Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
BUCK vs HYGM: Dividend Yield & Total Return
BUCK and HYGM both write options for income.
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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $517m for Simplify Treasury Option Income ETF and $709,071 for Amplify HYG High Yield 10% Target Income ETF.
Not measured
BUCK over 1 year: paid 6.7%, price −3.4%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
BUCK
+3.3%
6.7% of it arrived as cash
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
BUCK over 1 year: paid 6.7%, price −3.4%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
BUCK
+3.3%
6.7% as cash
6.7% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. BUCK over 1 year: paid 6.7%, price −3.4%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.About even with HYG
HYGM since launch: paid 4.9%, price −4.8%, total +0.1%, HYG −0.1%, +0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
HYG
−0.1%
HYGM
+0.1%
about even with HYG
Total return, distributions reinvested
About even with HYG
HYGM since launch: paid 4.9%, price −4.8%, total +0.1%, HYG −0.1%, +0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
HYG
−0.1%
HYGM
+0.1%
about even with HYG
4.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. HYGM since launch: paid 4.9%, price −4.8%, total +0.1%, HYG −0.1%, +0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
BUCK costs 0.41 points a year less.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | BUCK | HYGM |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +3.3% | not published |
| Price change | fell 3.4% (1 year) | fell 4.8% (since Apr 21, 2026) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 50% of the Oct 27, 2026 payment | 50% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | not published | US high yield bonds, measured through HYG |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.38% | 0.79% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $517m | $709,071 |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, BUCK and HYGM hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
half
0% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | BUCK | HYGM | BUCK | HYGM | BUCK | HYGM |
| 3 months | +0.3% | −0.8% | 1.5% | 2.5% | not measured | +0.2 pts |
| 6 months | +1.1% | −0.2% | 3.1% | 4.9% | not measured | +0.2 pts |
| 1 year | +3.3% | – | 6.7% | – | not measured | – |
| 3 years | +15.2% | – | 21.8% | – | not measured | – |
| Since launchNot the same days: BUCK Oct 2022 · HYGM Apr 2026 | +20.5% | +0.1% | 26.4% | 4.9% | not measured | +0.3 pts |
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BUCK
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BUCK paid 6.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.3%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.2%, paid monthly. Simplify estimates that 50% of the distribution paid Oct 27, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
HYGM
Over the period from its first trade on Apr 21, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, HYGM paid 4.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 4.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.1%. US high yield bonds (HYG) returned −0.1% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.1%, paid monthly. Amplify estimates that 50% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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How this is computed
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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