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

Over the year YYY paid 12.1% of its price in cash against CVRD’s 7.4%, though CVRD returned more with it reinvested.

Madison Covered Call ETF and Amplify CEF High Income ETF.

7.4%CVRD cash paid, 1 year
12.1%YYY cash paid, 1 year
+5.6%CVRD total return, 1 year
+3.4%YYY total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: CVRD scores higher

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

CVRD 35.5YYY 22.33.8, 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
YYY13.2 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%YYY+3.4%12.1% as cash13.2 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%YYY+3.4%13.2 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CVRD and YYY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in CVRDOnly in YYY
Palo Alto Networks Inc 4.84%abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund 3.61%
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co 4.58%BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust 3.33%
Danaher Corp 4.32%Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp 3.32%
Amazon.com Inc 4.06%Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund/Closed-end Fund 3.30%
Agilent Technologies Inc 3.98%PIMCO High Income Fund 3.04%
Microsoft Corp 3.88%Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 2.98%
Visa Inc 3.68%Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund 2.66%
Broadcom Inc 3.57%Western Asset Diversified Income Fund 2.45%

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 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

CVRD and YYY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
CVRDYYYCVRDYYYCVRDYYY
3 months+4.0%−2.5%1.7%3.1%+1.7 pts−4.8 pts
6 months+5.7%+4.7%3.3%6.5%−12.3 pts−13.3 pts
1 year+5.6%+3.4%7.4%12.1%−11.0 pts−13.2 pts
3 years+19.5%+37.1%25.9%37.7%−58.9 pts−41.3 pts
Since launch+21.1%+117.8%26.3%112.4%−59.8 pts−519.1 pts
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CVRD and YYY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
CVRD
Madison Covered Call ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying quarterly
YYY
Amplify CEF High Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerMadisonAmplify
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY), used as the proxy
Paysquarterlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized6.5%13.3%
Expense ratio0.92%3.23%
Cash paid, 1 year7.4%12.1%
Price change, 1 year−2.2%−8.8%
Total return, 1 year+5.6%+3.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−11.0 pts−13.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1123 days5211 days
Net assets$32m$702m

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.

YYY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, YYY paid 12.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.4%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as the proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 13.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.3%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, CVRD or YYY?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, CVRD paid 7.4% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.1%, so YYY 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 YYY?
With every distribution reinvested, CVRD returned +5.6% and YYY returned +3.4% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so CVRD returned more.
Which is cheaper, CVRD or YYY?
CVRD charges 0.92% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so CVRD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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CVRD against YYY, 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.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, CVRD against YYY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/cvrd-vs-yyy Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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