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DRKY vs XIMR: 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 XIMR’s 7.0%, 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 $26m for FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - March.

DRKY on its own →XIMR on its own →
At a glance
15.2%
DRKY cash paid, 1 year
7.0%
XIMR cash paid, 1 year
+15.7%
DRKY total return, 1 year
+7.9%
XIMR 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.
XIMR · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 6.9 pts behind VOO
XIMR
+7.9%
VOO
+14.8%

6.9 pts behind VOO

XIMR over 1 year: paid 7.0%, price +0.7%, total +7.9%, VOO +14.8%, −6.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

XIMR

+7.9%

7.0% of it arrived as cash

6.9 pts behind VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

6.9 pts behind VOO

XIMR over 1 year: paid 7.0%, price +0.7%, total +7.9%, VOO +14.8%, −6.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

XIMR

+7.9%

6.9 pts behind VOO

7.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XIMR over 1 year: paid 7.0%, price +0.7%, total +7.9%, VOO +14.8%, −6.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XIMR costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.8 points; XIMR is 1.3 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DRKY vs XIMR: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDRKYXIMR
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+15.7%+7.9%
Price change, 1 yearfell 0.5%rose 0.7%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 27, 2026 payment60% of the Nov 3, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.95%0.85%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$20m$26m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · XIMR scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score59DRKY66.2XIMR

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 XIMR hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DRKY XIMR
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 XIMR
2027-03-19 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust C 0.06 114.65%
2027-03-19 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust P 648.56 1.13%
2027-03-19 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust P 583.70 -0.61%
2027-03-19 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust C 648.56 -18.68%
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Side by side

DRKY VistaShares Target 15 DRUKMacro Distribution ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly XIMR FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - March · Buffer with income on VOO, paying monthly
Issuer VistaShares First Trust
Strategy covered call buffer with income
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 15.2% 7.4%
Expense ratio 0.95% 0.85%
Cash paid, 1 year 15.2% 7.0%
Price change, 1 year −0.5% +0.7%
Total return, 1 year +15.7% +7.9%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind +0.9 pts −6.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 60%
Age 1.1 years 2.6 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $20m $26m

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 XIMR: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowDRKYXIMRDRKYXIMRDRKYXIMR
3 months+6.3%+1.3%4.0%1.8%+6.4 pts+1.4 pts
6 months+6.2%+2.8%7.5%3.7%+1.1 pts−2.2 pts
1 year+15.7%+7.9%15.2%7.0%+0.9 pts−6.9 pts
Since launchNot the same days: DRKY Oct 2025 · XIMR Mar 2024+20.0%+20.0%16.8%17.4%+4.8 pts−33.3 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.

XIMR

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XIMR paid 7.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.9%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.9 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.4%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 60% of the distribution paid Nov 3, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, DRKY or XIMR?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DRKY paid 15.2% of its starting price in cash and XIMR paid 7.0%, 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 XIMR?
With every distribution reinvested, DRKY returned +15.7% and XIMR +7.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, DRKY or XIMR?
DRKY charges 0.95% a year and XIMR charges 0.85%, so XIMR is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Sources and dates
DRKY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
DRKY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
DRKY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
VistaShares page for DRKY ↗
XIMR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
XIMR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
XIMR 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
First Trust page for XIMR ↗

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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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