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BIGY vs EGGY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, EGGY paid 30.4% of its price in cash against BIGY’s 13.1%, though BIGY returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $31m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Target 12 Big 50 Option Income ETF, and $158m on Aug 31, 2026 for NestYield Dynamic Income ETF.

At a glance
13.1%
BIGY cash paid, 1 year
30.4%
EGGY cash paid, 1 year
+7.4%
BIGY total return, 1 year
−12.6%
EGGY 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% 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.
EGGY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 27.4 pts behind SPY
EGGY
−12.6%
SPY
+14.8%

27.4 pts behind SPY

EGGY over 1 year: paid 30.4%, price −37.9%, total −12.6%, SPY +14.8%, −27.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

EGGY

−12.6%

27.4 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

27.4 pts behind SPY

EGGY over 1 year: paid 30.4%, price −37.9%, total −12.6%, SPY +14.8%, −27.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

EGGY

−12.6%

27.4 pts behind SPY

30.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. EGGY over 1 year: paid 30.4%, price −37.9%, total −12.6%, SPY +14.8%, −27.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

EGGY costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 20.0 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

BIGY vs EGGY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureBIGYEGGY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+7.4%−12.6%
Price change, 1 yearfell 6.1%fell 37.9%
Return of capital, issuer estimate29% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.09%0.92%
Net assets, BIGY as of Nov 3, 2026 and EGGY as of Aug 31, 2026$31m$158m
Holdings
Holdings in common12%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · BIGY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score38BIGY11.7EGGY

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

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Method

Risk and return

Jan 3, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 95 weekly returns · each against SPY
BIGY EGGY
Return
Total return edge BIGY +23.6% +12.9%
Annualized edge BIGY +12.3% +6.9%
Price return edge BIGY −1.3% −35.3%
Risk
Volatility edge BIGY 14.4% 30.8%
Max drawdown edge BIGY −17.4% −32.5%
Downside capture 98.5% 144.2%
Beta 0.93 1.33
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge BIGY 0.60 0.24
Sortino edge BIGY 0.88 0.32
Treynor 0.093 0.056
Calmar edge BIGY 0.71 0.21
Against the benchmark
Alpha −2.1% a year −7.9% a year
Alpha t-stat −0.86 −0.45
Information ratio −0.85 −0.17
Tracking error 3.5% 23.9%
Reading

From Jan 2025 to Oct 2026, BIGY returned more: +23.6% to +12.9%. BIGY swung less: 14.4% to 30.8%. BIGY fell less at its worst: −17.4% to −32.5%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: BIGY vs EGGY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureBIGYEGGYSPYEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+23.6%+12.9%BIGYPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+12.3%+6.9%BIGYTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return−1.3%−35.3%BIGYPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility14.4%30.8%BIGYSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation9.8%23.3%BIGYLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−17.4%−32.5%BIGYDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture89.2%183.0%100.0%EGGYShare of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture98.5%144.2%100.0%BIGYShare of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.931.331.00BIGY lowerHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.950.421.00Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.600.24BIGYReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino0.880.32BIGYReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.0930.0560.116BIGYReturn above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.710.21BIGYAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYSPYSPYThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−2.1% a year−7.9% a year0.0%Not significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−0.86−0.45Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−7.0% to +2.8%−42.6% to +26.8%Both include zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.85−0.17EGGYReturn against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error3.5%23.9%0.0%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 95 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

12%

By the books each fund has filed, BIGY and EGGY hold 12% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

12% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BIGY EGGY
Alphabet Inc 7.37% 4.80%
Eli Lilly & Co 3.14% 2.87%
Micron Technology Inc 2.05% 4.29%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 1.86% 4.62%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in BIGY
Microsoft Corp 9.51%
Apple Inc 9.15%
NVIDIA Corp 7.62%
Amazon.com Inc 6.70%
Space Exploration Technologies Corp 4.31%
Meta Platforms Inc 3.69%
Tesla Inc 3.63%
Broadcom Inc 3.57%
Only in EGGY
Seagate Technology Holdings PL 13.26%
Bloom Energy Corp 8.93%
Lumentum Holdings Inc 8.38%
SK hynix Inc 5.56%
Vertiv Holdings Co 5.24%
Sandisk Corp 5.14%
Coherent Corp 5.11%
Western Digital Corp 4.13%
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Side by side

BIGY YieldMax Target 12 Big 50 Option Income ETF · Synthetic covered call on SPY, paying monthly EGGY NestYield Dynamic Income ETF · Option income on SPY, paying monthly
Strategy synthetic covered call option income
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 11.9% 49.4%
Expense ratio 1.09% 0.92%
Cash paid, 1 year 13.1% 30.4%
Price change, 1 year −6.1% −37.9%
Total return, 1 year +7.4% −12.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −7.4 pts −27.4 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 29% 100%
Age 2.0 years 1.9 years
Net assets, BIGY as of Nov 3, 2026 and EGGY as of Aug 31, 2026 $31m $158m

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 EGGY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowBIGYEGGYBIGYEGGYBIGYEGGY
3 months−1.2%−22.8%3.0%8.7%−1.1 pts−22.6 pts
6 months+2.1%−27.0%6.4%15.7%−2.9 pts−32.0 pts
1 year+7.4%−12.6%13.1%30.4%−7.4 pts−27.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: BIGY Nov 2024 · EGGY Dec 2024+26.8%+6.8%23.9%50.5%−5.3 pts−24.6 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.

EGGY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, EGGY paid 30.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 37.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −12.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 27.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 49.4%, paid monthly. Nest Egg estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, BIGY or EGGY?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BIGY paid 13.1% of its starting price in cash and EGGY paid 30.4%, so EGGY 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 EGGY?
With every distribution reinvested, BIGY returned +7.4% and EGGY −12.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, BIGY or EGGY?
BIGY charges 1.09% a year and EGGY charges 0.92%, so EGGY 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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