AZYY vs XVAZ: which paid, and which earned it?
AZYY and XVAZ both write options for income. GraniteShares YieldBOOST AMZN ETF and FT Vest AMZN & Target Income ETF.
16.4 pts behind AMZN
AZYY over 1 year: paid 35.0%, price −37.9%, total −3.0%, AMZN +13.5%, −16.4 pts.
AMZN
+13.5%
AZYY
−3.0%
16.4 pts behind AMZN
Total return, distributions reinvested
16.4 pts behind AMZN
AZYY over 1 year: paid 35.0%, price −37.9%, total −3.0%, AMZN +13.5%, −16.4 pts.
AMZN
+13.5%
AZYY
−3.0%
16.4 pts behind AMZN
35.0% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. AZYY over 1 year: paid 35.0%, price −37.9%, total −3.0%, AMZN +13.5%, −16.4 pts.
About even with AMZN
XVAZ since launch: paid 0.0%, price +0.2%, total +0.2%, AMZN −0.1%, +0.2 pts.
AMZN
−0.1%
XVAZ
+0.2%
about even with AMZN
Total return, distributions reinvested
About even with AMZN
XVAZ since launch: paid 0.0%, price +0.2%, total +0.2%, AMZN −0.1%, +0.2 pts.
AMZN
−0.1%
XVAZ
+0.2%
about even with AMZN
0.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +13.5%. XVAZ since launch: paid 0.0%, price +0.2%, total +0.2%, AMZN −0.1%, +0.2 pts.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, AZYY and XVAZ hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.
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0% in common
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.
Performance, window by window
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | AZYY | XVAZ | AZYY | XVAZ | AZYY | XVAZ |
| 3 months | +2.5% | not published | 8.3% | not published | −0.6 pts | not published |
| 6 months | +7.0% | not published | 18.6% | not published | −11.4 pts | not published |
| 1 year | −3.0% | not published | 35.0% | not published | −16.4 pts | not published |
| Since launch AZYY Sep 2025 · XVAZ Sep 2026 | −9.2% | +0.2% | 34.0% | 0.0% | −15.7 pts | +0.2 pts |
AZYY and XVAZ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →
On the same fields
AZYY and XVAZ on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
AZYY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 30, 2026, AZYY paid 35.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 37.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −3.0%. Amazon (AMZN) returned +13.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 16.4 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 33.7%, paid weekly. GraniteShares estimates that 92% of the distribution paid Sep 1, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).
XVAZ in plain words
Over the period since launch on Sep 23, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, XVAZ paid 0.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.2%. Amazon (AMZN) returned −0.1% over the same days, so a holder was about even.
Questions people ask
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ETFIQ, AZYY against XVAZ, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/azyy-vs-xvaz
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