Which paid more, CONY or TSLY?

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, CONY paid 32.2% of its starting price in cash and TSLY paid 39.0%, so TSLY 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 TSLY?

With every distribution reinvested, CONY returned −46.4% and TSLY −7.7% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.

Which is cheaper, CONY or TSLY?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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CONY vs TSLY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, TSLY paid 39.0% 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 $685m for YieldMax TSLA Option Income Strategy ETF.

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At a glance

32.2%

CONY cash paid, 1 year

39.0%

TSLY cash paid, 1 year

−46.4%

CONY total return, 1 year

−7.7%

TSLY 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.

TSLY · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 4.5 pts ahead of TSLA

TSLY

−7.7%

TSLA

−12.2%

4.5 pts ahead of TSLA

TSLY over 1 year: paid 39.0%, price −46.6%, total −7.7%, TSLA −12.2%, +4.5 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

TSLA

−12.2%

TSLY

−7.7%

4.5 pts ahead of TSLA

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.5 pts ahead of TSLA

TSLY over 1 year: paid 39.0%, price −46.6%, total −7.7%, TSLA −12.2%, +4.5 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

TSLA

−12.2%

TSLY

−7.7%

4.5 pts ahead of TSLA

39.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. TSLY over 1 year: paid 39.0%, price −46.6%, total −7.7%, TSLA −12.2%, +4.5 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

CONY costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 38.7 points; TSLY is 2.0 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

CONY vs TSLY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	CONY	TSLY
Paid and earned
Measure	CONY	TSLY
Total return, 1 year	−46.4%	−7.7%
Price change, 1 year	fell 73.9%	fell 46.6%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	21% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	CONY	TSLY
Benchmark	Coinbase (COIN)	Tesla (TSLA)
Cost and size
Measure	CONY	TSLY
Expense ratio	1.04%	1.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$339m	$685m
Holdings
Measure	CONY	TSLY
Holdings in common	39%

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

IQ Income Score16.9CONY56.1TSLY

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

TSLY 56.1

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 TSLY

Return

Total return edge CONY +39.5% +28.6%

Annualized edge CONY +11.1% +8.2%

Price return edge TSLY (slight) −90.7% −84.9%

Risk

Volatility edge TSLY 59.4% 41.0%

Max drawdown edge TSLY −60.8% −42.6%

Downside capture 97.3% 95.4%

Beta 0.74 0.72

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge CONY 0.39 0.29

Sortino edge CONY 0.61 0.41

Treynor 0.315 0.156

Calmar edge TSLY (slight) 0.18 0.19

Against the benchmark

Alpha −13.1% a year −8.4% a year

Alpha t-stat −1.62 −1.30

Information ratio −1.04 −0.79

Tracking error 25.2% 20.2%

Each against its own benchmark: CONY against COIN, Aug 25, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026; TSLY against TSLA, Dec 2, 2022 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

CONY returned more: +39.5% to +28.6%. TSLY swung less: 41.0% to 59.4%. TSLY fell less at its worst: −42.6% to −60.8%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: CONY vs TSLY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	CONY	TSLY	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+39.5%	+28.6%	CONY	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+11.1%	+8.2%	CONY	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−90.7%	−84.9%	TSLY (slight)	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	59.4%	41.0%	TSLY	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	38.0%	28.7%	TSLY	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−60.8%	−42.6%	TSLY	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	33.2%	45.3%		Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	97.3%	95.4%		Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	0.74	0.72	Not an edge	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.94	0.91	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.39	0.29	CONY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.61	0.41	CONY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.315	0.156		Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.18	0.19	TSLY (slight)	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	COIN	TSLA		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	−13.1% a year	−8.4% a year	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	−1.62	−1.30	Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−29.1% to +2.8%	−21.2% to +4.4%	Includes zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	−1.04	−0.79		Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	25.2%	20.2%	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

39%

By the books each fund has filed, CONY and TSLY hold 39% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 28, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

39% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first CONY TSLY

United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 27.08% 24.07%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 15.23% 18.67%

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 TSLY

TSLA 11/20/2026 370.01 C 10.31%

TSLA US 10/30/26 C395 1.38%

TSLA US 10/30/26 C390 0.95%

TSLA US 10/30/26 C392.5 0.64%

TSLA US 10/30/26 C387.5 0.56%

TSLA US 10/30/26 C420 0.02%

TSLA US 10/30/26 C412.5 -0.06%

TSLA US 10/30/26 C375 -0.89%

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Side by side

CONY YieldMax COIN Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on COIN, paying weekly TSLY YieldMax TSLA Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on TSLA, paying weekly

Issuer YieldMax YieldMax

Strategy synthetic covered call synthetic covered call

Benchmark Coinbase (COIN) Tesla (TSLA)

Pays weekly weekly

Payout rate, annualized 58.5% 43.1%

Expense ratio 1.04% 1.07%

Cash paid, 1 year 32.2% 39.0%

Price change, 1 year −73.9% −46.6%

Total return, 1 year −46.4% −7.7%

Benchmark return, 1 year −54.3% −12.2%

Ahead or behind +7.9 pts +4.5 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 21% 100%

Age 3.2 years 3.9 years

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $339m $685m

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 TSLY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	CONY	TSLY	CONY	TSLY	CONY	TSLY
3 months	+4.5%	+27.2%	17.6%	13.3%	+3.1 pts	−8.3 pts
6 months	−5.0%	+3.5%	30.0%	23.4%	+5.7 pts	−4.9 pts
1 year	−46.4%	−7.7%	32.2%	39.0%	+7.9 pts	+4.5 pts
3 years	+33.8%	+59.2%	180.5%	102.5%	−95.5 pts	−35.8 pts
Since launchNot the same days: CONY Aug 2023 · TSLY Nov 2022	+30.9%	+50.8%	172.2%	97.8%	−74.1 pts	−69.9 pts

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

Income paid. CONY paid 32.2% and TSLY 39.0% (cash paid over 1 year, as a share of its price at the start), a gap of 6.8 points.
What each is measured against. CONY is measured against Coinbase (COIN) and TSLY against Tesla (TSLA).
Holdings in common. 39% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 28, 2026).

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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.

TSLY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, TSLY paid 39.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 46.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −7.7%. Tesla (TSLA) returned −12.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.5 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 43.1%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, CONY or TSLY?: Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, CONY paid 32.2% of its starting price in cash and TSLY paid 39.0%, so TSLY 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 TSLY?: With every distribution reinvested, CONY returned −46.4% and TSLY −7.7% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, CONY or TSLY?: CONY charges 1.04% a year and TSLY charges 1.07%, so CONY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

CONY and TSLY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

CONY and TSLY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

CONY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

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TSLY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

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Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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