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BLOX vs LFGY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, LFGY paid 36.9% of its price in cash against BLOX’s 24.2%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $285m on Jul 31, 2026 for Nicholas Crypto Income ETF, and $64m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Crypto Industry & Tech Portfolio Option Income ETF.

At a glance
24.2%
BLOX cash paid, 1 year
36.9%
LFGY cash paid, 1 year
−35.9%
BLOX total return, 1 year
−23.4%
LFGY total return, 1 year
BLOX · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 50.7 pts behind SPY
BLOX
−35.9%
SPY
+14.8%

50.7 pts behind SPY

BLOX over 1 year: paid 24.2%, price −55.5%, total −35.9%, SPY +14.8%, −50.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

BLOX

−35.9%

50.7 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

50.7 pts behind SPY

BLOX over 1 year: paid 24.2%, price −55.5%, total −35.9%, SPY +14.8%, −50.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

BLOX

−35.9%

50.7 pts behind SPY

24.2% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. BLOX over 1 year: paid 24.2%, price −55.5%, total −35.9%, SPY +14.8%, −50.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
LFGY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 38.2 pts behind SPY
LFGY
−23.4%
SPY
+14.8%

38.2 pts behind SPY

LFGY over 1 year: paid 36.9%, price −55.6%, total −23.4%, SPY +14.8%, −38.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

LFGY

−23.4%

38.2 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

38.2 pts behind SPY

LFGY over 1 year: paid 36.9%, price −55.6%, total −23.4%, SPY +14.8%, −38.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

LFGY

−23.4%

38.2 pts behind SPY

36.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. LFGY over 1 year: paid 36.9%, price −55.6%, total −23.4%, SPY +14.8%, −38.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

BLOX costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.5 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

BLOX vs LFGY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureBLOXLFGY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year−35.9%−23.4%
Price change, 1 yearfell 55.5%fell 55.6%
Return of capital, issuer estimate0% of the Sep 28, 2026 payment46% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.99%1.02%
Net assets, BLOX as of Jul 31, 2026 and LFGY as of Nov 3, 2026$285m$64m
Holdings
Holdings in common13%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · LFGY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score2.1BLOX6.9LFGY

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

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

13%

By the books each fund has filed, BLOX and LFGY hold 13% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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13% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BLOX LFGY
Hut 8 Corp 8.23% 2.90%
Coinbase Global Inc 2.53% 4.00%
Terawulf Inc 3.20% 2.05%
MARA Holdings Inc 1.65% 2.72%
Bullish 1.22% 1.91%
Circle Internet Group Inc 0.98% 3.56%
BitMine Immersion Technologies 0.82% 3.83%
Strategy Inc 0.43% 5.10%
NVIDIA Corp 0.00% 6.42%
Cipher Digital Inc 0.00% 1.89%
Galaxy Digital Inc 0.00% 3.68%
Riot Platforms Inc 0.00% 4.32%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in BLOX
Nicholas Bitcoin and Treasuries AfterDark ETF 8.11%
Nicholas Bitcoin Tail ETF 7.11%
VanEck Bitcoin ETF 7.07%
iShares Ethereum Trust ETF 6.41%
Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin F 6.22%
Robinhood Markets Inc 2.33%
Keel Infrastructure Corp 0.96%
CoreWeave Inc 0.76%
Only in LFGY
Block Inc 7.74%
Opera Ltd 5.37%
PayPal Holdings Inc 5.08%
MercadoLibre Inc 4.15%
Figure Technology Solutions Inc 3.44%
NU Holdings Ltd 3.36%
Core Scientific Inc 3.19%
Cleanspark Inc 2.07%
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Side by side

BLOX Nicholas Crypto Income ETF · Option income on SPY, paying weekly LFGY YieldMax Crypto Industry & Tech Portfolio Option Income ETF · Synthetic covered call on SPY, paying weekly
Strategy option income synthetic covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays weekly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 38.8% 38.8%
Expense ratio 0.99% 1.02%
Cash paid, 1 year 24.2% 36.9%
Price change, 1 year −55.5% −55.6%
Total return, 1 year −35.9% −23.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −50.7 pts −38.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 0% 46%
Age 1.4 years 1.8 years
Net assets, BLOX as of Jul 31, 2026 and LFGY as of Nov 3, 2026 $285m $64m

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: BLOX vs LFGY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowBLOXLFGYBLOXLFGYBLOXLFGY
3 months−13.6%−13.8%8.9%10.1%−13.4 pts−13.7 pts
6 months−29.7%−22.5%14.6%19.8%−34.8 pts−27.6 pts
1 year−35.9%−23.4%24.2%36.9%−50.7 pts−38.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: BLOX Jun 2025 · LFGY Jan 2025−10.5%−14.3%44.9%64.3%−41.0 pts−48.6 pts

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About each fund
BLOX

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BLOX paid 24.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 55.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −35.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 50.7 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 38.8%, paid weekly. Nicholas estimates that 0% of the distribution paid Sep 28, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

LFGY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, LFGY paid 36.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 55.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −23.4%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 38.2 pts. YieldMax estimates that 46% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, BLOX or LFGY?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BLOX paid 24.2% of its starting price in cash and LFGY paid 36.9%, so LFGY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, BLOX or LFGY?
With every distribution reinvested, BLOX returned −35.9% and LFGY −23.4% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, BLOX or LFGY?
BLOX charges 0.99% a year and LFGY charges 1.02%, so BLOX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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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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