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

Over the year CVRD paid 7.4% of its price in cash against SIXH’s 2.0%, though SIXH returned more with it reinvested.

Madison Covered Call ETF and ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.

7.4%CVRD cash paid, 1 year
2.0%SIXH cash paid, 1 year
+5.6%CVRD total return, 1 year
+16.3%SIXH total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: SIXH scores higher

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

CVRD 35.5SIXH 81.83.8, 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
SIXHAbout even with SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%SIXH+16.3%2.0% cashabout even with SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%SIXH+16.3%about even with SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CVRD and SIXH hold 15% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions CVRD and SIXH both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingCVRDSIXH
PepsiCo Inc3.07%3.44%
T-Mobile US Inc2.85%2.42%
Comcast Corp2.35%2.32%
QUALCOMM Inc2.04%3.53%
Broadcom Inc3.57%1.35%
Meta Platforms Inc2.66%1.30%
Amazon.com Inc4.06%1.29%
Lowe's Cos Inc2.99%1.13%
Only in each
Only in CVRDOnly in SIXH
Palo Alto Networks Inc 4.84%Altria Group, Inc. 4.83%
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co 4.58%Philip Morris International Inc. 4.07%
Danaher Corp 4.32%VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 3.77%
Agilent Technologies Inc 3.98%SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 3.74%
Microsoft Corp 3.88%AT&T INC. 3.59%
Visa Inc 3.68%LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 3.11%
Union Pacific Corp 3.17%NVIDIA CORPORATION 2.67%
Blackrock Inc 3.03%COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY 2.66%

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 May 31, 2026.

Performance, window by window

CVRD and SIXH over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
CVRDSIXHCVRDSIXHCVRDSIXH
3 months+4.0%+4.5%1.7%0.5%+1.7 pts+2.2 pts
6 months+5.7%+7.4%3.3%0.9%−12.3 pts−10.6 pts
1 year+5.6%+16.3%7.4%2.0%−11.0 pts−0.3 pts
3 years+19.5%+43.8%25.9%6.6%−58.9 pts−34.6 pts
Since launch+21.1%+96.3%26.3%16.0%−59.8 pts−88.5 pts
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CVRD and SIXH on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
CVRD
Madison Covered Call ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying quarterly
SIXH
ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerMadisonExchange Traded Concepts
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysquarterlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized6.5%0.4%
Expense ratio0.92%0.69%
Cash paid, 1 year7.4%2.0%
Price change, 1 year−2.2%+14.1%
Total return, 1 year+5.6%+16.3%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−11.0 pts−0.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1123 days2321 days
Net assets$32m$543m

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.

SIXH in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SIXH paid 2.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 14.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.3%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.4%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, CVRD or SIXH?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, CVRD paid 7.4% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.0%, so CVRD 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 SIXH?
With every distribution reinvested, CVRD returned +5.6% and SIXH returned +16.3% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so SIXH returned more.
Which is cheaper, CVRD or SIXH?
CVRD charges 0.92% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so SIXH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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CVRD against SIXH, 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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