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DRKY vs TCAL: 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 TCAL’s 11.4%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $20m for VistaShares Target 15 DRUKMacro Distribution ETF and $324m for T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Premium Income ETF.

At a glance
15.2%
DRKY cash paid, 1 year
11.4%
TCAL cash paid, 1 year
+15.7%
DRKY total return, 1 year
+11.2%
TCAL 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.
TCAL · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 3.4 pts behind its own stocks
TCAL
+11.2%
Own
+14.6%

3.4 pts behind its own stocks

TCAL over 1 year: paid 11.4%, price −1.2%, total +11.2%, its own stocks +14.6%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own stocks

+14.6%

TCAL

+11.2%

11.4% of it arrived as cash

3.4 pts behind its own stocks

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.4 pts behind its own stocks

TCAL over 1 year: paid 11.4%, price −1.2%, total +11.2%, its own stocks +14.6%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own stocks

+14.6%

TCAL

+11.2%

11.4% as cash

3.4 pts behind its own stocks

11.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. TCAL over 1 year: paid 11.4%, price −1.2%, total +11.2%, its own stocks +14.6%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

TCAL costs 0.61 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.5 points; TCAL is 16.2 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DRKY vs TCAL: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDRKYTCAL
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+15.7%+11.2%
Price change, 1 yearfell 0.5%fell 1.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 27, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYits own stocks
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.95%0.34%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$20m$324m
Holdings
Holdings in common2%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · DRKY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score59DRKY54.8TCAL

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

2%

By the books each fund has filed, DRKY and TCAL hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DRKY TCAL
Amazon.com Inc 4.79% 1.55%
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%
CDW Corp 4.68%
Insmed Inc 4.38%
Fox Corp 4.35%
United Airlines Holdings Inc 4.11%
Only in TCAL
DANAHER CORP 2.02%
WATERS CORP 1.99%
VERALTO CORP 1.89%
WASTE CONNECTIONS INC 1.82%
YUM BRANDS INC 1.73%
MCDONALD S CORP 1.71%
VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES 1.71%
LINDE PLC 1.65%
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Side by side

DRKY VistaShares Target 15 DRUKMacro Distribution ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly TCAL T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Premium Income ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly
Strategy covered call covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) TCAL's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 15.2% 13.0%
Expense ratio 0.95% 0.34%
Cash paid, 1 year 15.2% 11.4%
Price change, 1 year −0.5% −1.2%
Total return, 1 year +15.7% +11.2%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.6%
Ahead or behind +0.9 pts −3.4 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% not published
Age 1.1 years 1.6 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $20m $324m

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 TCAL: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowDRKYTCALDRKYTCALDRKYTCAL
3 months+6.3%+5.3%4.0%2.6%+6.4 pts−1.8 pts
6 months+6.2%+12.3%7.5%6.3%+1.1 pts−0.9 pts
1 year+15.7%+11.2%15.2%11.4%+0.9 pts−3.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: DRKY Oct 2025 · TCAL Mar 2025+20.0%+12.0%16.8%16.9%+4.8 ptsnot measured

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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.

TCAL

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TCAL paid 11.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.2%. TCAL's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026) returned +14.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.0%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, DRKY or TCAL?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DRKY paid 15.2% of its starting price in cash and TCAL paid 11.4%, 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 TCAL?
With every distribution reinvested, DRKY returned +15.7% and TCAL +11.2% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, DRKY or TCAL?
DRKY charges 0.95% a year and TCAL charges 0.34%, so TCAL 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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