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DIVO vs RYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, RYLD paid 12.1% 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 $1.3bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF.

At a glance
6.6%
DIVO cash paid, 1 year
12.1%
RYLD cash paid, 1 year
+12.7%
DIVO total return, 1 year
+12.1%
RYLD 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.
RYLD · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 2 pts behind IWM
RYLD
+12.1%
IWM
+14.1%

2 pts behind IWM

RYLD over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price −0.6%, total +12.1%, IWM +14.1%, −2.0 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

IWM

+14.1%

RYLD

+12.1%

12.1% of it arrived as cash

2 pts behind IWM

Total return, distributions reinvested

2 pts behind IWM

RYLD over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price −0.6%, total +12.1%, IWM +14.1%, −2.0 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

IWM

+14.1%

RYLD

+12.1%

12.1% as cash

2 pts behind IWM

12.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. RYLD over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price −0.6%, total +12.1%, IWM +14.1%, −2.0 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

DIVO costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.6 points; DIVO is 6.2 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DIVO vs RYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDIVORYLD
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+12.7%+12.1%
Price change, 1 yearrose 5.5%fell 0.6%
Return of capital, issuer estimate68% of the Sep 30, 2026 payment100% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYRussell 2000, measured through IWM
Against its benchmark, same daysbehind by 0.9 ptsbehind by 2.0 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.56%0.60%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026$8.0bn$1.3bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · DIVO scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score87.5DIVO57.6RYLD

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 Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026. Method

Risk and return

May 3, 2019 to Oct 23, 2026 · 390 weekly returns
DIVO RYLD
Return
Total return edge DIVO +143.8% +45.4%
Annualized edge DIVO +12.6% +5.1%
Price return edge DIVO +60.7% −40.0%
Risk
Volatility edge DIVO (slight) 14.6% 15.4%
Max drawdown edge DIVO −27.7% −38.1%
Downside capture 76.2% 62.8%
Beta 0.73 0.54
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge DIVO 0.69 0.22
Sortino edge DIVO 0.98 0.27
Treynor 0.140 0.063
Calmar edge DIVO 0.45 0.13
Against the benchmark
Alpha +0.9% a year −1.3% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.45 −0.43
Information ratio −0.34 −0.38
Tracking error 7.5% 13.9%

Each against its own benchmark: DIVO against SPY, Dec 23, 2016 to Oct 23, 2026; RYLD against IWM, May 3, 2019 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

DIVO returned more: +143.8% to +45.4%. DIVO swung slightly less: 14.6% to 15.4%. DIVO fell less at its worst: −27.7% to −38.1%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: DIVO vs RYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDIVORYLDEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+143.8%+45.4%DIVOPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+12.6%+5.1%DIVOTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+60.7%−40.0%DIVOPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility14.6%15.4%DIVO (slight)Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation10.3%12.6%DIVOLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−27.7%−38.1%DIVODeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture62.8%33.1%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture76.2%62.8%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.730.54Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.820.73Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.690.22DIVOReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino0.980.27DIVOReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1400.063Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.450.13DIVOAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYIWMThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+0.9% a year−1.3% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.45−0.43Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−2.9% to +4.6%−7.0% to +4.5%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.34−0.38Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error7.5%13.9%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 390 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, DIVO and RYLD hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DIVO RYLD
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 RYLD
Global X Russell 2000 ETF 100.94%
N/A 0.00%
N/A 0.00%
N/A 0.00%
N/A 0.00%
N/A 0.00%
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Side by side

DIVO Amplify CWP Enhanced Dividend Income ETF · Dividend stocks with call overlay on SPY, paying monthly RYLD Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF · Covered call on IWM, paying monthly
Strategy dividend stocks with call overlay covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Russell 2000 (IWM)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 4.7% 11.5%
Expense ratio 0.56% 0.60%
Cash paid, 1 year 6.6% 12.1%
Price change, 1 year +5.5% −0.6%
Total return, 1 year +12.7% +12.1%
Benchmark return, 1 year +13.6% +14.1%
Ahead or behind −0.9 pts −2.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 68% 100%
Age 9.9 years 7.5 years
Net assets, DIVO as of Oct 28, 2026 and RYLD as of Oct 12, 2026 $8.1bn $1.3bn

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 RYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowDIVORYLDDIVORYLDDIVORYLD
3 months+4.2%−0.3%1.2%2.9%−1.9 pts+1.9 pts
6 months+8.4%+6.8%2.1%6.2%−0.7 pts+2.9 pts
1 year+12.7%+12.1%6.6%12.1%−0.9 pts−2.1 pts
3 years+66.6%+38.8%19.9%35.9%−28.4 pts−40.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: DIVO Dec 2016 · RYLD Apr 2019+224.0%+49.0%73.2%68.4%−76.6 pts−50.0 pts

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Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-FE57371CE4

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

  1. Income paid. DIVO paid 6.6% and RYLD 12.1% (cash paid over 1 year, as a share of its price at the start), a gap of 5.5 points.
  2. What each is measured against. DIVO is measured against S&P 500 through SPY and RYLD against Russell 2000 through IWM.
  3. Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 28, 2026 and Jul 31, 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.

RYLD

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, RYLD paid 12.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +12.1%. Russell 2000 (IWM) returned +14.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.0 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.5%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, DIVO or RYLD?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DIVO paid 6.6% of its starting price in cash and RYLD paid 12.1%, so RYLD 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 RYLD?
With every distribution reinvested, DIVO returned +12.7% and RYLD +12.1% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, DIVO or RYLD?
DIVO charges 0.56% a year and RYLD charges 0.60%, so DIVO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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