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DIPS vs XVNV: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $7.5m for YieldMax Short NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF and $3.4m for FT Vest NVDA & Target Income ETF.

At a glance
37.7%
DIPS cash paid, 1 year
2.9%
XVNV cash paid, since launch, Aug 19, 2026
−1.0%
DIPS total return, 1 year
−7.7%
XVNV total return, since launch, Aug 19, 2026
DIPS · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 12.8 pts ahead of short NVDA
12.8 pts ahead of short NVDADIPS over 1 year: paid 37.7%, price −36.3%, total −1.0%, short NVDA −13.8%, +12.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.short NVDA−13.8%DIPS−1.0%12.8 pts ahead of short NVDATotal return, distributions reinvested12.8 pts ahead of short NVDADIPS over 1 year: paid 37.7%, price −36.3%, total −1.0%, short NVDA −13.8%, +12.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.short NVDA−13.8%DIPS−1.0%12.8 pts ahead of short NVDA

DIPS over 1 year: paid 37.7%, price −36.3%, total −1.0%, short NVDA −13.8%, +12.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
XVNV · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 About even with NVDA
About even with NVDAXVNV since launch: paid 2.9%, price −10.3%, total −7.7%, NVDA −7.9%, +0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.NVDA−7.9%XVNV−7.7%about even with NVDATotal return, distributions reinvestedAbout even with NVDAXVNV since launch: paid 2.9%, price −10.3%, total −7.7%, NVDA −7.9%, +0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.NVDA−7.9%XVNV−7.7%about even with NVDA

XVNV since launch: paid 2.9%, price −10.3%, total −7.7%, NVDA −7.9%, +0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XVNV costs 0.20 points a year less; DIPS is 2.2 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DIPS vs XVNV: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDIPSXVNV
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year−1.0%not published
Price changefell 36.3% (1 year)fell 10.3% (since Aug 19, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate91% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkNVIDIA (NVDA) held shortNVIDIA (NVDA)
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.05%0.85%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$7.5m$3.4m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%

Method

What they share

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By the books each fund has filed, DIPS and XVNV hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DIPS XVNV
Only in one fund ↓
Only in DIPS
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 28.42%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 17.47%
NVDA 11/20/2026 195.02 P 3.02%
NVDA US 11/06/26 P192.5 0.43%
NVDA US 11/20/26 C330 0.01%
NVDA US 11/06/26 P200 -1.44%
NVDA 11/20/2026 195.02 C -5.67%
Only in XVNV
2027-01-21 S&P 500® Mini Index P 1,500.03 333.43%
2027-01-21 S&P 500® Mini Index C 500.03 118.98%
NVIDIA Corporation 50.27%
2027-01-21 S&P 500® Mini Index C 1,500.03 0.00%
2027-01-22 NVIDIA Corporation C 1,898.64 0.00%
2026-11-06 NVIDIA Corporation C 202.50 -0.37%
2027-01-21 S&P 500® Mini Index P 500.03 -0.48%
2027-01-22 NVIDIA Corporation P 1,898.64 -403.64%
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Side by side

DIPS YieldMax Short NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF · Short single-stock option income on short NVDA, paying weekly XVNV FT Vest NVDA & Target Income ETF · Option income on NVDA
Strategy short single-stock option income option income
Benchmark NVIDIA (NVDA) held short NVIDIA (NVDA)
Pays weekly not established
Payout rate, annualized 33.1% 16.5%
Expense ratio 1.05% 0.85%
Cash paid, 1 year 37.7% 2.9% (since launch, Aug 19, 2026)
Price change, 1 year −36.3% −10.3% (since launch, Aug 19, 2026)
Total return, 1 year −1.0% −7.7% (since launch, Aug 19, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year −13.8% −7.9% (since launch, Aug 19, 2026)
Ahead or behind +12.8 pts +0.2 pts (since launch, Aug 19, 2026)
Return of capital, latest estimate 91% 100%
Age 2.3 years 77 days
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $7.5m $3.4m

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: DIPS vs XVNV: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowDIPSXVNVDIPSXVNVDIPSXVNV
3 months+4.9%–8.5%–−1.2 pts–
6 months−2.3%–17.2%–+1.4 pts–
1 year−1.0%–37.7%–+12.8 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: DIPS Jul 2024 · XVNV Aug 2026−51.9%−7.7%46.0%2.9%+12.9 pts+0.2 pts

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About each fund
DIPS

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DIPS paid 37.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 36.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −1.0%. NVIDIA (NVDA) held short returned −13.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 12.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 33.1%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 91% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

XVNV

Over the period from its first trade on Aug 19, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, XVNV paid 2.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −7.7%. NVIDIA (NVDA) returned −7.9% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 16.5%, paid periodically. First Trust estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

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Which is cheaper, DIPS or XVNV?
DIPS charges 1.05% a year and XVNV charges 0.85%, so XVNV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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