Which is cheaper, ISPY or JUDO?

ISPY and JUDO both charge 0.55% a year, so neither is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

ISPY vs JUDO: Dividend Yield & Total Return

ISPY and JUDO both write options for income.

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Net assets: $1.2bn on Nov 4, 2026 for ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF, and $7.0m on Jul 31, 2026 for Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF.

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At a glance

6.2%

ISPY cash paid, 1 year

3.8%

JUDO cash paid, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

+11.3%

ISPY total return, 1 year

+16.1%

JUDO total return, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

ISPY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 3.5 pts behind SPY

ISPY

+11.3%

SPY

+14.8%

3.5 pts behind SPY

ISPY over 1 year: paid 6.2%, price +4.8%, total +11.3%, SPY +14.8%, −3.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

ISPY

+11.3%

6.2% of it arrived as cash

3.5 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.5 pts behind SPY

ISPY over 1 year: paid 6.2%, price +4.8%, total +11.3%, SPY +14.8%, −3.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

ISPY

+11.3%

3.5 pts behind SPY

6.2% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. ISPY over 1 year: paid 6.2%, price +4.8%, total +11.3%, SPY +14.8%, −3.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

JUDO

+16.1%

none

Not measured

JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO

+16.1%

3.8% as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO

+16.1%

3.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +16.1%. JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +16.1%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.55% a year.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ISPY vs JUDO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	ISPY	JUDO
Paid and earned
Measure	ISPY	JUDO
Total return, 1 year	+11.3%	not published
Price change	rose 4.8% (1 year)	rose 2.7% (6 months)
Against its benchmark
Measure	ISPY	JUDO
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	its own stocks
Against its benchmark, same days	behind by 3.5 pts	ahead by 0.6 pts
Cost and size
Measure	ISPY	JUDO
Expense ratio	0.55%	0.55%
Net assets, ISPY as of Nov 4, 2026 and JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026	$1.2bn	$7.0m
Holdings
Measure	ISPY	JUDO
Holdings in common	43%

Method

What they share

43%

By the books each fund has filed, ISPY and JUDO hold 43% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

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0 half 100%

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43% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ISPY JUDO

NVIDIA Corp. 6.80% 7.84%

Microsoft Corp. 4.80% 6.64%

Apple, Inc. 5.92% 4.38%

Amazon.com, Inc. 3.24% 5.17%

Alphabet, Inc. 2.53% 6.79%

Broadcom, Inc. 2.23% 3.56%

Micron Technology, Inc. 1.38% 1.99%

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.22% 2.31%

Eli Lilly & Co. 1.16% 2.07%

Johnson & Johnson 0.81% 1.41%

Visa, Inc. 0.80% 1.70%

Meta Platforms, Inc. 1.60% 0.79%

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Only in ISPY

Alphabet, Inc. 2.02%

Tesla, Inc. 1.32%

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. 1.18%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 0.98%

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. 0.85%

Walmart, Inc. 0.58%

Intel Corp. 0.56%

Palantir Technologies, Inc. 0.54%

Only in JUDO

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Side by side

ISPY ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF · Option income on SPY, paying monthly JUDO Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly

Issuer ProShares Janus Henderson

Strategy option income covered call

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) JUDO's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 6.0% 6.4%

Expense ratio 0.55% 0.55%

Cash paid, 1 year 6.2% 3.8% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +4.8% +12.2% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +11.3% +16.1% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% not published

Ahead or behind −3.5 pts not available

Return of capital, latest estimate 87% not published

Age 2.9 years 224 days

Net assets, ISPY as of Nov 4, 2026 and JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026 $1.2bn $7.0m

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: ISPY vs JUDO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	ISPY	JUDO	ISPY	JUDO	ISPY	JUDO
3 months	−0.5%	−1.2%	1.5%	1.6%	−0.3 pts	+0.5 pts
6 months	+3.8%	+5.8%	3.1%	3.1%	−1.2 pts	+0.6 pts
1 year	+11.3%	–	6.2%	–	−3.5 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: ISPY Dec 2023 · JUDO Mar 2026	+54.0%	+16.1%	27.1%	3.8%	−15.1 pts	not measured

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About each fund

ISPY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, ISPY paid 6.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.0%, paid monthly. ProShares estimates that 87% of the distribution paid Nov 6, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

JUDO

JUDO's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) returned +5.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.6 pts.

Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, JUDO paid 3.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.4%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ISPY or JUDO?: ISPY and JUDO both charge 0.55% a year, so neither is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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S&P 500 (SPY) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →ISPY on its own →JUDO on its own →ISPY dividend history →ISPY holdings →JUDO dividend history →JUDO holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

ISPY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ISPY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

ISPY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

ProShares page for ISPY ↗

JUDO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JUDO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Janus Henderson website ↗

Links are sources, not endorsements. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

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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