Data as of .
BUCK vs HYBL: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year BUCK paid 6.9% of its price in cash against HYBL’s 6.8%, and returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: BUCK scores higher
Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?
A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, BUCK and HYBL hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in BUCK | Only in HYBL |
|---|---|
| SIMPLIFY EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS 100.00% | Discovery Global Holdings Inc aka Warner 1.30% |
| Hopper Merger Sub Inc aka Hologic 04/07/ 0.98% | |
| McAfee Corp 03/01/2029 0.96% | |
| Rocket Software, Inc. 11/28/2028 0.96% | |
| State Street Blackstone Senior Loan ETF 0.95% | |
| Finastra USA Inc aka Misys/Almonde Inc. 0.94% | |
| UKG Inc aka Ultimate Kronos/UKG 02/10/20 0.92% | |
| athenahealth Group Inc. aka Minerva Merg 0.91% |
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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 17, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUCK | HYBL | BUCK | HYBL | BUCK | HYBL | |
| 3 months | +1.1% | +1.1% | 1.5% | 1.7% | +6.3 pts | +1.5 pts |
| 6 months | +2.4% | +4.3% | 3.2% | 3.5% | +5.5 pts | +1.7 pts |
| 1 year | +4.9% | +4.2% | 6.9% | 6.8% | +9.6 pts | +1.6 pts |
| 3 years | +16.4% | +25.9% | 21.6% | 23.1% | +17.0 pts | −0.1 pts |
| Since launch | +21.1% | +28.4% | 25.4% | 30.6% | +23.1 pts | +4.8 pts |
| BUCK Simplify Treasury Option Income ETF Option income on TLT, paying monthly | HYBL State Street(R) Blackstone High Income ETF Option income on HYG, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Simplify | State Street |
| Strategy | option income | option income |
| Benchmark | 20+ Year Treasury (TLT) | US high yield bonds (HYG), used as the proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 6.2% | 7.2% |
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 0.70% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 6.9% | 6.8% |
| Price change, 1 year | −2.2% | −2.8% |
| Total return, 1 year | +4.9% | +4.2% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | −4.7% | +2.6% |
| Ahead or behind | +9.6 pts | +1.6 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 1421 days | 1674 days |
| Net assets | $510m | $579m |
BUCK in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, BUCK paid 6.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.9%. 20+ Year Treasury (TLT) returned −4.7% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 9.6 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.2%, paid monthly.
HYBL in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, HYBL paid 6.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.2%. US high yield bonds (HYG), used as the proxy returned +2.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.6 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.2%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, BUCK or HYBL?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, BUCK paid 6.9% of its starting price in cash and HYBL paid 6.8%, so BUCK paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
- Which returned more once distributions are counted, BUCK or HYBL?
- With every distribution reinvested, BUCK returned +4.9% and HYBL returned +4.2% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so BUCK returned more.
- Which is cheaper, BUCK or HYBL?
- BUCK charges 0.35% a year and HYBL charges 0.70%, so BUCK is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, BUCK against HYBL, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/buck-vs-hybl Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.