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DRKY vs ISPY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DRKY paid 15.2% of its price in cash against ISPY’s 6.2%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $20m on Nov 3, 2026 for VistaShares Target 15 DRUKMacro Distribution ETF, and $1.2bn on Nov 4, 2026 for ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF.

At a glance
15.2%
DRKY cash paid, 1 year
6.2%
ISPY cash paid, 1 year
+15.7%
DRKY total return, 1 year
+11.3%
ISPY total return, 1 year
DRKY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.9 pts ahead of SPY
DRKY
+15.7%
SPY
+14.8%

0.9 pts ahead of SPY

DRKY over 1 year: paid 15.2%, price −0.5%, total +15.7%, SPY +14.8%, +0.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

DRKY

+15.7%

15.2% of it arrived as cash

0.9 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.9 pts ahead of SPY

DRKY over 1 year: paid 15.2%, price −0.5%, total +15.7%, SPY +14.8%, +0.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

DRKY

+15.7%

15.2% as cash

0.9 pts ahead of SPY

15.2% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. DRKY over 1 year: paid 15.2%, price −0.5%, total +15.7%, SPY +14.8%, +0.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
ISPY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 3.5 pts behind SPY
ISPY
+11.3%
SPY
+14.8%

3.5 pts behind SPY

ISPY over 1 year: paid 6.2%, price +4.8%, total +11.3%, SPY +14.8%, −3.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

ISPY

+11.3%

6.2% of it arrived as cash

3.5 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.5 pts behind SPY

ISPY over 1 year: paid 6.2%, price +4.8%, total +11.3%, SPY +14.8%, −3.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

ISPY

+11.3%

3.5 pts behind SPY

6.2% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. ISPY over 1 year: paid 6.2%, price +4.8%, total +11.3%, SPY +14.8%, −3.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

ISPY costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.4 points; ISPY is far larger, $1.1bn against $20m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DRKY vs ISPY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDRKYISPY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+15.7%+11.3%
Price change, 1 yearfell 0.5%rose 4.8%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 27, 2026 payment87% of the Nov 6, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.95%0.55%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$20m$1.1bn
Holdings
Holdings in common8%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · ISPY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score59DRKY83.5ISPY

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 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

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 →

Method

Risk and return

Oct 17, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 54 weekly returns · each against SPY
DRKY ISPY
Return
Total return edge DRKY +21.3% +11.4%
Annualized edge DRKY +20.4% +10.9%
Price return edge ISPY +3.0% +5.2%
Risk
Volatility edge ISPY 19.9% 11.5%
Max drawdown edge ISPY −15.2% −8.0%
Downside capture 98.8% 100.4%
Beta 1.10 0.94
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge DRKY 0.84 0.63
Sortino edge DRKY 1.40 1.00
Treynor 0.152 0.077
Calmar edge Tie 1.34 1.36
Against the benchmark
Alpha +5.3% a year −2.5% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.36 −1.13
Information ratio 0.43 −1.33
Tracking error 14.9% 2.3%
Reading

From Oct 2025 to Oct 2026, DRKY returned more: +21.3% to +11.4%. ISPY swung less: 11.5% to 19.9%. ISPY fell less at its worst: −8.0% to −15.2%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: DRKY vs ISPY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDRKYISPYSPYEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+21.3%+11.4%DRKYPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+20.4%+10.9%DRKYTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+3.0%+5.2%ISPYPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility19.9%11.5%ISPYSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation11.9%7.2%ISPYLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−15.2%−8.0%ISPYDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture117.1%90.1%100.0%DRKYShare of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture98.8%100.4%100.0%TieShare of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta1.100.941.00ISPY lowerHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.440.961.00Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.840.63DRKYReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.401.00DRKYReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1520.0770.104DRKYReturn above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.341.36TieAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYSPYSPYThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+5.3% a year−2.5% a year0.0%Not significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.36−1.13Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−24.5% to +35.1%−7.0% to +1.9%Both include zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio0.43−1.33DRKYReturn against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error14.9%2.3%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, 54 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

8%

By the books each fund has filed, DRKY and ISPY hold 8% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

8% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DRKY ISPY
Amazon.com Inc 4.79% 3.24%
Alphabet Inc 3.80% 2.53%
Tesla Inc 2.26% 1.32%
Sandisk Corp 2.09% 0.29%
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 3.03% 0.24%
CRH PLC 2.34% 0.08%
Delta Air Lines Inc 2.30% 0.07%
United Airlines Holdings Inc 4.11% 0.04%
CDW Corp 4.68% 0.03%
Fox Corp 4.35% 0.02%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in DRKY
Natera Inc 27.89%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.64%
STMicroelectronics NV 7.05%
BBB Foods Inc 5.63%
Insmed Inc 4.38%
YPF SA 3.75%
Newamsterdam Pharma Co NV 3.02%
Revolution Medicines Inc 2.61%
Only in ISPY
NVIDIA Corp. 6.80%
Apple, Inc. 5.92%
Microsoft Corp. 4.80%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.23%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.02%
Meta Platforms, Inc. 1.60%
Micron Technology, Inc. 1.38%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.22%
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Side by side

DRKY VistaShares Target 15 DRUKMacro Distribution ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly ISPY ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF · Option income on SPY, paying monthly
Strategy covered call option income
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 15.2% 6.0%
Expense ratio 0.95% 0.55%
Cash paid, 1 year 15.2% 6.2%
Price change, 1 year −0.5% +4.8%
Total return, 1 year +15.7% +11.3%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind +0.9 pts −3.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 87%
Age 1.1 years 2.9 years
Net assets, DRKY as of Nov 3, 2026 and ISPY as of Nov 4, 2026 $20m $1.2bn

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: DRKY vs ISPY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowDRKYISPYDRKYISPYDRKYISPY
3 months+6.3%−0.5%4.0%1.5%+6.4 pts−0.3 pts
6 months+6.2%+3.8%7.5%3.1%+1.1 pts−1.2 pts
1 year+15.7%+11.3%15.2%6.2%+0.9 pts−3.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: DRKY Oct 2025 · ISPY Dec 2023+20.0%+54.0%16.8%27.1%+4.8 pts−15.1 pts

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About each fund
DRKY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DRKY paid 15.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.9 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.2%, paid monthly. VistaShares estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 27, 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 Nov 4, 2026, ISPY paid 6.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.0%, paid monthly. ProShares estimates that 87% of the distribution paid Nov 6, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, DRKY or ISPY?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DRKY paid 15.2% of its starting price in cash and ISPY paid 6.2%, so DRKY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, DRKY or ISPY?
With every distribution reinvested, DRKY returned +15.7% and ISPY +11.3% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, DRKY or ISPY?
DRKY charges 0.95% a year and ISPY charges 0.55%, so ISPY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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