Data as of .
CDPI vs DRKY: which paid, and which earned it?
CDPI and DRKY both write options for income.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDPI | DRKY | CDPI | DRKY | CDPI | DRKY | |
| 3 months | not published | +11.8% | not published | 3.8% | not published | +9.6 pts |
| 6 months | not published | +25.1% | not published | 8.1% | not published | +7.1 pts |
| Since launch | +0.5% | +24.1% | 0.7% | 14.1% | −4.1 pts | +9.7 pts |
| CDPI Columbia High Dividend Premium Income ETF Covered call on SCHD | DRKY VistaShares Target 15 DRUKMacro Distribution ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Columbia | VistaShares |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | not established | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 8.2% | 14.8% |
| Expense ratio | 0.45% | 0.95% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 0.7% (since launch on Jul 14, 2026) | 14.1% (since launch on Oct 8, 2025) |
| Price change, 1 year | −0.2% | +8.1% |
| Total return, 1 year | +0.5% (since launch on Jul 14, 2026) | +24.1% (since launch on Oct 8, 2025) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +4.6% | +14.4% |
| Ahead or behind | −4.1 pts | +9.7 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 66 days | 345 days |
| Net assets | not published | $19m |
CDPI in plain words
Over the period since launch on Jul 14, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, CDPI paid 0.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.5%. US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy returned +4.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.2%, paid periodically.
DRKY in plain words
Over the period since launch on Oct 8, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, DRKY paid 14.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +24.1%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +14.4% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 9.7 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.8%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, CDPI or DRKY?
- CDPI charges 0.45% a year and DRKY charges 0.95%, so CDPI 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, CDPI against DRKY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/cdpi-vs-drky Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.