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BIOY vs CHPY: which paid, and which earned it?

BIOY and CHPY both write options for income.

GraniteShares YieldBOOST Biotech ETF and YieldMax(R) Semiconductor Portfolio Option Income ETF.

20.6%BIOY cash paid, 1 year
49.3%CHPY cash paid, 1 year
+2.0%BIOY total return, 1 year
+83.7%CHPY total return, 1 year
BIOY15.3 pts behind XBI · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
XBI+17.3%BIOY+2.0%15.3 pts behind XBITotal return, distributions reinvestedXBI+17.3%BIOY+2.0%15.3 pts behind XBI
CHPY2.3 pts ahead of SMH · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SMH+81.3%CHPY+83.7%49.3% of it arrived as cash2.3 pts ahead of SMHTotal return, distributions reinvestedSMH+81.3%CHPY+83.7%49.3% cash2.3 pts ahead of SMH

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BIOY and CHPY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in BIOYOnly in CHPY
Treasury Bill 100.00%Broadcom Inc 6.82%
NVIDIA Corp 6.59%
Marvell Technology Inc 5.75%
Intel Corp 5.12%
Lam Research Corp 4.95%
ARM Holdings PLC 4.63%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 4.30%
ASML Holding NV 3.94%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

Performance, window by window

BIOY and CHPY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
BIOYCHPYBIOYCHPYBIOYCHPY
3 months+2.5%−15.2%14.1%8.8%−9.0 pts−2.0 pts
6 monthsnot published+48.5%not published27.5%not published−0.5 pts
1 yearnot published+83.7%not published49.3%not published+2.3 pts
Since launch+2.0%+164.7%20.6%79.7%−15.3 pts−29.2 pts
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BIOY and CHPY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
BIOY
GraniteShares YieldBOOST Biotech ETF
Synthetic covered call on XBI, paying weekly
CHPY
YieldMax(R) Semiconductor Portfolio Option Income ETF
Synthetic covered call on SMH, paying weekly
IssuerGraniteSharesYieldMax
Strategysynthetic covered callsynthetic covered call
BenchmarkBiotech (XBI), used as the proxySemiconductors (SMH)
Paysweeklyweekly
Payout rate, annualized60.0%57.5%
Expense ratio1.07%1.03%
Cash paid, 1 year20.6% (since launch on May 5, 2026)49.3%
Price change, 1 year−19.0%+20.6%
Total return, 1 year+2.0% (since launch on May 5, 2026)+83.7%
Benchmark return, 1 year+17.3%+81.3%
Ahead or behind−15.3 pts+2.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate96%100%
Age136 days533 days
Net assets$1m$1.2bn

BIOY in plain words

Over the period since launch on May 5, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, BIOY paid 20.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 19.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +2.0%. Biotech (XBI), used as the proxy returned +17.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 15.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 60.0%, paid weekly. GraniteShares estimates that 96% of the distribution paid Aug 25, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

CHPY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, CHPY paid 49.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 20.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +83.7%. Semiconductors (SMH) returned +81.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 57.5%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Sep 17, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, BIOY or CHPY?
BIOY charges 1.07% a year and CHPY charges 1.03%, so CHPY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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BIOY against CHPY, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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