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CVRD vs PBP: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year PBP paid 11.8% of its price in cash against CVRD’s 7.4%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Madison Covered Call ETF and Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF.

7.4%CVRD cash paid, 1 year
11.8%PBP cash paid, 1 year
+5.6%CVRD total return, 1 year
+18.5%PBP total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: PBP scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

CVRD 35.5PBP 80.63.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. 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

CVRD11 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%CVRD+5.6%7.4% of it arrived as cash11 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%CVRD+5.6%11 pts behind SPY
PBP1.9 pts ahead of SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%PBP+18.5%11.8% of it arrived as cash1.9 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%PBP+18.5%11.8% cash1.9 pts ahead of SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CVRD and PBP hold 18% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions CVRD and PBP both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingCVRDPBP
Microsoft Corp3.88%5.57%
Amazon.com Inc4.06%3.77%
Broadcom Inc3.57%2.57%
Meta Platforms Inc2.66%2.22%
Visa Inc3.68%0.93%
Palo Alto Networks Inc4.84%0.45%
Salesforce Inc2.47%0.30%
QUALCOMM Inc2.04%0.29%
PepsiCo Inc3.07%0.27%
NextEra Energy Inc2.49%0.26%
Union Pacific Corp3.17%0.25%
Blackrock Inc3.03%0.24%
Only in each
Only in CVRDOnly in PBP
Matador Resources Co 2.98%NVIDIA Corp 8.18%
Transocean Ltd 2.93%Apple Inc 7.50%
Alphabet Inc 3.11%
Alphabet Inc 2.47%
Micron Technology Inc 1.74%
Tesla Inc 1.56%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.42%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.42%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 19, 2026.

Performance, window by window

CVRD and PBP over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
CVRDPBPCVRDPBPCVRDPBP
3 months+4.0%+5.0%1.7%2.8%+1.7 pts+2.7 pts
6 months+5.7%+13.0%3.3%5.7%−12.3 pts−5.0 pts
1 year+5.6%+18.5%7.4%11.8%−11.0 pts+1.9 pts
3 years+19.5%+46.1%25.9%31.8%−58.9 pts−32.3 pts
Since launch+21.1%+199.0%26.3%101.2%−59.8 pts−604.5 pts
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CVRD and PBP on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
CVRD
Madison Covered Call ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying quarterly
PBP
Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerMadisonInvesco
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY)
Paysquarterlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized6.5%11.3%
Expense ratio0.92%0.29%
Cash paid, 1 year7.4%11.8%
Price change, 1 year−2.2%+5.5%
Total return, 1 year+5.6%+18.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−11.0 pts+1.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1123 days6101 days
Net assets$32m$386m

CVRD in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, CVRD paid 7.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.6%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 11.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.5%, paid quarterly.

PBP in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, PBP paid 11.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.3%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, CVRD or PBP?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, CVRD paid 7.4% of its starting price in cash and PBP paid 11.8%, so PBP 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 PBP?
With every distribution reinvested, CVRD returned +5.6% and PBP returned +18.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so PBP returned more.
Which is cheaper, CVRD or PBP?
CVRD charges 0.92% a year and PBP charges 0.29%, so PBP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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CVRD against PBP, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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