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

Over the year YLDE paid 7.6% of its price in cash against CVRD’s 7.4%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Madison Covered Call ETF and Franklin ClearBridge Enhanced Income ETF.

7.4%CVRD cash paid, 1 year
7.6%YLDE cash paid, 1 year
+5.6%CVRD total return, 1 year
+10.5%YLDE total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: YLDE scores higher

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

CVRD 35.5YLDE 56.23.8, 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
YLDE6 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%YLDE+10.5%7.6% of it arrived as cash6 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%YLDE+10.5%6 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CVRD and YLDE hold 20% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions CVRD and YLDE both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingCVRDYLDE
Microsoft Corp3.88%2.67%
Marsh & McLennan Cos Inc2.84%2.52%
Union Pacific Corp3.17%2.45%
Broadcom Inc3.57%2.25%
Comcast Corp2.35%2.23%
Visa Inc3.68%1.83%
T-Mobile US Inc2.85%1.67%
Meta Platforms Inc2.66%1.63%
American Tower Corp2.99%1.28%
Honeywell International Inc1.48%0.63%
Honeywell Aerospace Inc1.46%0.62%
Only in each
Only in CVRDOnly in YLDE
Palo Alto Networks Inc 4.84%WILLIAMS COMPANIES INC (THE) 4.63%
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co 4.58%EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 4.05%
Danaher Corp 4.32%ALPHABET INC 3.60%
Amazon.com Inc 4.06%NVIDIA CORP 3.03%
Agilent Technologies Inc 3.98%NESTLE' SA/AG 2.94%
PepsiCo Inc 3.07%AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC 2.83%
Blackrock Inc 3.03%APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT INC 2.78%
Lowe's Cos Inc 2.99%UNILEVER PLC 2.64%

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.

Performance, window by window

CVRD and YLDE over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
CVRDYLDECVRDYLDECVRDYLDE
3 months+4.0%+2.5%1.7%2.3%+1.7 pts+0.3 pts
6 months+5.7%+8.4%3.3%4.1%−12.3 pts−9.6 pts
1 year+5.6%+10.5%7.4%7.6%−11.0 pts−6.0 pts
3 years+19.5%+51.1%25.9%16.8%−58.9 pts−27.3 pts
Since launch+21.1%+181.4%26.3%42.1%−59.8 pts−86.6 pts
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CVRD and YLDE on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
CVRD
Madison Covered Call ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying quarterly
YLDE
Franklin ClearBridge Enhanced Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerMadisonFranklin
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysquarterlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized6.5%7.0%
Expense ratio0.92%0.48%
Cash paid, 1 year7.4%7.6%
Price change, 1 year−2.2%+2.6%
Total return, 1 year+5.6%+10.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−11.0 pts−6.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1123 days3405 days
Net assets$32m$170m

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.

YLDE in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, YLDE paid 7.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.0%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, CVRD or YLDE?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, CVRD paid 7.4% of its starting price in cash and YLDE paid 7.6%, so YLDE 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 YLDE?
With every distribution reinvested, CVRD returned +5.6% and YLDE returned +10.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so YLDE returned more.
Which is cheaper, CVRD or YLDE?
CVRD charges 0.92% a year and YLDE charges 0.48%, so YLDE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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CVRD against YLDE, 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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