Which paid more, BIGY or SCLZ?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BIGY paid 13.1% of its starting price in cash and SCLZ paid 8.5%, so BIGY 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 SCLZ?

With every distribution reinvested, BIGY returned +7.4% and SCLZ +10.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, BIGY or SCLZ?

BIGY charges 1.09% a year and SCLZ charges 0.79%, so SCLZ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

BIGY vs SCLZ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BIGY paid 13.1% of its price in cash against SCLZ’s 8.5%, though SCLZ 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 $20m on Jun 30, 2026 for Swan Enhanced Dividend Income ETF.

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At a glance

13.1%

BIGY cash paid, 1 year

8.5%

SCLZ cash paid, 1 year

+7.4%

BIGY total return, 1 year

+10.6%

SCLZ 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.

SCLZ · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.2 pts behind SPY

SCLZ

+10.6%

SPY

+14.8%

4.2 pts behind SPY

SCLZ over 1 year: paid 8.5%, price +1.6%, total +10.6%, SPY +14.8%, −4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SCLZ

+10.6%

8.5% of it arrived as cash

4.2 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.2 pts behind SPY

SCLZ over 1 year: paid 8.5%, price +1.6%, total +10.6%, SPY +14.8%, −4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SCLZ

+10.6%

8.5% cash

4.2 pts behind SPY

8.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SCLZ over 1 year: paid 8.5%, price +1.6%, total +10.6%, SPY +14.8%, −4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SCLZ costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.2 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

BIGY vs SCLZ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	BIGY	SCLZ
Paid and earned
Measure	BIGY	SCLZ
Total return, 1 year	+7.4%	+10.6%
Price change, 1 year	fell 6.1%	rose 1.6%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	29% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	BIGY	SCLZ
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	BIGY	SCLZ
Expense ratio	1.09%	0.79%
Net assets, BIGY as of Nov 3, 2026 and SCLZ as of Jun 30, 2026	$31m	$20m
Holdings
Measure	BIGY	SCLZ
Holdings in common	61%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · SCLZ scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score38BIGY71.6SCLZ

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

BIGY 38

SCLZ 71.6

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

61%

By the books each fund has filed, BIGY and SCLZ hold 61% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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61% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BIGY SCLZ

Apple Inc 9.15% 6.20%

NVIDIA Corp 7.62% 6.03%

Alphabet Inc 7.37% 5.22%

Amazon.com Inc 6.70% 3.77%

Microsoft Corp 9.51% 3.74%

Broadcom Inc 3.57% 4.74%

Meta Platforms Inc 3.69% 3.36%

Eli Lilly & Co 3.14% 3.88%

Berkshire Hathaway Inc 2.92% 3.12%

Micron Technology Inc 2.05% 7.95%

Visa Inc 1.92% 2.29%

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 1.86% 5.18%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in BIGY

Space Exploration Technologies Corp 4.31%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 2.22%

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 1.66%

Procter & Gamble Co 0.91%

UnitedHealth Group Inc 0.87%

Bank of America Corp 0.86%

Oracle Corp 0.84%

Intel Corp 0.72%

Only in SCLZ

JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 3.53%

EXXON MOBIL CORP 1.94%

RTX CORP 1.36%

DEERE & COMPANY 1.18%

UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC 1.12%

DUKE ENERGY CORP 1.01%

LINDE PLC 0.99%

TJX COMPANIES INC (THE) 0.85%

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Side by side

BIGY YieldMax Target 12 Big 50 Option Income ETF · Synthetic covered call on SPY, paying monthly SCLZ Swan Enhanced Dividend Income ETF · Dividend stocks with call overlay on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer YieldMax Swan

Strategy synthetic covered call dividend stocks with call overlay

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 11.9% 8.7%

Expense ratio 1.09% 0.79%

Cash paid, 1 year 13.1% 8.5%

Price change, 1 year −6.1% +1.6%

Total return, 1 year +7.4% +10.6%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%

Ahead or behind −7.4 pts −4.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 29% not published

Age 2.0 years 2.7 years

Net assets, BIGY as of Nov 3, 2026 and SCLZ as of Jun 30, 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 SCLZ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	BIGY	SCLZ	BIGY	SCLZ	BIGY	SCLZ
3 months	−1.2%	0.0%	3.0%	2.1%	−1.1 pts	+0.2 pts
6 months	+2.1%	+4.4%	6.4%	4.3%	−2.9 pts	−0.6 pts
1 year	+7.4%	+10.6%	13.1%	8.5%	−7.4 pts	−4.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: BIGY Nov 2024 · SCLZ Feb 2024	+26.8%	+35.4%	23.9%	21.2%	−5.3 pts	−20.8 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.

SCLZ

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SCLZ paid 8.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.7%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, BIGY or SCLZ?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BIGY paid 13.1% of its starting price in cash and SCLZ paid 8.5%, so BIGY 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 SCLZ?: With every distribution reinvested, BIGY returned +7.4% and SCLZ +10.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, BIGY or SCLZ?: BIGY charges 1.09% a year and SCLZ charges 0.79%, so SCLZ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

BIGY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BIGY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

BIGY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

YieldMax page for BIGY ↗

SCLZ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SCLZ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Swan website ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

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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