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DDDD vs VOOY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Net assets: $7.8m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax U.S. Stocks Target Double Distribution ETF, beside XFUNDS Large Cap Income ETF.

At a glance
3.4%
DDDD cash paid, since launch, Mar 12, 2026
1.5%
VOOY cash paid, since launch, Sep 2, 2026
+17.1%
DDDD total return, since launch, Mar 12, 2026
+0.3%
VOOY total return, since launch, Sep 2, 2026
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.
VOOY · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured
VOOY
+0.3%
none

Not measured

VOOY since launch: paid 1.5%, price −1.2%, total +0.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOOY

+0.3%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

VOOY since launch: paid 1.5%, price −1.2%, total +0.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOOY

+0.3%

1.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. VOOY since launch: paid 1.5%, price −1.2%, total +0.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

VOOY costs 0.26 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DDDD vs VOOY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDDDDVOOY
Paid and earned
Price changerose 13.4% (since Mar 12, 2026)fell 1.2% (since Sep 2, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate76% of the Oct 2, 2026 payment26% of the Oct 7, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkUS dividend stocks, measured through SCHDnot published
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.01%0.75%
Net assets$7.8mnot read by ETFIQ
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published

Method

Side by side

DDDD YieldMax U.S. Stocks Target Double Distribution ETF · Synthetic covered call on SCHD VOOY XFUNDS Large Cap Income ETF · Option income
Strategy synthetic covered call option income
Benchmark US dividend stocks (SCHD) none
Pays not established not established
Payout rate, annualized 18.3% 9.1%
Expense ratio 1.01% 0.75%
Cash paid, 1 year 3.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) 1.5% (since launch, Sep 2, 2026)
Price change, 1 year +13.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) −1.2% (since launch, Sep 2, 2026)
Total return, 1 year +17.1% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +0.3% (since launch, Sep 2, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year +20.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) not published
Ahead or behind −3.3 pts (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) not available
Return of capital, latest estimate 76% 26%
Age 237 days 63 days
Net assets $7.8m not read by ETFIQ

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 VOOY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowDDDDVOOYDDDDVOOYDDDDVOOY
3 months+7.5%–1.6%–−1.0 pts–
6 months+13.6%–3.3%–−2.6 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: DDDD Mar 2026 · VOOY Sep 2026+17.1%+0.3%3.4%1.5%−3.3 ptsnot 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.

VOOY

Over the period from its first trade on Sep 2, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, VOOY paid 1.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.3%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.1%, paid periodically. XFUNDS estimates that 26% of the distribution paid Oct 7, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, DDDD or VOOY?
DDDD charges 1.01% a year and VOOY charges 0.75%, so VOOY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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