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ISPY vs XDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, XDTE paid 25.5% of its price in cash against ISPY’s 5.7%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Oct 28, 2026: $1.2bn for ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF and $322m for Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF.

At a glance
5.7%
ISPY cash paid, 1 year
25.5%
XDTE cash paid, 1 year
+10.1%
ISPY total return, 1 year
+13.6%
XDTE total return, 1 year
ISPY · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 3.5 pts behind SPY
ISPY
+10.1%
SPY
+13.6%

3.5 pts behind SPY

ISPY over 1 year: paid 5.7%, price +4.0%, total +10.1%, SPY +13.6%, −3.5 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

SPY

+13.6%

ISPY

+10.1%

5.7% of it arrived as cash

3.5 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.5 pts behind SPY

ISPY over 1 year: paid 5.7%, price +4.0%, total +10.1%, SPY +13.6%, −3.5 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

SPY

+13.6%

ISPY

+10.1%

3.5 pts behind SPY

5.7% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. ISPY over 1 year: paid 5.7%, price +4.0%, total +10.1%, SPY +13.6%, −3.5 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.
XDTE · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 About even with SPY
XDTE
+13.6%
SPY
+13.6%

About even with SPY

XDTE over 1 year: paid 25.5%, price −14.3%, total +13.6%, SPY +13.6%, 0.0 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

SPY

+13.6%

XDTE

+13.6%

25.5% of it arrived as cash

about even with SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with SPY

XDTE over 1 year: paid 25.5%, price −14.3%, total +13.6%, SPY +13.6%, 0.0 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

SPY

+13.6%

XDTE

+13.6%

25.5% as cash

about even with SPY

25.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XDTE over 1 year: paid 25.5%, price −14.3%, total +13.6%, SPY +13.6%, 0.0 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

ISPY costs 0.42 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.5 points; ISPY is 3.7 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ISPY vs XDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureISPYXDTE
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+10.1%+13.6%
Price change, 1 yearrose 4.0%fell 14.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate81% of the Oct 7, 2026 payment100% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.55%0.97%
Net assets$1.2bn$322m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · ISPY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score85.7ISPY37.5XDTE

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 164 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

A percentile among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 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 →

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026. Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, ISPY and XDTE hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ISPY XDTE
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 XDTE
SPY 11/19/2027 77.43 C 90.12%
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Side by side

ISPY ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF · Option income on SPY, paying monthly XDTE Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on SPY, paying weekly
Strategy option income 0DTE covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 6.3% 15.2%
Expense ratio 0.55% 0.97%
Cash paid, 1 year 5.7% 25.5%
Price change, 1 year +4.0% −14.3%
Total return, 1 year +10.1% +13.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year +13.6% +13.6%
Ahead or behind −3.5 pts 0.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 81% 100%
Age 2.9 years 2.6 years
Net assets $1.2bn $322m

As of Oct 28, 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 XDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowISPYXDTEISPYXDTEISPYXDTE
3 months+4.8%+5.7%1.6%4.4%−1.4 pts−0.5 pts
6 months+7.3%+8.2%3.3%9.6%−1.7 pts−0.8 pts
1 year+10.1%+13.6%5.7%25.5%−3.5 pts0.0 pts
Since launchNot the same days: ISPY Dec 2023 · XDTE Mar 2024+54.8%+47.8%26.5%60.6%−15.5 pts−7.1 pts

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Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-48D746271B

ISPY and XDTE are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

  1. Income paid. ISPY paid 5.7% and XDTE 25.5% (cash paid over 1 year, as a share of its price at the start), a gap of 19.8 points.
  2. Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026).
  3. One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 ISPY returned +10.1% and XDTE +13.6% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 3.5 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund
ISPY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ISPY paid 5.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +13.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.5 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.3%, paid monthly. ProShares estimates that 81% of the distribution paid Oct 7, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

XDTE

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, XDTE paid 25.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 14.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +13.6% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.2%, paid weekly. Roundhill estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 23, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, ISPY or XDTE?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ISPY paid 5.7% of its starting price in cash and XDTE paid 25.5%, so XDTE 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 XDTE?
With every distribution reinvested, ISPY returned +10.1% and XDTE +13.6% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, ISPY or XDTE?
ISPY charges 0.55% a year and XDTE charges 0.97%, 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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