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DUBS vs JOYT: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year DUBS paid 2.3% of its price in cash against JOYT’s 0.7%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Aptus Large Cap Enhanced Yield ETF and JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF.

2.3%DUBS cash paid, 1 year
0.7%JOYT cash paid, 1 year
+20.3%DUBS total return, 1 year
+15.9%JOYT total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: DUBS scores higher

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

DUBS 94JOYT 79.83.8, 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

DUBS3.7 pts ahead of SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%DUBS+20.3%3.7 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%DUBS+20.3%3.7 pts ahead of SPY
JOYT0.7 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%JOYT+15.9%0.7 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%JOYT+15.9%0.7 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in DUBSOnly in JOYT
State Street SPDR Portfolio S& 74.61%NVIDIA Corp. 8.64%
BNY Mellon US Large Cap Core E 25.28%Apple, Inc. 6.51%
TREASURY BILL 0.11%Alphabet, Inc. 5.94%
Microsoft Corp. 5.68%
Amazon.com, Inc. 4.78%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.98%
Meta Platforms, Inc. 2.73%
Wells Fargo & Co. 2.22%

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 Apr 30, 2026.

Performance, window by window

DUBS and JOYT over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
DUBSJOYTDUBSJOYTDUBSJOYT
3 months+3.2%+3.8%0.5%0.2%+1.0 pts+1.5 pts
6 months+20.3%+11.9%1.2%0.4%+2.3 pts−6.1 pts
1 year+20.3%+15.9%2.3%0.7%+3.7 pts−0.7 pts
3 years+80.1%not published9.1%not published+1.7 ptsnot published
Since launch+84.4%+19.6%9.3%0.7%+2.4 pts−1.1 pts
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DUBS and JOYT on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
DUBS
Aptus Large Cap Enhanced Yield ETF
Option income on SPY, paying quarterly
JOYT
JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF
Option income on SPY, paying quarterly
IssuerAptusJPMorgan
Strategyoption incomeoption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysquarterlyquarterly
Payout rate, annualized2.1%0.7%
Expense ratio0.40%0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year2.3%0.7%
Price change, 1 year+17.6%+15.2%
Total return, 1 year+20.3%+15.9%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind+3.7 pts−0.7 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1192 days395 days
Net assets$353m$108m

DUBS in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, DUBS paid 2.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 17.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +20.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 3.7 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 2.1%, paid quarterly.

JOYT in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, JOYT paid 0.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 15.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.9%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.7 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.7%, paid quarterly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, DUBS or JOYT?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, DUBS paid 2.3% of its starting price in cash and JOYT paid 0.7%, so DUBS paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, DUBS or JOYT?
With every distribution reinvested, DUBS returned +20.3% and JOYT returned +15.9% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so DUBS returned more.
Which is cheaper, DUBS or JOYT?
DUBS charges 0.40% a year and JOYT charges 0.35%, so JOYT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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DUBS against JOYT, 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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