Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
DFII vs EHY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, EHY paid 30.4% of its price in cash against DFII’s 12.6%, though DFII returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $20m for FT Vest Bitcoin Strategy & Target Income ETF and $4.8m for Amplify Ethereum Max Income Covered Call ETF.
1 pt behind Bitcoin
DFII over 1 year: paid 12.6%, price −34.5%, total −21.5%, Bitcoin −20.5%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Bitcoin
−20.5%
DFII
−21.5%
1 pt behind Bitcoin
Total return, distributions reinvested
1 pt behind Bitcoin
DFII over 1 year: paid 12.6%, price −34.5%, total −21.5%, Bitcoin −20.5%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Bitcoin
−20.5%
DFII
−21.5%
1 pt behind Bitcoin
12.6% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. DFII over 1 year: paid 12.6%, price −34.5%, total −21.5%, Bitcoin −20.5%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.12.2 pts behind Ether
EHY over 1 year: paid 30.4%, price −62.2%, total −36.9%, Ether −24.7%, −12.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Ether
−24.7%
EHY
−36.9%
12.2 pts behind Ether
Total return, distributions reinvested
12.2 pts behind Ether
EHY over 1 year: paid 30.4%, price −62.2%, total −36.9%, Ether −24.7%, −12.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Ether
−24.7%
EHY
−36.9%
12.2 pts behind Ether
30.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. EHY over 1 year: paid 30.4%, price −62.2%, total −36.9%, Ether −24.7%, −12.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
EHY costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.4 points; DFII is 4.2 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | DFII | EHY |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | −21.5% | −36.9% |
| Price change, 1 year | fell 34.5% | fell 62.2% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 100% of the Nov 3, 2026 payment | 99% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | Bitcoin (BTC-USD) | Ether (ETH-USD) |
| Against its benchmark, same days | behind by 1.0 pts | behind by 12.2 pts |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.85% | 0.75% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $20m | $4.8m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed
One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, DFII and EHY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
half
0% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | DFII | EHY | DFII | EHY | DFII | EHY |
| 3 months | +18.5% | +1.9% | 5.3% | 12.9% | −5.1 pts | −24.4 pts |
| 6 months | −3.9% | −23.1% | 7.7% | 17.6% | −2.2 pts | −26.1 pts |
| 1 year | −21.5% | −36.9% | 12.6% | 30.4% | −0.9 pts | −12.3 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: DFII Apr 2025 · EHY Oct 2025 | −6.4% | −52.0% | 26.5% | 23.2% | −4.1 pts | −7.7 pts |
DFII
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DFII paid 12.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 34.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −21.5%. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) returned −20.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 18.5%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Nov 3, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
EHY
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, EHY paid 30.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 62.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −36.9%. Ether (ETH-USD) returned −24.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 12.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 50.3%, paid monthly. Amplify estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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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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