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GOOY vs SDTY: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year GOOY paid 44.8% of its price in cash against SDTY’s 24.7%, and returned more with it reinvested.

YieldMax(R) GOOGL Option Income Strategy ETF and YieldMax(R) S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF, side by side, income ETFs on ETFIQ.

44.8%GOOY cash paid, 1 year
24.7%SDTY cash paid, 1 year
+32.7%GOOY total return, 1 year
+16.9%SDTY total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: GOOY scores higher

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

GOOY 54.1SDTY 509.1, the lowest in this set97.6, the highest

A percentile among the 61 income ETFs writing on a single company. 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

GOOY8.5 pts behind GOOGL · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
GOOGL+41.2%GOOY+32.7%44.8% of it arrived as cash8.5 pts behind GOOGLTotal return, distributions reinvestedGOOGL+41.2%GOOY+32.7%44.8% as cash8.5 pts behind GOOGL
SDTY0.6 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
SPY+17.5%SDTY+16.9%24.7% of it arrived as cash0.6 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+17.5%SDTY+16.9%0.6 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GOOY and SDTY hold 18% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions GOOY and SDTY both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingGOOYSDTY
TREASURY BILL10.73%92.47%
TREASURY BILL21.83%3.84%
TREASURY BILL22.86%3.68%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in GOOYOnly in SDTY
TREASURY BILL 23.75%
TREASURY BILL 20.83%

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

GOOY and SDTY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
GOOYSDTYGOOYSDTYGOOYSDTY
3 months−5.0%+4.6%7.3%6.1%+0.8 pts+1.3 pts
6 months+9.0%+14.8%20.8%13.8%−3.1 pts−1.2 pts
1 year+32.7%+16.9%44.8%24.7%−8.5 pts−0.6 pts
3 years+79.5%not published81.3%not published−73.0 ptsnot published
Since launch+80.5%+21.9%82.1%35.1%−77.2 pts−6.3 pts
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GOOY and SDTY on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
GOOY
YieldMax(R) GOOGL Option Income Strategy ETF
Synthetic covered call on GOOGL, paying weekly
SDTY
YieldMax(R) S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF
0DTE covered call on SPY, paying weekly
IssuerYieldMaxYieldMax
Strategysynthetic covered call0DTE covered call
BenchmarkAlphabet (GOOGL)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysweeklyweekly
Payout rate, annualized23.2%21.0%
Expense ratio1.14%1.08%
Cash paid, 1 year44.8%24.7%
Price change, 1 year−15.1%−9.9%
Total return, 1 year+32.7%+16.9%
Benchmark return, 1 year+41.2%+17.5%
Ahead or behind−8.5 pts−0.6 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate85%63%
Age1141 days582 days

GOOY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, GOOY paid 44.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 15.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +32.7%. Alphabet (GOOGL) returned +41.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 8.5 pts. At its price on Sep 11, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 23.2%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 85% of the distribution paid Sep 11, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

SDTY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, SDTY paid 24.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 9.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +17.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.6 pts. At its price on Sep 11, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 21.0%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 63% of the distribution paid Sep 10, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, GOOY or SDTY?
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, GOOY paid 44.8% of its starting price in cash and SDTY paid 24.7%, so GOOY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, GOOY or SDTY?
With every distribution reinvested, GOOY returned +32.7% and SDTY returned +16.9% over the year to Sep 11, 2026, so GOOY returned more.
Which is cheaper, GOOY or SDTY?
GOOY charges 1.14% a year and SDTY charges 1.08%, so SDTY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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GOOY against SDTY, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 11, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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