Price change, 1 year −7.6% (since launch, Aug 19, 2026) −45.1% (since launch, May 12, 2026)
Total return, 1 year −5.4% (since launch, Aug 19, 2026) −36.1% (since launch, May 12, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year not published −38.0% (since launch, May 12, 2026)
Ahead or behind not available +1.9 pts (since launch, May 12, 2026)
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 0%
Age 85 days 184 days
Net assets not read by ETFIQ $705,492

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: ARKY vs MSR: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowARKYMSRARKYMSRARKYMSR
3 months–+3.1%–11.4%–−14.8 pts
6 months–−38.2%–9.4%–+0.6 pts
Since launchNot the same days: ARKY Aug 2026 · MSR May 2026−5.4%−36.1%2.2%9.7%not measured+1.8 pts

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About each fund
ARKY

Over the period from its first trade on Aug 19, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026, ARKY paid 2.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 7.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −5.4%. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.3%, paid periodically.

MSR

Over the period from its first trade on May 12, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026, MSR paid 9.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 45.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −36.1%. MicroStrategy (MSTR) returned −38.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.9 pts. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 49.3%, paid monthly. GraniteShares estimates that 0% of the distribution paid Jun 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ARKY or MSR?
ARKY charges 1.00% a year and MSR charges 1.18%, so ARKY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ARKY and MSR

Total return, distributions reinvested, 1 month.

ARKY −3.7%MSR −3.9%
Oct 13, 2026Nov 12, 2026

ARKY −3.7%, MSR −3.9%: ARKY +0.2 pts ahead, 1 month, Oct 13, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026.