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CVRD vs SPYI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SPYI paid 12.1% 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 $12.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF.

At a glance
7.7%
CVRD cash paid, 1 year
12.1%
SPYI cash paid, 1 year
+12.7%
CVRD total return, 1 year
+14.0%
SPYI 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.
SPYI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.8 pts behind SPY
SPYI
+14.0%
SPY
+14.8%

0.8 pts behind SPY

SPYI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +1.1%, total +14.0%, SPY +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SPYI

+14.0%

12.1% of it arrived as cash

0.8 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.8 pts behind SPY

SPYI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +1.1%, total +14.0%, SPY +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SPYI

+14.0%

0.8 pts behind SPY

12.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +23.1%. SPYI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +1.1%, total +14.0%, SPY +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

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

Pair scorecard

SPYI costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.3 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

CVRD vs SPYI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureCVRDSPYI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+12.7%+14.0%
Price change, 1 yearrose 4.3%rose 1.1%
Return of capital, issuer estimate99% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Benchmarkits own stocksS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.90%0.68%
Net assets, CVRD as of Jun 30, 2026 and SPYI as of Oct 28, 2026$32m$12.7bn
Holdings
Holdings in common18%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · CVRD scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score80.5CVRD68.6SPYI

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

18%

By the books each fund has filed, CVRD and SPYI hold 18% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

18% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first CVRD SPYI
Microsoft Corp 3.85% 5.90%
Amazon.com Inc 4.03% 3.76%
Broadcom Inc 3.55% 2.41%
Meta Platforms Inc 2.64% 2.07%
Visa Inc 3.65% 1.06%
Palo Alto Networks Inc 4.80% 0.43%
Salesforce Inc 2.45% 0.31%
PepsiCo Inc 3.05% 0.28%
NextEra Energy Inc 2.47% 0.27%
Union Pacific Corp 3.15% 0.27%
QUALCOMM Inc 2.02% 0.26%
Blackrock Inc 3.01% 0.25%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in CVRD
Matador Resources Co 2.96%
Transocean Ltd 2.91%
Only in SPYI
NVIDIA Corp 7.67%
Apple Inc 7.40%
Alphabet Inc 2.49%
Alphabet Inc 2.02%
Eli Lilly & Co 1.72%
Tesla Inc 1.72%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.55%
Micron Technology Inc 1.46%
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Side by side

CVRD Madison Covered Call ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying quarterly SPYI NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF · Option income on SPY, paying monthly
Issuer Madison NEOS
Strategy covered call option income
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% 11.5%
Expense ratio 0.90% 0.68%
Cash paid, 1 year 7.7% 12.1%
Price change, 1 year +4.3% +1.1%
Total return, 1 year +12.7% +14.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year +23.1% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −10.4 pts −0.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 99%
Age 3.2 years 4.2 years
Net assets, CVRD as of Jun 30, 2026 and SPYI as of Oct 28, 2026 $32m $12.7bn

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 SPYI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowCVRDSPYICVRDSPYICVRDSPYI
3 months+5.7%+1.1%1.6%2.9%−0.8 pts+1.3 pts
6 months+5.8%+5.8%3.2%6.0%−3.8 pts+0.7 pts
1 year+12.7%+14.0%7.7%12.1%−10.4 pts−0.8 pts
3 years+26.9%+62.0%27.7%39.3%not measured−20.9 pts
Since launchNot the same days: CVRD Aug 2023 · SPYI Aug 2022+27.2%+78.5%27.8%51.3%not measured−25.2 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.

SPYI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SPYI paid 12.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.0%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.5%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Oct 23, 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 SPYI?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, CVRD paid 7.7% of its starting price in cash and SPYI paid 12.1%, so SPYI 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 SPYI?
With every distribution reinvested, CVRD returned +12.7% and SPYI +14.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, CVRD or SPYI?
CVRD charges 0.90% a year and SPYI charges 0.68%, so SPYI 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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