Which paid more, CONY or COYY?

Over the year to Sep 30, 2026, CONY paid 35.9% of its starting price in cash and COYY paid 43.6%, so COYY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, CONY or COYY?

With every distribution reinvested, CONY returned −38.8% and COYY −58.8% over the year to Sep 30, 2026.

Which is cheaper, CONY or COYY?

CONY charges 1.04% a year and COYY charges 1.07%, so CONY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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CONY vs COYY: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year COYY paid 43.6% of its price in cash against CONY’s 35.9%, though CONY returned more with it reinvested. YieldMax(R) COIN Option Income Strategy ETF and GraniteShares YieldBOOST COIN ETF.

35.9%

CONY cash paid, 1 year

43.6%

COYY cash paid, 1 year

−38.8%

CONY total return, 1 year

−58.8%

COYY total return, 1 year

CONY · 1 year to Sep 30, 20266 pts ahead of COIN

CONY

−38.8%

COIN

−44.8%

6 pts ahead of COIN

CONY over 1 year: paid 35.9%, price −70.8%, total −38.8%, COIN −44.8%, +6.0 pts.

COIN

−44.8%

CONY

−38.8%

6 pts ahead of COIN

Total return, distributions reinvested

6 pts ahead of COIN

CONY over 1 year: paid 35.9%, price −70.8%, total −38.8%, COIN −44.8%, +6.0 pts.

COIN

−44.8%

CONY

−38.8%

6 pts ahead of COIN

35.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. CONY over 1 year: paid 35.9%, price −70.8%, total −38.8%, COIN −44.8%, +6.0 pts.

COYY · 1 year to Sep 30, 202614 pts behind COIN

COYY

−58.8%

COIN

−44.8%

14 pts behind COIN

COYY over 1 year: paid 43.6%, price −86.3%, total −58.8%, COIN −44.8%, −14.0 pts.

COIN

−44.8%

COYY

−58.8%

14 pts behind COIN

Total return, distributions reinvested

14 pts behind COIN

COYY over 1 year: paid 43.6%, price −86.3%, total −58.8%, COIN −44.8%, −14.0 pts.

COIN

−44.8%

COYY

−58.8%

14 pts behind COIN

43.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to −38.8%. COYY over 1 year: paid 43.6%, price −86.3%, total −58.8%, COIN −44.8%, −14.0 pts.

ETFIQ Return Stability Score · CONY scores higherWas the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

CONY 53.6

COYY 9.3

7.2, the lowest in this set97.2, the highest

A percentile among the 70 income ETFs writing on a single company. 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, CONY and COYY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 1, 2026.

50%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CONY COYY

Only in CONY

United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 24.60%

United States Treasury Bill 02/18/2027 20.43%

United States Treasury Bill 12/10/2026 18.00%

United States Treasury Bill 10/15/2026 13.97%

COIN US 10/16/26 C150 9.37%

COIN US 11/20/26 C170 8.13%

United States Treasury Bill 07/08/2027 5.46%

First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/2031 3.17%

Only in COYY

Treasury Bill 59.06%

Treasury Bill 40.94%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

Performance, window by window

	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	CONY	COYY	CONY	COYY	CONY	COYY
3 months	+18.8%	−4.9%	17.8%	15.8%	+1.7 pts	−22.0 pts
6 months	+11.5%	−14.5%	32.3%	30.6%	+3.8 pts	−22.3 pts
1 year	−38.8%	−58.8%	35.9%	43.6%	+6.0 pts	−14.0 pts
3 years	+47.0%	not published	172.9%	not published	−101.2 pts	not published
Since launch CONY Aug 2023 · COYY Jul 2025	+46.0%	−60.4%	171.8%	55.0%	−89.4 pts	−10.6 pts

CONY and COYY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →

On the same fields

CONY

YieldMax(R) COIN Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on COIN, paying weekly

COYY

GraniteShares YieldBOOST COIN ETF · Synthetic covered call on COIN, paying weekly

Issuer YieldMax GraniteShares

Strategy synthetic covered call synthetic covered call

Benchmark Coinbase (COIN) Coinbase (COIN)

Pays weekly weekly

Payout rate, annualized 72.8% 65.0%

Expense ratio 1.04% 1.07%

Cash paid, 1 year 35.9% 43.6%

Price change, 1 year −70.8% −86.3%

Total return, 1 year −38.8% −58.8%

Benchmark return, 1 year −44.8% −44.8%

Ahead or behind +6.0 pts −14.0 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 88% 96%

Age 1142 days 428 days

Net assets $380m $17m

CONY and COYY on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

CONY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 30, 2026, CONY paid 35.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 70.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −38.8%. Coinbase (COIN) returned −44.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 6.0 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 72.8%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 88% of the distribution paid Oct 2, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

COYY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 30, 2026, COYY paid 43.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 86.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −58.8%. Coinbase (COIN) returned −44.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 14.0 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 65.0%, paid weekly. GraniteShares estimates that 96% of the distribution paid Sep 1, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, CONY or COYY?: Over the year to Sep 30, 2026, CONY paid 35.9% of its starting price in cash and COYY paid 43.6%, so COYY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, CONY or COYY?: With every distribution reinvested, CONY returned −38.8% and COYY −58.8% over the year to Sep 30, 2026.
Which is cheaper, CONY or COYY?: CONY charges 1.04% a year and COYY charges 1.07%, so CONY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

CONY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CONY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗CONY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗YieldMax page for CONY ↗COYY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗COYY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗COYY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗GraniteShares page for COYY ↗

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ETFIQ, CONY against COYY, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/cony-vs-coyy

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