Which is cheaper, DDDD or SIXH?

DDDD charges 1.01% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so SIXH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

DDDD vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return

DDDD and SIXH both write options for income.

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Net assets: $7.8m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax U.S. Stocks Target Double Distribution ETF, and $603m on Aug 31, 2026 for ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.

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At a glance

3.4%

DDDD cash paid, since launch, Mar 12, 2026

2.1%

SIXH cash paid, 1 year

+17.1%

DDDD total return, since launch, Mar 12, 2026

+23.5%

SIXH total return, 1 year

DDDD · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 3.3 pts behind SCHD

DDDD

+17.1%

SCHD

+20.4%

3.3 pts behind SCHD

DDDD since launch: paid 3.4%, price +13.4%, total +17.1%, SCHD +20.4%, −3.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SCHD

+20.4%

DDDD

+17.1%

3.4% cash

3.3 pts behind SCHD

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.3 pts behind SCHD

DDDD since launch: paid 3.4%, price +13.4%, total +17.1%, SCHD +20.4%, −3.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SCHD

+20.4%

DDDD

+17.1%

3.3 pts behind SCHD

3.4% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. DDDD since launch: paid 3.4%, price +13.4%, total +17.1%, SCHD +20.4%, −3.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SIXH · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH

+23.5%

Own

+18.0%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

2.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +23.5%. SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +23.5%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SIXH costs 0.32 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DDDD vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	DDDD	SIXH
Paid and earned
Measure	DDDD	SIXH
Total return, 1 year	not published	+23.5%
Price change	rose 13.4% (since Mar 12, 2026)	rose 21.2% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	76% of the Oct 2, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	DDDD	SIXH
Benchmark	US dividend stocks, measured through SCHD	its own holdings
Cost and size
Measure	DDDD	SIXH
Expense ratio	1.01%	0.69%
Net assets, DDDD as of Nov 3, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026	$7.8m	$603m
Holdings
Measure	DDDD	SIXH
Holdings in common	28%

Method

What they share

28%

By the books each fund has filed, DDDD and SIXH hold 28% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

28% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DDDD SIXH

PepsiCo Inc 3.90% 3.69%

Verizon Communications Inc 3.57% 3.92%

Altria Group Inc 3.09% 4.90%

QUALCOMM Inc 3.92% 2.82%

ConocoPhillips 3.84% 2.69%

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 3.06% 2.50%

Procter & Gamble Co 4.37% 2.46%

Comcast Corp 2.10% 2.72%

Merck & Co Inc 3.82% 1.39%

Coca-Cola Co 4.18% 1.24%

Lockheed Martin Corp 2.87% 1.18%

Texas Instruments Inc 4.70% 1.16%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in DDDD

Home Depot Inc 4.29%

Amgen Inc 4.16%

Abbott Laboratories 4.02%

Chevron Corp 3.94%

UnitedHealth Group Inc 3.91%

Accenture PLC 3.77%

Automatic Data Processing Inc 2.81%

Blackstone Inc 2.21%

Only in SIXH

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 4.95%

AT&T INC. 4.08%

Philip Morris International Inc. 3.60%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2.85%

PFIZER INC. 2.78%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.54%

LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 2.52%

AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION 2.48%

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Side by side

DDDD YieldMax U.S. Stocks Target Double Distribution ETF · Synthetic covered call on SCHD SIXH ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF · Option income on its own holdings, paying monthly

Issuer YieldMax Exchange Traded Concepts

Strategy synthetic covered call option income

Benchmark US dividend stocks (SCHD) SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026)

Pays not established monthly

Payout rate, annualized 18.3% 3.2%

Expense ratio 1.01% 0.69%

Cash paid, 1 year 3.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) 2.1%

Price change, 1 year +13.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +21.2%

Total return, 1 year +17.1% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +23.5%

Benchmark return, 1 year +20.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +18.0%

Ahead or behind −3.3 pts (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +5.5 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 76% not published

Age 237 days 6.5 years

Net assets, DDDD as of Nov 3, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026 $7.8m $603m

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: DDDD vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	DDDD	SIXH	DDDD	SIXH	DDDD	SIXH
3 months	+7.5%	+6.0%	1.6%	0.5%	−1.0 pts	+1.8 pts
6 months	+13.6%	+10.3%	3.3%	1.0%	−2.6 pts	+3.5 pts
1 year	–	+23.5%	–	2.1%	–	+5.5 pts
3 years	–	+47.6%	–	6.8%	–	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: DDDD Mar 2026 · SIXH May 2020	+17.1%	+104.1%	3.4%	16.7%	−3.3 pts	not measured

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About each fund

DDDD

Over the period from its first trade on Mar 12, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, DDDD paid 3.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 13.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.1%. US dividend stocks (SCHD) returned +20.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.3 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 18.3%, paid periodically. YieldMax estimates that 76% of the distribution paid Oct 2, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

SIXH

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SIXH paid 2.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 21.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +23.5%. SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026) returned +18.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 3.2%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, DDDD or SIXH?: DDDD charges 1.01% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so SIXH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

US dividend stocks (SCHD) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →DDDD on its own →SIXH on its own →DDDD dividend history →DDDD holdings →SIXH dividend history →SIXH holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

DDDD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DDDD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

DDDD 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

YieldMax page for DDDD ↗

SIXH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SIXH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Exchange Traded Concepts website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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