Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

vsOpen in the appCompare their flowsaskIQ about these two fundsAsk the committee about these two funds
Income ETFs

HAKY vs MLPD: Dividend Yield & Total Return

Share
Share on XDownload as PDF

HAKY and MLPD both write options for income.

askIQ about this page

askIQ about HAKY and MLPD

Net assets: $14m on Nov 3, 2026 for Amplify HACK Cybersecurity Covered Call ETF, and $26m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered Call ETF.

At a glance
14.2%
HAKY cash paid, since launch, Jan 21, 2026
14.1%
MLPD cash paid, 1 year
+38.1%
HAKY total return, since launch, Jan 21, 2026
+15.4%
MLPD total return, 1 year
HAKY · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 16.2 pts behind HACK
HAKY
+38.1%
HACK
+54.3%

16.2 pts behind HACK

HAKY since launch: paid 14.2%, price +21.4%, total +38.1%, HACK +54.3%, −16.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

HACK

+54.3%

HAKY

+38.1%

14.2% as cash

16.2 pts behind HACK

Total return, distributions reinvested

16.2 pts behind HACK

HAKY since launch: paid 14.2%, price +21.4%, total +38.1%, HACK +54.3%, −16.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

HACK

+54.3%

HAKY

+38.1%

16.2 pts behind HACK

14.2% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. HAKY since launch: paid 14.2%, price +21.4%, total +38.1%, HACK +54.3%, −16.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
MLPD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured
MLPD
+15.4%
none

Not measured

MLPD over 1 year: paid 14.1%, price +0.6%, total +15.4%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

MLPD

+15.4%

14.1% as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

MLPD over 1 year: paid 14.1%, price +0.6%, total +15.4%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

MLPD

+15.4%

14.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +54.3%. MLPD over 1 year: paid 14.1%, price +0.6%, total +15.4%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +54.3%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

MLPD costs 0.05 points a year less; MLPD is 2.4 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

HAKY vs MLPD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureHAKYMLPD
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 yearnot published+15.4%
Price changerose 21.4% (since Jan 21, 2026)rose 0.6% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment100% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkCybersecurity, measured through HACKnot published
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.65%0.60%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026$11m$26m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%

Method

Risk and return

Jan 30, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026 · 39 weekly returns
HAKY MLPD
Return
Total return edge HAKY +43.6% +7.3%
Price return edge HAKY +26.2% −1.8%
Risk
Max drawdown edge MLPD −11.2% −3.3%
Reading

From Jan 2026 to Oct 2026, HAKY returned more: +43.6% to +7.3%. MLPD fell less at its worst: −3.3% to −11.2%.

Full scorecard

3 measures, with how each is measured
Open ↓
Risk and return: HAKY vs MLPD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureHAKYMLPDEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+43.6%+7.3%HAKYPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Price return+26.2%−1.8%HAKYPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Max drawdown−11.2%−3.3%MLPDDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 39 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, HAKY and MLPD 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 HAKY MLPD
Only in one fund ↓
Only in HAKY
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 9.18%
Palo Alto Networks Inc 8.09%
Okta Inc 6.90%
Rubrik Inc 5.97%
Tenable Holdings Inc 5.66%
Qualys Inc 5.48%
Cisco Systems Inc 4.99%
Fortinet Inc 4.92%
Only in MLPD
Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF 101.03%
Check overlap with more funds →

Side by side

HAKY Amplify HACK Cybersecurity Covered Call ETF · Covered call on HACK, paying monthly MLPD Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered Call ETF · Covered call, paying monthly
Strategy covered call covered call
Benchmark Cybersecurity (HACK) none
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 16.8% 12.2%
Expense ratio 0.65% 0.60%
Cash paid, 1 year 14.2% (since launch, Jan 21, 2026) 14.1%
Price change, 1 year +21.4% (since launch, Jan 21, 2026) +0.6%
Total return, 1 year +38.1% (since launch, Jan 21, 2026) +15.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year +54.3% (since launch, Jan 21, 2026) not published
Ahead or behind −16.2 pts (since launch, Jan 21, 2026) not available
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 100%
Age 287 days 2.5 years
Net assets, HAKY as of Nov 3, 2026 and MLPD as of Oct 12, 2026 $14m $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: HAKY vs MLPD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowHAKYMLPDHAKYMLPDHAKYMLPD
3 months+1.1%+3.6%3.9%3.1%−3.2 ptsnot measured
6 months+32.7%+3.4%10.0%6.0%−11.3 ptsnot measured
1 year–+15.4%–14.1%–not measured
Since launchNot the same days: HAKY Jan 2026 · MLPD May 2024+38.1%+32.7%14.2%30.2%−16.2 ptsnot measured

– means no data for this window. Open this comparison in the app →

Client brief

No client brief for this pair: ETFIQ prints no one-year total return for HAKY.

Alert

HAKY flows, by email on Sundays.

One-click unsubscribe. See Privacy.

About each fund
HAKY

Over the period from its first trade on Jan 21, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, HAKY paid 14.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 21.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +38.1%. Cybersecurity (HACK) returned +54.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 16.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 16.8%, paid monthly. Amplify estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

MLPD

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, MLPD paid 14.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.4%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.2%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, HAKY or MLPD?
HAKY charges 0.65% a year and MLPD charges 0.60%, so MLPD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Other comparisons
Cite this pageCitation, APA and Markdown

ETFIQ, HAKY against MLPD, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/haky-vs-mlpd

Open data →

Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms.