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DIVO vs XISE: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year DIVO paid 6.8% of its price in cash against XISE’s 6.5%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Amplify CWP Enhanced Dividend Income ETF and FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - September.

6.8%DIVO cash paid, 1 year
6.5%XISE cash paid, 1 year
+14.6%DIVO total return, 1 year
+6.1%XISE total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: DIVO scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

DIVO 67.3XISE 40.23.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

DIVO2 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%DIVO+14.6%6.8% of it arrived as cash2 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%DIVO+14.6%2 pts behind SPY
XISE10.5 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%XISE+6.1%6.5% of it arrived as cash10.5 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%XISE+6.1%10.5 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DIVO and XISE hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in DIVOOnly in XISE
Microsoft Corp 5.97%2027-09-17 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust C 0.08 98.96%
Apple Inc 5.49%2027-09-17 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust P 761.61 5.02%
Caterpillar Inc 5.34%US Dollar 1.19%
Visa Inc 5.15%U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 01/28/2027 0.55%
Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio 12/31/2031 5.02%U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 02/25/2027 0.55%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 4.90%U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 10/29/2026 0.55%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 4.76%U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 12/01/2026 0.55%
Amgen Inc 4.74%U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 12/31/2026 0.55%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 18, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

DIVO and XISE over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
DIVOXISEDIVOXISEDIVOXISE
3 months+4.5%+1.2%1.2%2.0%+2.3 pts−1.1 pts
6 months+9.4%+4.9%2.5%3.6%−8.6 pts−13.2 pts
1 year+14.6%+6.1%6.8%6.5%−2.0 pts−10.5 pts
3 years+56.1%+20.9%19.1%19.1%−22.3 pts−57.5 pts
Since launch+218.8%+21.1%72.4%19.2%−76.3 pts−57.0 pts
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DIVO and XISE on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
DIVO
Amplify CWP Enhanced Dividend Income ETF
Dividend stocks with call overlay on SPY, paying monthly
XISE
FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - September
Buffer with income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerAmplifyFirst Trust
Strategydividend stocks with call overlaybuffer with income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized4.9%6.0%
Expense ratio0.56%0.85%
Cash paid, 1 year6.8%6.5%
Price change, 1 year+7.3%−0.6%
Total return, 1 year+14.6%+6.1%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−2.0 pts−10.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age3565 days1096 days
Net assets$7.8bn$32m

DIVO in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, DIVO paid 6.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 7.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 4.9%, paid monthly.

XISE in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, XISE paid 6.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.0%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, DIVO or XISE?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, DIVO paid 6.8% of its starting price in cash and XISE paid 6.5%, 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 XISE?
With every distribution reinvested, DIVO returned +14.6% and XISE returned +6.1% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so DIVO returned more.
Which is cheaper, DIVO or XISE?
DIVO charges 0.56% a year and XISE charges 0.85%, so DIVO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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DIVO against XISE, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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