Data as of .
DDDD vs ROCY: which paid, and which earned it?
DDDD and ROCY both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, DDDD and ROCY hold 6% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | DDDD | ROCY |
|---|---|---|
| UnitedHealth Group Inc | 3.84% | 1.02% |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Co | 3.27% | 0.92% |
| EOG Resources Inc | 1.95% | 0.80% |
| ConocoPhillips | 4.07% | 0.75% |
| PepsiCo Inc | 3.50% | 0.46% |
| Comcast Corp | 2.05% | 0.42% |
| Coca-Cola Co/The | 4.30% | 0.34% |
| United Parcel Service Inc | 1.88% | 0.33% |
| Blackstone Inc | 2.35% | 0.32% |
| Procter & Gamble Co/The | 4.01% | 0.24% |
| Only in DDDD | Only in ROCY |
|---|---|
| Merck & Co Inc 4.93% | NVIDIA Corp. 8.37% |
| Abbott Laboratories 4.53% | Apple, Inc. 6.71% |
| Amgen Inc 4.38% | Alphabet, Inc. 5.33% |
| Chevron Corp 4.25% | Microsoft Corp. 4.97% |
| Verizon Communications Inc 3.96% | Amazon.com, Inc. 4.15% |
| Home Depot Inc/The 3.68% | Micron Technology, Inc. 3.00% |
| Texas Instruments Inc 3.32% | Broadcom, Inc. 2.61% |
| Altria Group Inc 2.94% | Meta Platforms, Inc. 2.43% |
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
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DDDD | ROCY | DDDD | ROCY | DDDD | ROCY | |
| 3 months | +4.9% | +2.6% | 1.6% | 1.7% | +2.6 pts | +0.3 pts |
| 6 months | +10.5% | +14.8% | 1.7% | 3.7% | −7.6 pts | −3.3 pts |
| Since launch | +8.7% | +13.5% | 1.6% | 3.6% | −6.5 pts | −2.9 pts |
| DDDD YieldMax(R) U.S. Stocks Target Double Distribution ETF Synthetic covered call on SPY | ROCY JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | YieldMax | JPMorgan |
| Strategy | synthetic covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | not established | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 18.4% | 5.7% |
| Expense ratio | 1.01% | 0.35% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 1.6% (since launch on Mar 12, 2026) | 3.6% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | +7.0% | +9.7% |
| Total return, 1 year | +8.7% (since launch on Mar 12, 2026) | +13.5% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +15.3% | +16.4% |
| Ahead or behind | −6.5 pts | −2.9 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | 67% | not published |
| Age | 190 days | 183 days |
| Net assets | $7m | $726m |
DDDD in plain words
Over the period since launch on Mar 12, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, DDDD paid 1.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 7.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +15.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 18.4%, paid periodically. YieldMax estimates that 67% of the distribution paid Jul 6, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).
ROCY in plain words
Over the period since launch on Mar 19, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, ROCY paid 3.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.7%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, DDDD or ROCY?
- DDDD charges 1.01% a year and ROCY charges 0.35%, so ROCY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, DDDD against ROCY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/dddd-vs-rocy Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.