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CVRD vs DRKY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DRKY paid 15.2% of its price in cash against CVRD’s 7.7%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $32m on Jun 30, 2026 for Madison Covered Call ETF, and $20m on Nov 3, 2026 for VistaShares Target 15 DRUKMacro Distribution ETF.

At a glance
7.7%
CVRD cash paid, 1 year
15.2%
DRKY cash paid, 1 year
+12.7%
CVRD total return, 1 year
+15.7%
DRKY total return, 1 year
CVRD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 10.4 pts behind its own stocks
CVRD
+12.7%
Own
+23.1%

10.4 pts behind its own stocks

CVRD over 1 year: paid 7.7%, price +4.3%, total +12.7%, its own stocks +23.1%, −10.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own stocks

+23.1%

CVRD

+12.7%

7.7% of it arrived as cash

10.4 pts behind its own stocks

Total return, distributions reinvested

10.4 pts behind its own stocks

CVRD over 1 year: paid 7.7%, price +4.3%, total +12.7%, its own stocks +23.1%, −10.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own stocks

+23.1%

CVRD

+12.7%

10.4 pts behind its own stocks

7.7% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. CVRD over 1 year: paid 7.7%, price +4.3%, total +12.7%, its own stocks +23.1%, −10.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
DRKY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.9 pts ahead of SPY
DRKY
+15.7%
SPY
+14.8%

0.9 pts ahead of SPY

DRKY over 1 year: paid 15.2%, price −0.5%, total +15.7%, SPY +14.8%, +0.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

DRKY

+15.7%

15.2% of it arrived as cash

0.9 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.9 pts ahead of SPY

DRKY over 1 year: paid 15.2%, price −0.5%, total +15.7%, SPY +14.8%, +0.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

DRKY

+15.7%

15.2% cash

0.9 pts ahead of SPY

15.2% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. DRKY over 1 year: paid 15.2%, price −0.5%, total +15.7%, SPY +14.8%, +0.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

CVRD costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.0 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

CVRD vs DRKY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureCVRDDRKY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+12.7%+15.7%
Price change, 1 yearrose 4.3%fell 0.5%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 27, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Benchmarkits own stocksS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.90%0.95%
Net assets, CVRD as of Jun 30, 2026 and DRKY as of Nov 3, 2026$32m$20m
Holdings
Holdings in common4%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · CVRD scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score80.5CVRD59DRKY

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

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 →

Method

What they share

4%

By the books each fund has filed, CVRD and DRKY hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

4% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first CVRD DRKY
Amazon.com Inc 4.03% 4.79%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in CVRD
Palo Alto Networks Inc 4.80%
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co 4.54%
Danaher Corp 4.29%
Agilent Technologies Inc 3.95%
Microsoft Corp 3.85%
Visa Inc 3.65%
Broadcom Inc 3.55%
Union Pacific Corp 3.15%
Only in DRKY
Natera Inc 27.89%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.64%
STMicroelectronics NV 7.05%
BBB Foods Inc 5.63%
CDW Corp 4.68%
Insmed Inc 4.38%
Fox Corp 4.35%
United Airlines Holdings Inc 4.11%
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Side by side

CVRD Madison Covered Call ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying quarterly DRKY VistaShares Target 15 DRUKMacro Distribution ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
Strategy covered call covered call
Benchmark CVRD's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays quarterly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 6.3% 15.2%
Expense ratio 0.90% 0.95%
Cash paid, 1 year 7.7% 15.2%
Price change, 1 year +4.3% −0.5%
Total return, 1 year +12.7% +15.7%
Benchmark return, 1 year +23.1% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −10.4 pts +0.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 100%
Age 3.2 years 1.1 years
Net assets, CVRD as of Jun 30, 2026 and DRKY as of Nov 3, 2026 $32m $20m

As of Nov 4, 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: CVRD vs DRKY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowCVRDDRKYCVRDDRKYCVRDDRKY
3 months+5.7%+6.3%1.6%4.0%−0.8 pts+6.4 pts
6 months+5.8%+6.2%3.2%7.5%−3.8 pts+1.1 pts
1 year+12.7%+15.7%7.7%15.2%−10.4 pts+0.9 pts
3 years+26.9%–27.7%–not measured–
Since launchNot the same days: CVRD Aug 2023 · DRKY Oct 2025+27.2%+20.0%27.8%16.8%not measured+4.8 pts

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About each fund
CVRD

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, CVRD paid 7.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +12.7%. CVRD's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026) returned +23.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.3%, paid quarterly.

DRKY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DRKY paid 15.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.9 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.2%, paid monthly. VistaShares estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 27, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, CVRD or DRKY?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, CVRD paid 7.7% of its starting price in cash and DRKY paid 15.2%, so DRKY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, CVRD or DRKY?
With every distribution reinvested, CVRD returned +12.7% and DRKY +15.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, CVRD or DRKY?
CVRD charges 0.90% a year and DRKY charges 0.95%, so CVRD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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