Which paid more, BITY or XBTY?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BITY paid 16.9% of its starting price in cash and XBTY paid 40.3%, so XBTY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, BITY or XBTY?

With every distribution reinvested, BITY returned −27.9% and XBTY −25.3% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, BITY or XBTY?

BITY charges 0.65% a year and XBTY charges 1.18%, so BITY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

BITY vs XBTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XBTY paid 40.3% of its price in cash against BITY’s 16.9%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $12m for Amplify Bitcoin 2% Monthly Option Income ETF and $8.8m for GraniteShares YieldBOOST Bitcoin ETF.

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At a glance

16.9%

BITY cash paid, 1 year

40.3%

XBTY cash paid, 1 year

−27.9%

BITY total return, 1 year

−25.3%

XBTY total return, 1 year

BITY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 7.4 pts behind Bitcoin

BITY

−27.9%

Bitcoin

−20.5%

7.4 pts behind Bitcoin

BITY over 1 year: paid 16.9%, price −43.8%, total −27.9%, Bitcoin −20.5%, −7.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Bitcoin

−20.5%

BITY

−27.9%

7.4 pts behind Bitcoin

Total return, distributions reinvested

7.4 pts behind Bitcoin

BITY over 1 year: paid 16.9%, price −43.8%, total −27.9%, Bitcoin −20.5%, −7.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Bitcoin

−20.5%

BITY

−27.9%

7.4 pts behind Bitcoin

16.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. BITY over 1 year: paid 16.9%, price −43.8%, total −27.9%, Bitcoin −20.5%, −7.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XBTY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.8 pts behind Bitcoin

XBTY

−25.3%

Bitcoin

−20.5%

4.8 pts behind Bitcoin

XBTY over 1 year: paid 40.3%, price −62.5%, total −25.3%, Bitcoin −20.5%, −4.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Bitcoin

−20.5%

XBTY

−25.3%

4.8 pts behind Bitcoin

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.8 pts behind Bitcoin

XBTY over 1 year: paid 40.3%, price −62.5%, total −25.3%, Bitcoin −20.5%, −4.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Bitcoin

−20.5%

XBTY

−25.3%

4.8 pts behind Bitcoin

40.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XBTY over 1 year: paid 40.3%, price −62.5%, total −25.3%, Bitcoin −20.5%, −4.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

BITY costs 0.53 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.6 points; BITY is 1.4 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

BITY vs XBTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	BITY	XBTY
Paid and earned
Measure	BITY	XBTY
Total return, 1 year	−27.9%	−25.3%
Price change, 1 year	fell 43.8%	fell 62.5%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	95% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	93% of the Sep 22, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	BITY	XBTY
Benchmark	Bitcoin (BTC-USD)	Bitcoin (BTC-USD)
Cost and size
Measure	BITY	XBTY
Expense ratio	0.65%	1.18%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$12m	$8.8m
Holdings
Measure	BITY	XBTY
Holdings in common	0%

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

IQ Income Score1.5BITY7.5XBTY

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

BITY 1.5

XBTY 7.5

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

Risk and return

May 23, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 75 weekly returns

BITY XBTY

Return

Total return edge Tie −37.9% −37.6%

Annualized edge Tie −28.1% −27.9%

Price return edge BITY −57.2% −79.7%

Risk

Volatility edge XBTY 37.2% 22.9%

Max drawdown edge Tie −48.8% −48.6%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge BITY −0.80 −1.48

Sortino edge BITY −0.99 −1.64

Calmar edge Tie −0.58 −0.57

Reading

From May 2025 to Oct 2026, BITY and XBTY returned about the same: −37.9% and −37.6%. XBTY swung less: 22.9% to 37.2%. BITY and XBTY fell about the same at their worst: −48.8% and −48.6%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: BITY vs XBTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	BITY	XBTY	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	−37.9%	−37.6%	Tie	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	−28.1%	−27.9%	Tie	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−57.2%	−79.7%	BITY	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	37.2%	22.9%	XBTY	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	30.2%	20.6%	XBTY	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−48.8%	−48.6%	Tie	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	−0.80	−1.48	BITY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	−0.99	−1.64	BITY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	−0.58	−0.57	Tie	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 75 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, BITY and XBTY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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0 half 100%

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BITY XBTY

Only in one fund ↓

Only in BITY

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio 12/31/2031 38.17%

iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF 27.22%

MBTX 12/18/2026 169.25 C 11.07%

MBTX 11/10/2026 192.4 C -0.83%

MBTX 12/18/2026 169.25 P -1.40%

Only in XBTY

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Side by side

BITY Amplify Bitcoin 2% Monthly Option Income ETF · Option income on Bitcoin, paying monthly XBTY GraniteShares YieldBOOST Bitcoin ETF · Synthetic covered call on Bitcoin, paying weekly

Issuer Amplify GraniteShares

Strategy option income synthetic covered call

Benchmark Bitcoin (BTC-USD) Bitcoin (BTC-USD)

Pays monthly weekly

Payout rate, annualized 24.8% 29.7%

Expense ratio 0.65% 1.18%

Cash paid, 1 year 16.9% 40.3%

Price change, 1 year −43.8% −62.5%

Total return, 1 year −27.9% −25.3%

Benchmark return, 1 year −20.5% −20.5%

Ahead or behind −7.4 pts −4.8 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 95% 93%

Age 1.5 years 1.5 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $12m $8.8m

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: BITY vs XBTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	BITY	XBTY	BITY	XBTY	BITY	XBTY
3 months	+6.6%	+7.0%	6.5%	7.6%	−16.9 pts	−16.5 pts
6 months	−15.5%	−4.7%	9.6%	16.0%	−13.8 pts	−3.0 pts
1 year	−27.9%	−25.3%	16.9%	40.3%	−7.4 pts	−4.8 pts
Since launchNot the same days: BITY Apr 2025 · XBTY May 2025	−25.2%	−33.6%	29.0%	60.8%	−9.1 pts	−9.9 pts

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Client brief

No client brief for this pair: the two funds' holdings are dated 127 days apart.

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About each fund

BITY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BITY paid 16.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 43.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −27.9%. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) returned −20.5% 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 24.8%, paid monthly. Amplify estimates that 95% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

XBTY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XBTY paid 40.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 62.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −25.3%. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) returned −20.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 29.7%, paid weekly. GraniteShares estimates that 93% of the distribution paid Sep 22, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, BITY or XBTY?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BITY paid 16.9% of its starting price in cash and XBTY paid 40.3%, so XBTY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, BITY or XBTY?: With every distribution reinvested, BITY returned −27.9% and XBTY −25.3% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, BITY or XBTY?: BITY charges 0.65% a year and XBTY charges 1.18%, so BITY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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BITY on its own →XBTY on its own →BITY dividend history →BITY holdings →XBTY dividend history →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

BITY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BITY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

BITY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Amplify page for BITY ↗

XBTY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XBTY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XBTY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

GraniteShares page for XBTY ↗

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How this is computed

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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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