Which paid more, IAUI or SLJY?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IAUI paid 12.6% of its starting price in cash and SLJY paid 27.5%, so SLJY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, IAUI or SLJY?

With every distribution reinvested, IAUI returned −0.3% and SLJY +18.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, IAUI or SLJY?

IAUI charges 0.79% a year and SLJY charges 0.76%, so SLJY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

IAUI vs SLJY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SLJY paid 27.5% of its price in cash against IAUI’s 12.6%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $658m on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS Gold High Income ETF, and $63m on Nov 3, 2026 for Amplify SILJ Junior Silver Miners Covered Call ETF.

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At a glance

12.6%

IAUI cash paid, 1 year

27.5%

SLJY cash paid, 1 year

−0.3%

IAUI total return, 1 year

+18.6%

SLJY total return, 1 year

IAUI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 3.1 pts behind GLD

IAUI

−0.3%

GLD

+2.8%

3.1 pts behind GLD

IAUI over 1 year: paid 12.6%, price −11.6%, total −0.3%, GLD +2.8%, −3.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

GLD

+2.8%

IAUI

−0.3%

3.1 pts behind GLD

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.1 pts behind GLD

IAUI over 1 year: paid 12.6%, price −11.6%, total −0.3%, GLD +2.8%, −3.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

GLD

+2.8%

IAUI

−0.3%

3.1 pts behind GLD

12.6% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. IAUI over 1 year: paid 12.6%, price −11.6%, total −0.3%, GLD +2.8%, −3.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SLJY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1 pt behind SILJ

SLJY

+18.6%

SILJ

+19.6%

1 pt behind SILJ

SLJY over 1 year: paid 27.5%, price −5.4%, total +18.6%, SILJ +19.6%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SILJ

+19.6%

SLJY

+18.6%

27.5% of it arrived as cash

1 pt behind SILJ

Total return, distributions reinvested

1 pt behind SILJ

SLJY over 1 year: paid 27.5%, price −5.4%, total +18.6%, SILJ +19.6%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SILJ

+19.6%

SLJY

+18.6%

27.5% as cash

1 pt behind SILJ

27.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SLJY over 1 year: paid 27.5%, price −5.4%, total +18.6%, SILJ +19.6%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SLJY costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.9 points; IAUI is 9.4 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

IAUI vs SLJY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	IAUI	SLJY
Paid and earned
Measure	IAUI	SLJY
Total return, 1 year	−0.3%	+18.6%
Price change, 1 year	fell 11.6%	fell 5.4%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	76% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment	100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	IAUI	SLJY
Benchmark	Gold, measured through GLD	Junior silver miners, measured through SILJ
Against its benchmark, same days	behind by 3.1 pts	behind by 1.0 pts
Cost and size
Measure	IAUI	SLJY
Expense ratio	0.79%	0.76%
Net assets, as of Oct 28, 2026	$658m	$70m
Holdings
Measure	IAUI	SLJY
Holdings in common	0%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · SLJY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score18.3IAUI42.8SLJY

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

IAUI 18.3

SLJY 42.8

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

By the books each fund has filed, IAUI and SLJY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IAUI SLJY

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IAUI

Goldman Sachs Physical Gold ETF 18.96%

GLD 01/15/2027 380 C 1.70%

GLD 12/18/2026 375 C -0.42%

GLD 12/18/2026 366 C -0.64%

GLD 01/15/2027 380 P -5.60%

Only in SLJY

Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF 24.31%

Hecla Mining Co 6.74%

First Majestic Silver Corp 6.17%

COEUR MINING INC. 5.48%

Skeena Resources Ltd 5.06%

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp 4.41%

Franco-Nevada Corp 4.31%

Endeavour Silver Corp 4.17%

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Side by side

IAUI NEOS Gold High Income ETF · Option income on GLD, paying monthly SLJY Amplify SILJ Junior Silver Miners Covered Call ETF · Covered call on SILJ, paying monthly

Issuer NEOS Amplify

Strategy option income covered call

Benchmark Gold (GLD) Junior silver miners (SILJ)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 12.4% 22.6%

Expense ratio 0.79% 0.76%

Cash paid, 1 year 12.6% 27.5%

Price change, 1 year −11.6% −5.4%

Total return, 1 year −0.3% +18.6%

Benchmark return, 1 year +2.8% +19.6%

Ahead or behind −3.1 pts −1.0 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 76% 100%

Age 1.4 years 1.2 years

Net assets, IAUI as of Oct 28, 2026 and SLJY as of Nov 3, 2026 $658m $63m

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: IAUI vs SLJY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	IAUI	SLJY	IAUI	SLJY	IAUI	SLJY
3 months	−4.7%	−10.0%	3.0%	5.6%	−0.3 pts	+2.0 pts
6 months	−13.0%	−17.2%	5.4%	10.2%	+0.6 pts	+4.2 pts
1 year	−0.3%	+18.6%	12.6%	27.5%	−3.1 pts	−1.0 pts
Since launchNot the same days: IAUI Jun 2025 · SLJY Aug 2025	+11.2%	+30.8%	18.7%	33.2%	−9.2 pts	−22.3 pts

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About each fund

IAUI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IAUI paid 12.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 11.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −0.3%. Gold (GLD) returned +2.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.4%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 76% of the distribution paid Oct 23, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

SLJY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SLJY paid 27.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 5.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.6%. Junior silver miners (SILJ) returned +19.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 22.6%, paid monthly. Amplify estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, IAUI or SLJY?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IAUI paid 12.6% of its starting price in cash and SLJY paid 27.5%, so SLJY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, IAUI or SLJY?: With every distribution reinvested, IAUI returned −0.3% and SLJY +18.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, IAUI or SLJY?: IAUI charges 0.79% a year and SLJY charges 0.76%, so SLJY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

Gold (GLD) →Junior silver miners (SILJ) →IAUI on its own →SLJY on its own →IAUI dividend history →IAUI holdings →SLJY dividend history →SLJY holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

IAUI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IAUI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

IAUI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

NEOS page for IAUI ↗

SLJY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SLJY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SLJY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Amplify page for SLJY ↗

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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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