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DRKY vs OCTH: 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 OCTH’s 6.5%, 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 $16m on Nov 4, 2026 for Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF - October.

DRKY on its own →OCTH on its own →
At a glance
15.2%
DRKY cash paid, 1 year
6.5%
OCTH cash paid, 1 year
+15.7%
DRKY total return, 1 year
+7.5%
OCTH 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.
OCTH · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 7.3 pts behind SPY
OCTH
+7.5%
SPY
+14.8%

7.3 pts behind SPY

OCTH over 1 year: paid 6.5%, price +0.8%, total +7.5%, SPY +14.8%, −7.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

OCTH

+7.5%

6.5% of it arrived as cash

7.3 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

7.3 pts behind SPY

OCTH over 1 year: paid 6.5%, price +0.8%, total +7.5%, SPY +14.8%, −7.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

OCTH

+7.5%

7.3 pts behind SPY

6.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. OCTH over 1 year: paid 6.5%, price +0.8%, total +7.5%, SPY +14.8%, −7.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

OCTH costs 0.16 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.2 points; DRKY is 1.3 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DRKY vs OCTH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDRKYOCTH
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+15.7%+7.5%
Price change, 1 yearfell 0.5%rose 0.8%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 27, 2026 payment51% of the Oct 2, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.95%0.79%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$20m$16m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · OCTH scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score59DRKY68OCTH

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

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, DRKY and OCTH hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DRKY OCTH
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%
Amazon.com Inc 4.79%
CDW Corp 4.68%
Insmed Inc 4.38%
Fox Corp 4.35%
Only in OCTH
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Side by side

DRKY VistaShares Target 15 DRUKMacro Distribution ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly OCTH Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF - October · Defined income on SPY, paying quarterly
Issuer VistaShares Innovator
Strategy covered call defined income
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly quarterly
Payout rate, annualized 15.2% 6.4%
Expense ratio 0.95% 0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year 15.2% 6.5%
Price change, 1 year −0.5% +0.8%
Total return, 1 year +15.7% +7.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind +0.9 pts −7.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 51%
Age 1.1 years 3.1 years
Net assets, DRKY as of Nov 3, 2026 and OCTH as of Nov 4, 2026 $20m $16m

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 OCTH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowDRKYOCTHDRKYOCTHDRKYOCTH
3 months+6.3%+1.2%4.0%1.6%+6.4 pts+1.4 pts
6 months+6.2%+2.9%7.5%3.2%+1.1 pts−2.2 pts
1 year+15.7%+7.5%15.2%6.5%+0.9 pts−7.3 pts
3 years–+22.0%–20.4%–−60.9 pts
Since launchNot the same days: DRKY Oct 2025 · OCTH Oct 2023+20.0%+23.8%16.8%20.7%+4.8 pts−62.2 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.

OCTH

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OCTH paid 6.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.3 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.4%, paid quarterly. Innovator estimates that 51% of the distribution paid Oct 2, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, DRKY or OCTH?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DRKY paid 15.2% of its starting price in cash and OCTH paid 6.5%, 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 OCTH?
With every distribution reinvested, DRKY returned +15.7% and OCTH +7.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, DRKY or OCTH?
DRKY charges 0.95% a year and OCTH charges 0.79%, so OCTH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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S&P 500 (SPY) →DRKY on its own →OCTH on its own →DRKY dividend history →DRKY holdings →OCTH dividend history →Method →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
DRKY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
DRKY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
DRKY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
VistaShares page for DRKY ↗
OCTH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
OCTH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
OCTH 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
Innovator page for OCTH ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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