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DIVO vs ISPY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DIVO paid 6.6% of its price in cash against ISPY’s 5.7%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Oct 28, 2026: $8.1bn for Amplify CWP Enhanced Dividend Income ETF and $1.2bn for ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF.

At a glance
6.6%
DIVO cash paid, 1 year
5.7%
ISPY cash paid, 1 year
+12.7%
DIVO total return, 1 year
+10.1%
ISPY total return, 1 year
DIVO · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 0.9 pts behind SPY
DIVO
+12.7%
SPY
+13.6%

0.9 pts behind SPY

DIVO over 1 year: paid 6.6%, price +5.5%, total +12.7%, SPY +13.6%, −0.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

SPY

+13.6%

DIVO

+12.7%

6.6% of it arrived as cash

0.9 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.9 pts behind SPY

DIVO over 1 year: paid 6.6%, price +5.5%, total +12.7%, SPY +13.6%, −0.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

SPY

+13.6%

DIVO

+12.7%

0.9 pts behind SPY

6.6% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. DIVO over 1 year: paid 6.6%, price +5.5%, total +12.7%, SPY +13.6%, −0.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.
ISPY · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 3.5 pts behind SPY
ISPY
+10.1%
SPY
+13.6%

3.5 pts behind SPY

ISPY over 1 year: paid 5.7%, price +4.0%, total +10.1%, SPY +13.6%, −3.5 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

SPY

+13.6%

ISPY

+10.1%

5.7% of it arrived as cash

3.5 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.5 pts behind SPY

ISPY over 1 year: paid 5.7%, price +4.0%, total +10.1%, SPY +13.6%, −3.5 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

SPY

+13.6%

ISPY

+10.1%

3.5 pts behind SPY

5.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +13.6%. ISPY over 1 year: paid 5.7%, price +4.0%, total +10.1%, SPY +13.6%, −3.5 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +13.6%. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

ISPY costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.6 points; DIVO is 6.8 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DIVO vs ISPY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDIVOISPY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+12.7%+10.1%
Price change, 1 yearrose 5.5%rose 4.0%
Return of capital, issuer estimate68% of the Sep 30, 2026 payment81% of the Oct 7, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.56%0.55%
Net assets$8.1bn$1.2bn
Holdings
Holdings in common24%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · DIVO scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score87.5DIVO85.7ISPY

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

A percentile among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 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 →

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Dec 29, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026 · 147 weekly returns · each against SPY
DIVO ISPY
Return
Total return edge DIVO (slight) +51.2% +49.9%
Annualized edge DIVO (slight) +15.8% +15.4%
Price return edge DIVO +30.2% +17.6%
Risk
Volatility edge DIVO 10.4% 12.8%
Max drawdown edge DIVO −10.6% −15.6%
Downside capture 59.7% 96.6%
Beta 0.59 0.89
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge DIVO 1.04 0.84
Sortino edge DIVO 1.57 1.22
Treynor 0.182 0.121
Calmar edge DIVO 1.49 0.99
Against the benchmark
Alpha +2.2% a year −2.0% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.61 −1.26
Information ratio −0.43 −1.17
Tracking error 8.4% 3.1%
Reading

DIVO returned slightly more: +51.2% to +49.9%. DIVO swung less: 10.4% to 12.8%. DIVO fell less at its worst: −10.6% to −15.6%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: DIVO vs ISPY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDIVOISPYSPYEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+51.2%+49.9%DIVO (slight)Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+15.8%+15.4%DIVO (slight)Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return+30.2%+17.6%DIVOPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility10.4%12.8%DIVOSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation6.9%8.8%DIVOLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−10.6%−15.6%DIVODeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture52.8%85.6%100.0%ISPYShare of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture59.7%96.6%100.0%DIVOShare of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.590.891.00DIVO lowerHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.650.961.00Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe1.040.84DIVOReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.571.22DIVOReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1820.1210.144DIVOReturn above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.490.99DIVOAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYSPYSPYThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+2.2% a year−2.0% a year0.0%Not significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.61−1.26Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−5.1% to +9.6%−5.1% to +1.1%Both include zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.43−1.17DIVOReturn against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error8.4%3.1%0.0%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 147 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

24%

By the books each fund has filed, DIVO and ISPY hold 24% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

24% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DIVO ISPY
Apple Inc 5.02% 5.92%
Microsoft Corp 5.91% 4.80%
NVIDIA Corp 3.98% 6.80%
Alphabet Inc 2.99% 2.53%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 4.93% 1.22%
Visa Inc 5.21% 0.80%
AbbVie Inc 1.20% 0.58%
Chevron Corp 3.97% 0.49%
Caterpillar Inc 5.12% 0.47%
Merck & Co Inc 3.34% 0.46%
UnitedHealth Group Inc 3.06% 0.45%
Coca-Cola Co 2.02% 0.44%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in DIVO
Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio 12/31/2031 6.17%
Amplify Samsung SOFR ETF 4.13%
State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF 3.68%
State Street SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust 3.18%
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd 1.88%
ADM US 11/20/26 C82.5 0.00%
Southern Copper Corp 0.00%
AXP US 11/20/26 C345 -0.01%
Only in ISPY
Amazon.com, Inc. 3.24%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.23%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.02%
Meta Platforms, Inc. 1.60%
Micron Technology, Inc. 1.38%
Tesla, Inc. 1.32%
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. 1.18%
Eli Lilly & Co. 1.16%
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Side by side

DIVO Amplify CWP Enhanced Dividend Income ETF · Dividend stocks with call overlay on SPY, paying monthly ISPY ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF · Option income on SPY, paying monthly
Strategy dividend stocks with call overlay option income
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 4.7% 6.3%
Expense ratio 0.56% 0.55%
Cash paid, 1 year 6.6% 5.7%
Price change, 1 year +5.5% +4.0%
Total return, 1 year +12.7% +10.1%
Benchmark return, 1 year +13.6% +13.6%
Ahead or behind −0.9 pts −3.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 68% 81%
Age 9.9 years 2.9 years
Net assets $8.1bn $1.2bn

As of Oct 28, 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: DIVO vs ISPY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowDIVOISPYDIVOISPYDIVOISPY
3 months+4.2%+4.8%1.2%1.6%−1.9 pts−1.4 pts
6 months+8.4%+7.3%2.1%3.3%−0.7 pts−1.7 pts
1 year+12.7%+10.1%6.6%5.7%−0.9 pts−3.5 pts
3 years+66.6%–19.9%–−28.4 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: DIVO Dec 2016 · ISPY Dec 2023+224.0%+54.8%73.2%26.5%−76.6 pts−15.5 pts

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DIVO and ISPY are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

  1. Holdings in common. 24% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 28, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026).
  2. One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 DIVO returned +12.7% and ISPY +10.1% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 2.6 points.
  3. Size. DIVO has $8.1bn in net assets and ISPY $1.2bn (Net assets); DIVO is 6.8 times larger.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund
DIVO

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DIVO paid 6.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +12.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +13.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.9 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 4.7%, paid monthly. Amplify estimates that 68% of the distribution paid Sep 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

ISPY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ISPY paid 5.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +13.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.5 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.3%, paid monthly. ProShares estimates that 81% of the distribution paid Oct 7, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, DIVO or ISPY?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DIVO paid 6.6% of its starting price in cash and ISPY paid 5.7%, so DIVO paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, DIVO or ISPY?
With every distribution reinvested, DIVO returned +12.7% and ISPY +10.1% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, DIVO or ISPY?
DIVO charges 0.56% a year and ISPY charges 0.55%, so ISPY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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