Which is cheaper, DDDD or SPYI?

DDDD charges 1.01% a year and SPYI charges 0.68%, so SPYI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

DDDD vs SPYI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

DDDD and SPYI 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 $12.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF.

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At a glance

3.4%

DDDD cash paid, since launch, Mar 12, 2026

12.1%

SPYI cash paid, 1 year

+17.1%

DDDD total return, since launch, Mar 12, 2026

+14.0%

SPYI 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% as 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.

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%

12.1% cash

0.8 pts behind SPY

12.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +20.4%. 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 +20.4%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SPYI costs 0.33 points a year less; SPYI is far larger, $12.7bn against $7.7m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DDDD vs SPYI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	DDDD	SPYI
Paid and earned
Measure	DDDD	SPYI
Total return, 1 year	not published	+14.0%
Price change	rose 13.4% (since Mar 12, 2026)	rose 1.1% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	76% of the Oct 2, 2026 payment	99% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	DDDD	SPYI
Benchmark	US dividend stocks, measured through SCHD	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	DDDD	SPYI
Expense ratio	1.01%	0.68%
Net assets, as of Oct 28, 2026	$7.7m	$12.7bn
Holdings
Measure	DDDD	SPYI
Holdings in common	8%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DDDD and SPYI hold 8% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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0 half 100%

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8% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DDDD SPYI

Chevron Corp 3.94% 0.64%

Procter & Gamble Co 4.37% 0.57%

Coca-Cola Co 4.18% 0.56%

UnitedHealth Group Inc 3.91% 0.56%

Merck & Co Inc 3.82% 0.54%

Home Depot Inc 4.29% 0.51%

Texas Instruments Inc 4.70% 0.43%

Amgen Inc 4.16% 0.38%

Abbott Laboratories 4.02% 0.29%

Verizon Communications Inc 3.57% 0.29%

PepsiCo Inc 3.90% 0.28%

ConocoPhillips 3.84% 0.27%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in DDDD

HD US 11/20/26 C315 0.48%

ACN US 11/20/26 C235 0.43%

East West Bancorp Inc 0.43%

HF Sinclair Corp 0.38%

Fidelity National Financial Inc 0.26%

LMT US 11/20/26 C530 0.26%

Watsco Inc 0.26%

American Financial Group Inc 0.25%

Only in SPYI

NVIDIA Corp 7.67%

Apple Inc 7.40%

Microsoft Corp 5.90%

Amazon.com Inc 3.76%

Alphabet Inc 2.49%

Broadcom Inc 2.41%

Meta Platforms Inc 2.07%

Alphabet Inc 2.02%

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Side by side

DDDD YieldMax U.S. Stocks Target Double Distribution ETF · Synthetic covered call on SCHD SPYI NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF · Option income on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer YieldMax NEOS

Strategy synthetic covered call option income

Benchmark US dividend stocks (SCHD) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays not established monthly

Payout rate, annualized 18.3% 11.5%

Expense ratio 1.01% 0.68%

Cash paid, 1 year 3.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) 12.1%

Price change, 1 year +13.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +1.1%

Total return, 1 year +17.1% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +14.0%

Benchmark return, 1 year +20.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +14.8%

Ahead or behind −3.3 pts (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) −0.8 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 76% 99%

Age 237 days 4.2 years

Net assets, DDDD as of Nov 3, 2026 and SPYI as of Oct 28, 2026 $7.8m $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: DDDD vs SPYI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	DDDD	SPYI	DDDD	SPYI	DDDD	SPYI
3 months	+7.5%	+1.1%	1.6%	2.9%	−1.0 pts	+1.3 pts
6 months	+13.6%	+5.8%	3.3%	6.0%	−2.6 pts	+0.7 pts
1 year	–	+14.0%	–	12.1%	–	−0.8 pts
3 years	–	+62.0%	–	39.3%	–	−20.9 pts
Since launchNot the same days: DDDD Mar 2026 · SPYI Aug 2022	+17.1%	+78.5%	3.4%	51.3%	−3.3 pts	−25.2 pts

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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.

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).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, DDDD or SPYI?: DDDD charges 1.01% a year and SPYI charges 0.68%, so SPYI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

US dividend stocks (SCHD) →S&P 500 (SPY) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →DDDD on its own →SPYI on its own →DDDD dividend history →DDDD holdings →SPYI dividend history →SPYI 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 ↗

SPYI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPYI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SPYI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

NEOS page for SPYI ↗

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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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