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CDPI vs DDDD: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Net assets: $7.8m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax U.S. Stocks Target Double Distribution ETF, beside Columbia High Dividend Premium Income ETF.

At a glance
1.5%
CDPI cash paid, since launch, Jul 14, 2026
3.4%
DDDD cash paid, since launch, Mar 12, 2026
+1.6%
CDPI total return, since launch, Jul 14, 2026
+17.1%
DDDD total return, since launch, Mar 12, 2026
CDPI · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured
CDPI
+1.6%
none

Not measured

CDPI since launch: paid 1.5%, price +0.1%, total +1.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

CDPI

+1.6%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

CDPI since launch: paid 1.5%, price +0.1%, total +1.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

CDPI

+1.6%

1.5% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. CDPI since launch: paid 1.5%, price +0.1%, total +1.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
DDDD · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 3.3 pts behind SCHD
DDDD
+17.1%
SCHD
+20.4%

3.3 pts behind SCHD

DDDD since launch: paid 3.4%, price +13.4%, total +17.1%, SCHD +20.4%, −3.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SCHD

+20.4%

DDDD

+17.1%

3.4% as cash

3.3 pts behind SCHD

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.3 pts behind SCHD

DDDD since launch: paid 3.4%, price +13.4%, total +17.1%, SCHD +20.4%, −3.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SCHD

+20.4%

DDDD

+17.1%

3.3 pts behind SCHD

3.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +20.4%. DDDD since launch: paid 3.4%, price +13.4%, total +17.1%, SCHD +20.4%, −3.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +20.4%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

CDPI costs 0.56 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

CDPI vs DDDD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureCDPIDDDD
Paid and earned
Price changerose 0.1% (since Jul 14, 2026)rose 13.4% (since Mar 12, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate76% of the Oct 5, 2026 payment76% of the Oct 2, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Benchmarknot publishedUS dividend stocks, measured through SCHD
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.45%1.01%
Net assetsnot read by ETFIQ$7.8m
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published

Method

Side by side

CDPI Columbia High Dividend Premium Income ETF · Covered call, paying monthly DDDD YieldMax U.S. Stocks Target Double Distribution ETF · Synthetic covered call on SCHD
Strategy covered call synthetic covered call
Benchmark none US dividend stocks (SCHD)
Pays monthly not established
Payout rate, annualized 8.0% 18.3%
Expense ratio 0.45% 1.01%
Cash paid, 1 year 1.5% (since launch, Jul 14, 2026) 3.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026)
Price change, 1 year +0.1% (since launch, Jul 14, 2026) +13.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026)
Total return, 1 year +1.6% (since launch, Jul 14, 2026) +17.1% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year not published +20.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026)
Ahead or behind not available −3.3 pts (since launch, Mar 12, 2026)
Return of capital, latest estimate 76% 76%
Age 113 days 237 days
Net assets not read by ETFIQ $7.8m

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: CDPI vs DDDD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowCDPIDDDDCDPIDDDDCDPIDDDD
3 months+0.4%+7.5%1.5%1.6%not measured−1.0 pts
6 months–+13.6%–3.3%–−2.6 pts
Since launchNot the same days: CDPI Jul 2026 · DDDD Mar 2026+1.6%+17.1%1.5%3.4%not measured−3.3 pts

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About each fund
CDPI

Over the period from its first trade on Jul 14, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, CDPI paid 1.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +1.6%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.0%, paid monthly. Columbia estimates that 76% of the distribution paid Oct 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

DDDD

Over the period from its first trade on Mar 12, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, DDDD paid 3.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 13.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.1%. US dividend stocks (SCHD) returned +20.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.3 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 18.3%, paid periodically. YieldMax estimates that 76% of the distribution paid Oct 2, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

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Which is cheaper, CDPI or DDDD?
CDPI charges 0.45% a year and DDDD charges 1.01%, so CDPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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