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ARKY vs SBAR: Dividend Yield & Total Return

Return, fees and overlap, side by side.

Return gap
+2.9 pts
1 month to Nov 12, 2026: SBAR ahead, total return
Fee gap
0.23 pts
A year: ARKY 1.00%, SBAR 0.77%, per filings dated Jan 28, 2025 and Oct 28, 2026
Overlap
–
No book read for both funds
Net flow
–
Needs daily flows for both funds

Pair scorecard

SBAR costs 0.23 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ARKY vs SBAR: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureARKYSBAR
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 yearnot published+7.5%
Price changefell 7.6% (since Aug 19, 2026)fell 4.8% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate77% of the Oct 27, 2026 payment
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.00%0.77%
Net assetsnot read by ETFIQ$441m
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published

Method

Key numbers
2.2%
ARKY cash paid, since launch, Aug 19, 2026
11.8%
SBAR cash paid, 1 year
−5.4%
ARKY total return, since launch, Aug 19, 2026
+7.5%
SBAR total return, 1 year
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.
SBAR · 1 year to Nov 12, 2026 Not measured
SBAR
+7.5%
none

Not measured

SBAR over 1 year: paid 11.8%, price −4.8%, total +7.5%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

SBAR

+7.5%

11.8% of it arrived as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

SBAR over 1 year: paid 11.8%, price −4.8%, total +7.5%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

SBAR

+7.5%

11.8% cash

11.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SBAR over 1 year: paid 11.8%, price −4.8%, total +7.5%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Side by side

ARKY ARK Active Autocallable Income ETF · Autocallable SBAR Simplify Barrier Income ETF · Defined income, paying monthly
Issuer ARK Simplify
Strategy autocallable defined income
Benchmark not set not set
Pays not established monthly
Payout rate, annualized 12.3% 12.0%
Expense ratio 1.00% 0.77%
Cash paid, 1 year 2.2% (since launch, Aug 19, 2026) 11.8%
Price change, 1 year −7.6% (since launch, Aug 19, 2026) −4.8%
Total return, 1 year −5.4% (since launch, Aug 19, 2026) +7.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year not published not published
Ahead or behind not available not available
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 77%
Age 85 days 1.6 years
Net assets not read by ETFIQ $441m

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 SBAR: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowARKYSBARARKYSBARARKYSBAR
3 months–−0.8%–2.9%–not measured
6 months–+2.7%–5.8%–not measured
1 year–+7.5%–11.8%–not measured
Since launchNot the same days: ARKY Aug 2026 · SBAR Apr 2025−5.4%+19.7%2.2%19.0%not measurednot measured

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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.

SBAR

Over the year to Nov 12, 2026, SBAR paid 11.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 4.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.5%. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.0%, paid monthly. Simplify estimates that 77% of the distribution paid Oct 27, 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 SBAR?
ARKY charges 1.00% a year and SBAR charges 0.77%, so SBAR is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ARKY and SBAR

Total return, distributions reinvested, 1 month.

ARKY −3.7%SBAR −0.8%
Oct 13, 2026Nov 12, 2026

ARKY −3.7%, SBAR −0.8%: SBAR +2.9 pts ahead, 1 month, Oct 13, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026.