Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
BIGY vs JOYT: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BIGY paid 13.1% of its price in cash against JOYT’s 0.9%, though JOYT 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 $117m for JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF.
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.About even with SPY
JOYT over 1 year: paid 0.9%, price +13.7%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPY
+14.8%
JOYT
+14.6%
about even with SPY
Total return, distributions reinvested
About even with SPY
JOYT over 1 year: paid 0.9%, price +13.7%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPY
+14.8%
JOYT
+14.6%
about even with SPY
0.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. JOYT over 1 year: paid 0.9%, price +13.7%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
JOYT costs 0.74 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.2 points; JOYT is 3.8 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | BIGY | JOYT |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +7.4% | +14.6% |
| Price change, 1 year | fell 6.1% | rose 13.7% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 29% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | S&P 500, measured through SPY | S&P 500, measured through SPY |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 1.09% | 0.35% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $31m | $117m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 55% | |
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
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 →
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, BIGY and JOYT hold 55% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
half
55% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | BIGY | JOYT | BIGY | JOYT | BIGY | JOYT |
| 3 months | −1.2% | +2.0% | 3.0% | 0.2% | −1.1 pts | +2.2 pts |
| 6 months | +2.1% | +7.8% | 6.4% | 0.4% | −2.9 pts | +2.8 pts |
| 1 year | +7.4% | +14.6% | 13.1% | 0.9% | −7.4 pts | −0.1 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: BIGY Nov 2024 · JOYT Aug 2025 | +26.8% | +21.6% | 23.9% | 0.9% | −5.3 pts | +0.1 pts |
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.
JOYT
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JOYT paid 0.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 13.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.7%, paid quarterly.
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Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.
Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.
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