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ISPY vs OVQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

Return, fees and overlap, side by side.

Return gap
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Fee gap
0.42 pts
A year: ISPY 0.55%, OVQ 0.97%, per filings dated Sep 25, 2026 and Oct 20, 2026
Overlap
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Net flow
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Pair scorecard

ISPY costs 0.42 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ISPY vs OVQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureISPYOVQ
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+9.5%not published
Price changerose 3.1% (1 year)fell 2.9% (since Oct 23, 2026)
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYnot published
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.55%0.97%
Net assets$1.1bnnot read by ETFIQ
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published

Method

Key numbers
6.2%
ISPY cash paid, 1 year
0.0%
OVQ cash paid, since launch, Oct 23, 2026
+9.5%
ISPY total return, 1 year
−2.9%
OVQ total return, since launch, Oct 23, 2026
ISPY · 1 year to Nov 12, 2026 2.5 pts behind SPY
ISPY
+9.5%
SPY
+12.0%

2.5 pts behind SPY

ISPY over 1 year: paid 6.2%, price +3.1%, total +9.5%, SPY +12.0%, −2.5 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

SPY

+12.0%

ISPY

+9.5%

6.2% of it arrived as cash

2.5 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.5 pts behind SPY

ISPY over 1 year: paid 6.2%, price +3.1%, total +9.5%, SPY +12.0%, −2.5 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

SPY

+12.0%

ISPY

+9.5%

2.5 pts behind SPY

6.2% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. ISPY over 1 year: paid 6.2%, price +3.1%, total +9.5%, SPY +12.0%, −2.5 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Data to Nov 12, 2026.
OVQ · since launch to Nov 12, 2026 Not measured
OVQ
−2.9%
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Not measured

OVQ since launch: paid 0.0%, price −2.9%, total −2.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

OVQ

−2.9%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

OVQ since launch: paid 0.0%, price −2.9%, total −2.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

OVQ

−2.9%

0.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. OVQ since launch: paid 0.0%, price −2.9%, total −2.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Side by side

ISPY ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF · Option income on SPY, paying monthly OVQ Overlay Shares Nasdaq 100 Income ETF · Put-selling overlay
Strategy option income put-selling overlay
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) not set
Pays monthly not established
Payout rate, annualized 6.0% not published
Expense ratio 0.55% 0.97%
Cash paid, 1 year 6.2% 0.0% (since launch, Oct 23, 2026)
Price change, 1 year +3.1% −2.9% (since launch, Oct 23, 2026)
Total return, 1 year +9.5% −2.9% (since launch, Oct 23, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year +12.0% not published
Ahead or behind −2.5 pts not available
Return of capital, latest estimate 87% not published
Age 2.9 years 20 days
Net assets $1.1bn not read by ETFIQ

As of Nov 12, 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 OVQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowISPYOVQISPYOVQISPYOVQ
3 months−2.6%–1.5%–−0.1 pts–
6 months+0.4%–3.0%–−1.3 pts–
1 year+9.5%–6.2%–−2.5 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: ISPY Dec 2023 · OVQ Oct 2026+52.1%−2.9%27.1%0.0%−14.9 ptsnot measured

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About each fund
ISPY

Over the year to Nov 12, 2026, ISPY paid 6.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +12.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.5 pts. At its price on Nov 12, 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.

OVQ

Over the period from its first trade on Oct 23, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026, OVQ paid 0.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −2.9%.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ISPY or OVQ?
ISPY charges 0.55% a year and OVQ charges 0.97%, so ISPY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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