Which paid more, CONY or NVDY?

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, CONY paid 32.2% of its starting price in cash and NVDY paid 37.1%, so NVDY 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 NVDY?

With every distribution reinvested, CONY returned −46.4% and NVDY +10.5% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.

Which is cheaper, CONY or NVDY?

CONY charges 1.04% a year and NVDY charges 1.09%, so CONY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Income ETFs

CONY vs NVDY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, NVDY paid 37.1% of its price in cash against CONY’s 32.2%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $339m for YieldMax COIN Option Income Strategy ETF and $1.3bn for YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF.

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At a glance

32.2%

CONY cash paid, 1 year

37.1%

NVDY cash paid, 1 year

−46.4%

CONY total return, 1 year

+10.5%

NVDY total return, 1 year

CONY · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 7.9 pts ahead of COIN

CONY

−46.4%

COIN

−54.3%

7.9 pts ahead of COIN

CONY over 1 year: paid 32.2%, price −73.9%, total −46.4%, COIN −54.3%, +7.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

COIN

−54.3%

CONY

−46.4%

7.9 pts ahead of COIN

Total return, distributions reinvested

7.9 pts ahead of COIN

CONY over 1 year: paid 32.2%, price −73.9%, total −46.4%, COIN −54.3%, +7.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

COIN

−54.3%

CONY

−46.4%

7.9 pts ahead of COIN

32.2% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. CONY over 1 year: paid 32.2%, price −73.9%, total −46.4%, COIN −54.3%, +7.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

NVDY · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 3.1 pts ahead of NVDA

NVDY

+10.5%

NVDA

+7.4%

3.1 pts ahead of NVDA

NVDY over 1 year: paid 37.1%, price −29.9%, total +10.5%, NVDA +7.4%, +3.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

NVDA

+7.4%

NVDY

+10.5%

37.1% as cash

3.1 pts ahead of NVDA

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.1 pts ahead of NVDA

NVDY over 1 year: paid 37.1%, price −29.9%, total +10.5%, NVDA +7.4%, +3.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

NVDA

+7.4%

NVDY

+10.5%

3.1 pts ahead of NVDA

37.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. NVDY over 1 year: paid 37.1%, price −29.9%, total +10.5%, NVDA +7.4%, +3.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

CONY costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 56.9 points; NVDY is 3.8 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

CONY vs NVDY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	CONY	NVDY
Paid and earned
Measure	CONY	NVDY
Total return, 1 year	−46.4%	+10.5%
Price change, 1 year	fell 73.9%	fell 29.9%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	21% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	CONY	NVDY
Benchmark	Coinbase (COIN)	NVIDIA (NVDA)
Cost and size
Measure	CONY	NVDY
Expense ratio	1.04%	1.09%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$339m	$1.3bn
Holdings
Measure	CONY	NVDY
Holdings in common	34%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · NVDY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score16.9CONY75NVDY

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 74 income ETFs writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

CONY 16.9

NVDY 75

0.7, the lowest in this set 99.3, the highest

A percentile among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company. One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 28, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Aug 25, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026 · 165 weekly returns

CONY NVDY

Return

Total return edge NVDY +39.5% +235.5%

Annualized edge NVDY +11.1% +46.4%

Price return edge NVDY −90.7% −50.8%

Risk

Volatility edge NVDY 59.4% 33.5%

Max drawdown edge NVDY −60.8% −32.3%

Downside capture 97.3% 92.4%

Beta 0.74 0.70

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge NVDY 0.39 1.18

Sortino edge NVDY 0.61 1.78

Treynor 0.315 0.606

Calmar edge NVDY 0.18 1.44

Against the benchmark

Alpha −13.1% a year −0.4% a year

Alpha t-stat −1.62 −0.06

Information ratio −1.04 −1.07

Tracking error 25.2% 17.5%

Each against its own benchmark: CONY against COIN, Aug 25, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026; NVDY against NVDA, May 19, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

