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BIGY vs DRKY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DRKY paid 15.2% of its price in cash against BIGY’s 13.1%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $31m for YieldMax Target 12 Big 50 Option Income ETF and $20m for VistaShares Target 15 DRUKMacro Distribution ETF.

At a glance
13.1%
BIGY cash paid, 1 year
15.2%
DRKY cash paid, 1 year
+7.4%
BIGY total return, 1 year
+15.7%
DRKY total return, 1 year
BIGY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 7.4 pts behind SPY
BIGY
+7.4%
SPY
+14.8%

7.4 pts behind SPY

BIGY over 1 year: paid 13.1%, price −6.1%, total +7.4%, SPY +14.8%, −7.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

BIGY

+7.4%

13.1% of it arrived as cash

7.4 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

7.4 pts behind SPY

BIGY over 1 year: paid 13.1%, price −6.1%, total +7.4%, SPY +14.8%, −7.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

BIGY

+7.4%

7.4 pts behind SPY

13.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. BIGY over 1 year: paid 13.1%, price −6.1%, total +7.4%, SPY +14.8%, −7.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
DRKY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.9 pts ahead of SPY
DRKY
+15.7%
SPY
+14.8%

0.9 pts ahead of SPY

DRKY over 1 year: paid 15.2%, price −0.5%, total +15.7%, SPY +14.8%, +0.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

DRKY

+15.7%

15.2% of it arrived as cash

0.9 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.9 pts ahead of SPY

DRKY over 1 year: paid 15.2%, price −0.5%, total +15.7%, SPY +14.8%, +0.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

DRKY

+15.7%

15.2% as cash

0.9 pts ahead of SPY

15.2% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. DRKY over 1 year: paid 15.2%, price −0.5%, total +15.7%, SPY +14.8%, +0.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

DRKY costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.3 points; BIGY is 1.6 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

BIGY vs DRKY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureBIGYDRKY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+7.4%+15.7%
Price change, 1 yearfell 6.1%fell 0.5%
Return of capital, issuer estimate29% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment100% of the Oct 27, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.09%0.95%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$31m$20m
Holdings
Holdings in common11%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · DRKY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score38BIGY59DRKY

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

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 →

Method

What they share

11%

By the books each fund has filed, BIGY and DRKY hold 11% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

11% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BIGY DRKY
Amazon.com Inc 6.70% 4.79%
Alphabet Inc 7.37% 3.80%
Tesla Inc 3.63% 2.26%
GOOGL US 11/20/26 C300 0.09% 0.05%
TSLA US 11/20/26 C415 0.04% 0.00%
AMZN US 11/20/26 C265 -0.20% -0.14%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in BIGY
Microsoft Corp 9.51%
Apple Inc 9.15%
NVIDIA Corp 7.62%
Space Exploration Technologies Corp 4.31%
Meta Platforms Inc 3.69%
Broadcom Inc 3.57%
Eli Lilly & Co 3.14%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 2.92%
Only in DRKY
Natera Inc 27.89%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.64%
STMicroelectronics NV 7.05%
BBB Foods Inc 5.63%
CDW Corp 4.68%
Insmed Inc 4.38%
Fox Corp 4.35%
United Airlines Holdings Inc 4.11%
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Side by side

BIGY YieldMax Target 12 Big 50 Option Income ETF · Synthetic covered call on SPY, paying monthly DRKY VistaShares Target 15 DRUKMacro Distribution ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
Strategy synthetic covered call covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 11.9% 15.2%
Expense ratio 1.09% 0.95%
Cash paid, 1 year 13.1% 15.2%
Price change, 1 year −6.1% −0.5%
Total return, 1 year +7.4% +15.7%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −7.4 pts +0.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 29% 100%
Age 2.0 years 1.1 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $31m $20m

As of Nov 4, 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: BIGY vs DRKY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowBIGYDRKYBIGYDRKYBIGYDRKY
3 months−1.2%+6.3%3.0%4.0%−1.1 pts+6.4 pts
6 months+2.1%+6.2%6.4%7.5%−2.9 pts+1.1 pts
1 year+7.4%+15.7%13.1%15.2%−7.4 pts+0.9 pts
Since launchNot the same days: BIGY Nov 2024 · DRKY Oct 2025+26.8%+20.0%23.9%16.8%−5.3 pts+4.8 pts

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About each fund
BIGY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BIGY paid 13.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 6.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.4%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.9%, paid monthly. YieldMax estimates that 29% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

DRKY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DRKY paid 15.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.9 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.2%, paid monthly. VistaShares estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 27, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, BIGY or DRKY?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BIGY paid 13.1% of its starting price in cash and DRKY paid 15.2%, so DRKY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, BIGY or DRKY?
With every distribution reinvested, BIGY returned +7.4% and DRKY +15.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, BIGY or DRKY?
BIGY charges 1.09% a year and DRKY charges 0.95%, so DRKY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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