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DIVO vs MSTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, MSTY paid 33.4% of its price in cash against DIVO’s 6.6%, though DIVO returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $8.1bn on Oct 28, 2026 for Amplify CWP Enhanced Dividend Income ETF, and $1.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for YieldMax MSTR Option Income Strategy ETF.

At a glance
6.6%
DIVO cash paid, 1 year
33.4%
MSTY cash paid, 1 year
+12.7%
DIVO total return, 1 year
−43.4%
MSTY 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%

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.
MSTY · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 5.6 pts ahead of MSTR
MSTY
−43.4%
MSTR
−49.0%

5.6 pts ahead of MSTR

MSTY over 1 year: paid 33.4%, price −75.2%, total −43.4%, MSTR −49.0%, +5.6 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

MSTR

−49.0%

MSTY

−43.4%

5.6 pts ahead of MSTR

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.6 pts ahead of MSTR

MSTY over 1 year: paid 33.4%, price −75.2%, total −43.4%, MSTR −49.0%, +5.6 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

MSTR

−49.0%

MSTY

−43.4%

5.6 pts ahead of MSTR

33.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. MSTY over 1 year: paid 33.4%, price −75.2%, total −43.4%, MSTR −49.0%, +5.6 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

DIVO costs 0.43 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 56.1 points; DIVO is 8.0 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DIVO vs MSTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDIVOMSTY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+12.7%−43.4%
Price change, 1 yearrose 5.5%fell 75.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate68% of the Sep 30, 2026 payment14% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYMicroStrategy (MSTR)
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.56%0.99%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026$8.0bn$1.0bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · DIVO scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

DIVO among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company

IQ Income Score87.5DIVO19.6MSTY

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company and 74 income ETFs writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

DIVO 87.5
0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

MSTY among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company

MSTY 19.6
0.7, the lowest in this set 99.3, the highest

A percentile among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. MSTY is a percentile among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company, a different set, so the two marks are not on one scale. 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 Oct 28, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Mar 1, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026 · 138 weekly returns
DIVO MSTY
Return
Total return edge DIVO +44.8% +36.1%
Annualized edge DIVO +15.0% +12.3%
Price return edge DIVO +25.6% −89.1%
Risk
Volatility edge DIVO 10.7% 61.8%
Max drawdown edge DIVO −10.6% −76.2%
Downside capture 76.2% 97.2%
Beta 0.73 0.73
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge DIVO 0.96 0.42
Sortino edge DIVO 1.45 0.65
Treynor 0.140 0.358
Calmar edge DIVO 1.42 0.16
Against the benchmark
Alpha +0.9% a year −2.3% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.45 −0.23
Information ratio −0.34 −0.47
Tracking error 7.5% 27.4%

Each against its own benchmark: DIVO against SPY, Dec 23, 2016 to Oct 23, 2026; MSTY against MSTR, Mar 1, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

DIVO returned more: +44.8% to +36.1%. DIVO swung less: 10.7% to 61.8%. DIVO fell less at its worst: −10.6% to −76.2%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: DIVO vs MSTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDIVOMSTYEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+44.8%+36.1%DIVOPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+15.0%+12.3%DIVOTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+25.6%−89.1%DIVOPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility10.7%61.8%DIVOSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation7.1%40.0%DIVOLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−10.6%−76.2%DIVODeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture62.8%35.5%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture76.2%97.2%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.730.73Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.820.93Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.960.42DIVOReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.450.65DIVOReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1400.358Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.420.16DIVOAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYMSTRThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+0.9% a year−2.3% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.45−0.23Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−2.9% to +4.6%−21.9% to +17.3%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.34−0.47Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error7.5%27.4%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 138 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, DIVO and MSTY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 28, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DIVO MSTY
Only in one fund ↓
Only in DIVO
Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio 12/31/2031 6.17%
Microsoft Corp 5.91%
Amgen Inc 5.52%
Visa Inc 5.21%
Caterpillar Inc 5.12%
Apple Inc 5.02%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc 5.01%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 4.93%
Only in MSTY
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 18.81%
MSTR US 11/20/26 C135 6.30%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 5.96%
MSTR 12/18/2026 150.01 C 4.40%
MSTR US 10/30/26 C157.5 0.19%
MSTR US 10/30/26 C160 0.11%
MSTR US 10/30/26 C162.5 0.10%
MSTR US 10/30/26 C148 -0.03%
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Side by side

DIVO Amplify CWP Enhanced Dividend Income ETF · Dividend stocks with call overlay on SPY, paying monthly MSTY YieldMax MSTR Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on MSTR, paying weekly
Strategy dividend stocks with call overlay synthetic covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) MicroStrategy (MSTR)
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 4.7% 60.3%
Expense ratio 0.56% 0.99%
Cash paid, 1 year 6.6% 33.4%
Price change, 1 year +5.5% −75.2%
Total return, 1 year +12.7% −43.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year +13.6% −49.0%
Ahead or behind −0.9 pts +5.6 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 68% 14%
Age 9.9 years 2.7 years
Net assets, DIVO as of Oct 28, 2026 and MSTY as of Oct 27, 2026 $8.1bn $1.0bn

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 MSTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowDIVOMSTYDIVOMSTYDIVOMSTY
3 months+4.2%+42.2%1.2%25.1%−1.9 pts−13.3 pts
6 months+8.4%−9.7%2.1%28.9%−0.7 pts−1.4 pts
1 year+12.7%−43.4%6.6%33.4%−0.9 pts+5.6 pts
3 years+66.6%–19.9%–−28.4 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: DIVO Dec 2016 · MSTY Feb 2024+224.0%+69.4%73.2%224.6%−76.6 pts−34.2 pts

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Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-560EC00ED2

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

  1. Income paid. DIVO paid 6.6% and MSTY 33.4% (cash paid over 1 year, as a share of its price at the start), a gap of 26.8 points.
  2. What each is measured against. DIVO is measured against S&P 500 through SPY and MSTY against MicroStrategy (MSTR).
  3. Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 28, 2026).

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.

MSTY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, MSTY paid 33.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 75.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −43.4%. MicroStrategy (MSTR) returned −49.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.6 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 60.3%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 14% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, DIVO or MSTY?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DIVO paid 6.6% of its starting price in cash and MSTY paid 33.4%, so MSTY 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 MSTY?
With every distribution reinvested, DIVO returned +12.7% and MSTY −43.4% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, DIVO or MSTY?
DIVO charges 0.56% a year and MSTY charges 0.99%, so DIVO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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