NVDY returned more: +235.5% to +39.5%. NVDY swung less: 33.5% to 59.4%. NVDY fell less at its worst: −32.3% to −60.8%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: CONY vs NVDY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	CONY	NVDY	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+39.5%	+235.5%	NVDY	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+11.1%	+46.4%	NVDY	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−90.7%	−50.8%	NVDY	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	59.4%	33.5%	NVDY	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	38.0%	22.2%	NVDY	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−60.8%	−32.3%	NVDY	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	33.2%	50.3%		Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	97.3%	92.4%		Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	0.74	0.70	Not an edge	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.94	0.89	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.39	1.18	NVDY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.61	1.78	NVDY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.315	0.606		Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.18	1.44	NVDY	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	COIN	NVDA		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	−13.1% a year	−0.4% a year	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	−1.62	−0.06	Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−29.1% to +2.8%	−12.4% to +11.7%	Includes zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	−1.04	−1.07		Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	25.2%	17.5%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 165 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

34%

By the books each fund has filed, CONY and NVDY hold 34% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 28, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

34% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first CONY NVDY

United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 27.08% 18.49%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 15.23% 19.44%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in CONY

COIN US 11/20/26 C170 3.18%

COIN US 12/18/26 C185 2.34%

COIN US 10/30/26 C180 0.50%

COIN US 10/30/26 C177.5 0.19%

COIN US 10/30/26 C182.5 0.13%

COIN US 10/30/26 C185 0.04%

COIN US 10/30/26 C167.5 -0.01%

COIN US 10/30/26 C175 -0.26%

Only in NVDY

NVDA US 11/20/26 C210 6.10%

NVDA US 10/30/26 C220 0.22%

2NVDA US 11/20/26 C210.01 FLX 0.08%

NVDA US 10/30/26 C225 0.06%

NVDA US 10/30/26 C217.5 -0.48%

NVDA US 10/30/26 C215 -0.67%

2NVDA US 11/20/26 P210.01 FLX -3.25%

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Side by side

CONY YieldMax COIN Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on COIN, paying weekly NVDY YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on NVDA, paying weekly

Issuer YieldMax YieldMax

Strategy synthetic covered call synthetic covered call

Benchmark Coinbase (COIN) NVIDIA (NVDA)

Pays weekly weekly

Payout rate, annualized 58.5% 25.2%

Expense ratio 1.04% 1.09%

Cash paid, 1 year 32.2% 37.1%

Price change, 1 year −73.9% −29.9%

Total return, 1 year −46.4% +10.5%

Benchmark return, 1 year −54.3% +7.4%

Ahead or behind +7.9 pts +3.1 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 21% not published

Age 3.2 years 3.5 years

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $339m $1.3bn

As of Oct 28, 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: CONY vs NVDY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	CONY	NVDY	CONY	NVDY	CONY	NVDY
3 months	+4.5%	+12.1%	17.6%	10.5%	+3.1 pts	−1.4 pts
6 months	−5.0%	+2.9%	30.0%	19.8%	+5.7 pts	−0.3 pts
1 year	−46.4%	+10.5%	32.2%	37.1%	+7.9 pts	+3.1 pts
3 years	+33.8%	+272.2%	180.5%	185.7%	−95.5 pts	−161.1 pts
Since launchNot the same days: CONY Aug 2023 · NVDY May 2023	+30.9%	+350.1%	172.2%	208.2%	−74.1 pts	−306.0 pts

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CONY and NVDY are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

Income paid. CONY paid 32.2% and NVDY 37.1% (cash paid over 1 year, as a share of its price at the start), a gap of 4.9 points.
What each is measured against. CONY is measured against Coinbase (COIN) and NVDY against NVIDIA (NVDA).
Holdings in common. 34% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 28, 2026).

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

CONY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, CONY paid 32.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 73.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −46.4%. Coinbase (COIN) returned −54.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 7.9 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 58.5%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 21% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

NVDY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, NVDY paid 37.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 29.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.5%. NVIDIA (NVDA) returned +7.4% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 3.1 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 25.2%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, CONY or NVDY?: Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, CONY paid 32.2% of its starting price in cash and NVDY paid 37.1%, so NVDY 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 NVDY?: With every distribution reinvested, CONY returned −46.4% and NVDY +10.5% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, CONY or NVDY?: CONY charges 1.04% a year and NVDY charges 1.09%, so CONY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

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CONY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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