Which is cheaper, CVRD or JUDO?

CVRD charges 0.90% a year and JUDO charges 0.55%, so JUDO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

CVRD vs JUDO: Dividend Yield & Total Return

CVRD and JUDO both write options for income.

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Net assets: $32m on Jun 30, 2026 for Madison Covered Call ETF, and $7.0m on Jul 31, 2026 for Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF.

CVRD on its own →JUDO on its own →

At a glance

7.7%

CVRD cash paid, 1 year

3.8%

JUDO cash paid, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

+12.7%

CVRD total return, 1 year

+16.1%

JUDO total return, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

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.

JUDO · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

JUDO

+16.1%

none

Not measured

JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO

+16.1%

3.8% as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO

+16.1%

3.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +23.1%. JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +23.1%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

JUDO costs 0.35 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

CVRD vs JUDO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	CVRD	JUDO
Paid and earned
Measure	CVRD	JUDO
Total return, 1 year	+12.7%	not published
Price change	rose 4.3% (1 year)	rose 2.7% (6 months)
Against its benchmark
Measure	CVRD	JUDO
Benchmark	its own stocks	its own stocks
Against its benchmark, same days	behind by 10.4 pts	ahead by 0.6 pts
Cost and size
Measure	CVRD	JUDO
Expense ratio	0.90%	0.55%
Net assets, CVRD as of Jun 30, 2026 and JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026	$32m	$7.0m
Holdings
Measure	CVRD	JUDO
Holdings in common	17%

Method

What they share

17%

By the books each fund has filed, CVRD and JUDO hold 17% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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17% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first CVRD JUDO

Amazon.com Inc 4.03% 5.17%

Microsoft Corp 3.85% 6.64%

Broadcom Inc 3.55% 3.56%

Visa Inc 3.65% 1.70%

Stryker Corp 1.97% 1.05%

Union Pacific Corp 3.15% 0.91%

Danaher Corp 4.29% 0.90%

Meta Platforms Inc 2.64% 0.79%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in CVRD

Palo Alto Networks Inc 4.80%

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co 4.54%

Agilent Technologies Inc 3.95%

PepsiCo Inc 3.05%

Blackrock Inc 3.01%

American Tower Corp 2.97%

Lowe's Cos Inc 2.97%

Matador Resources Co 2.96%

Only in JUDO

NVIDIA Corp. 7.84%

Alphabet, Inc. 6.79%

Apple, Inc. 4.38%

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.31%

Eli Lilly & Co. 2.07%

Micron Technology, Inc. 1.99%

Mastercard, Inc. 1.72%

General Electric Co. 1.69%

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Side by side

CVRD Madison Covered Call ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying quarterly JUDO Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly

Issuer Madison Janus Henderson

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) JUDO's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026)

Pays quarterly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 6.3% 6.4%

Expense ratio 0.90% 0.55%

Cash paid, 1 year 7.7% 3.8% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +4.3% +12.2% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +12.7% +16.1% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +23.1% not published

Ahead or behind −10.4 pts not available

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 3.2 years 224 days

Net assets, CVRD as of Jun 30, 2026 and JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026 $32m $7.0m

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 JUDO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	CVRD	JUDO	CVRD	JUDO	CVRD	JUDO
3 months	+5.7%	−1.2%	1.6%	1.6%	−0.8 pts	+0.5 pts
6 months	+5.8%	+5.8%	3.2%	3.1%	−3.8 pts	+0.6 pts
1 year	+12.7%	–	7.7%	–	−10.4 pts	–
3 years	+26.9%	–	27.7%	–	not measured	–
Since launchNot the same days: CVRD Aug 2023 · JUDO Mar 2026	+27.2%	+16.1%	27.8%	3.8%	not measured	not measured

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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.

JUDO

JUDO's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) returned +5.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.6 pts.

Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, JUDO paid 3.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.4%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, CVRD or JUDO?: CVRD charges 0.90% a year and JUDO charges 0.55%, so JUDO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

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Sources and dates

CVRD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

CVRD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Madison website ↗

JUDO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JUDO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Janus Henderson website ↗

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How this is computed

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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