Data as of .
CDPI vs IVVW: which paid, and which earned it?
CDPI and IVVW both write options for income.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDPI | IVVW | CDPI | IVVW | CDPI | IVVW | |
| 3 months | not published | +4.6% | not published | 2.6% | not published | +2.4 pts |
| 6 months | not published | +13.1% | not published | 7.9% | not published | −4.9 pts |
| 1 year | not published | +17.2% | not published | 17.5% | not published | +0.6 pts |
| Since launch | +0.5% | +38.9% | 0.7% | 39.7% | −4.1 pts | −14.9 pts |
| CDPI Columbia High Dividend Premium Income ETF Covered call on SCHD | IVVW iShares S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Columbia | iShares |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| Pays | not established | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 8.2% | 7.6% |
| Expense ratio | 0.45% | 0.25% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 0.7% (since launch on Jul 14, 2026) | 17.5% |
| Price change, 1 year | −0.2% | −2.0% |
| Total return, 1 year | +0.5% (since launch on Jul 14, 2026) | +17.2% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +4.6% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | −4.1 pts | +0.6 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 66 days | 917 days |
| Net assets | not published | $350m |
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.
IVVW in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, IVVW paid 17.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.2%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.6 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.6%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, CDPI or IVVW?
- CDPI charges 0.45% a year and IVVW charges 0.25%, so IVVW 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 IVVW, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/cdpi-vs-ivvw Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.