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ISPY vs RNTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RNTY paid 13.0% of its price in cash against ISPY’s 6.2%, though ISPY returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $1.2bn on Nov 4, 2026 for ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF, and $4.8m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Target 12 Real Estate Option Income ETF.

At a glance
6.2%
ISPY cash paid, 1 year
13.0%
RNTY cash paid, 1 year
+11.3%
ISPY total return, 1 year
+10.7%
RNTY total return, 1 year
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.
RNTY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.2 pts behind its own stocks
RNTY
+10.7%
Own
+12.9%

2.2 pts behind its own stocks

RNTY over 1 year: paid 13.0%, price −2.9%, total +10.7%, its own stocks +12.9%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own stocks

+12.9%

RNTY

+10.7%

13.0% of it arrived as cash

2.2 pts behind its own stocks

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.2 pts behind its own stocks

RNTY over 1 year: paid 13.0%, price −2.9%, total +10.7%, its own stocks +12.9%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own stocks

+12.9%

RNTY

+10.7%

13.0% as cash

2.2 pts behind its own stocks

13.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. RNTY over 1 year: paid 13.0%, price −2.9%, total +10.7%, its own stocks +12.9%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

ISPY costs 0.44 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.6 points; ISPY is far larger, $1.1bn against $4.8m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ISPY vs RNTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureISPYRNTY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+11.3%+10.7%
Price change, 1 yearrose 4.8%fell 2.9%
Return of capital, issuer estimate87% of the Nov 6, 2026 payment92% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYits own stocks
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.55%0.99%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$1.1bn$4.8m
Holdings
Holdings in common1%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · ISPY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score83.5ISPY47RNTY

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

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

1%

By the books each fund has filed, ISPY and RNTY hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ISPY RNTY
Welltower, Inc. 0.21% 6.86%
Prologis, Inc. 0.17% 6.25%
Equinix, Inc. 0.13% 5.24%
American Tower Corp. 0.10% 4.68%
Simon Property Group, Inc. 0.09% 5.63%
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. 0.08% 5.81%
Realty Income Corp. 0.07% 4.35%
Public Storage 0.07% 4.30%
Vivmark Residential 0.06% 6.27%
CBRE Group, Inc. 0.05% 4.19%
Iron Mountain, Inc. 0.04% 4.03%
Crown Castle, Inc. 0.04% 3.77%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in ISPY
NVIDIA Corp. 6.80%
Apple, Inc. 5.92%
Microsoft Corp. 4.80%
Amazon.com, Inc. 3.24%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.53%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.23%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.02%
Meta Platforms, Inc. 1.60%
Only in RNTY
Howard Hughes Holdings Inc 4.98%
St Joe Co 4.65%
Sun Communities Inc 2.78%
Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc 2.67%
EXR US 11/20/26 C145 0.42%
PSA US 11/20/26 C300 0.36%
AMT US 11/20/26 C170 0.31%
SPG US 11/20/26 C220 0.24%
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Side by side

ISPY ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF · Option income on SPY, paying monthly RNTY YieldMax Target 12 Real Estate Option Income ETF · Synthetic covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly
Strategy option income synthetic covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) RNTY's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 6.0% 11.9%
Expense ratio 0.55% 0.99%
Cash paid, 1 year 6.2% 13.0%
Price change, 1 year +4.8% −2.9%
Total return, 1 year +11.3% +10.7%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +12.9%
Ahead or behind −3.5 pts −2.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 87% 92%
Age 2.9 years 1.5 years
Net assets, ISPY as of Nov 4, 2026 and RNTY as of Nov 3, 2026 $1.2bn $4.8m

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 RNTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowISPYRNTYISPYRNTYISPYRNTY
3 months−0.5%−0.2%1.5%2.9%−0.3 pts−0.2 pts
6 months+3.8%+1.7%3.1%5.8%−1.2 pts+0.9 pts
1 year+11.3%+10.7%6.2%13.0%−3.5 pts−2.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: ISPY Dec 2023 · RNTY Apr 2025+54.0%+13.7%27.1%17.7%−15.1 ptsnot 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.

RNTY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RNTY paid 13.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.7%. RNTY's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026) returned +12.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.9%, paid monthly. YieldMax estimates that 92% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, ISPY or RNTY?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, ISPY paid 6.2% of its starting price in cash and RNTY paid 13.0%, so RNTY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, ISPY or RNTY?
With every distribution reinvested, ISPY returned +11.3% and RNTY +10.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, ISPY or RNTY?
ISPY charges 0.55% a year and RNTY charges 0.99%, so ISPY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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