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ISPY vs XDTE: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year XDTE paid 26.9% of its price in cash against ISPY’s 5.7%, and returned more with it reinvested.

ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF and Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF, side by side, income ETFs on ETFIQ.

5.7%ISPY cash paid, 1 year
26.9%XDTE cash paid, 1 year
+14.4%ISPY total return, 1 year
+16.6%XDTE total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: ISPY scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

ISPY 70.7XDTE 46.33.2, the lowest in this set96.9, the highest

A percentile among the 161 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

ISPY3.1 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
SPY+17.5%ISPY+14.4%5.7% of it arrived as cash3.1 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+17.5%ISPY+14.4%3.1 pts behind SPY
XDTE0.9 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
SPY+17.5%XDTE+16.6%26.9% of it arrived as cash0.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+17.5%XDTE+16.6%26.9% as cash0.9 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ISPY and XDTE hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in ISPYOnly in XDTE
ProShares GENIUS Money Market ETF 10.56%SPX 03/19/2027 678.8 C 67.54%
NVIDIA Corp. 7.07%SPX 06/11/2027 678.8 C 25.09%
Apple, Inc. 6.31%Roundhill Weekly T-Bill ETF 7.36%
Microsoft Corp. 4.60%
Amazon.com, Inc. 3.64%
Alphabet, Inc. 3.05%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.92%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.42%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026.

Performance, window by window

ISPY and XDTE over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
ISPYXDTEISPYXDTEISPYXDTE
3 months+1.8%+3.9%1.5%5.1%−1.5 pts+0.6 pts
6 months+12.8%+13.4%3.5%10.5%−3.2 pts−2.6 pts
1 year+14.4%+16.6%5.7%26.9%−3.1 pts−0.9 pts
Since launch+53.4%+45.7%25.8%59.3%−14.8 pts−7.2 pts
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ISPY and XDTE on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ISPY
ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
XDTE
Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF
0DTE covered call on SPY, paying weekly
IssuerProSharesRoundhill
Strategycovered call0DTE covered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlyweekly
Payout rate, annualized5.8%17.6%
Expense ratio0.56%0.97%
Cash paid, 1 year5.7%26.9%
Price change, 1 year+8.4%−12.8%
Total return, 1 year+14.4%+16.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year+17.5%+17.5%
Ahead or behind−3.1 pts−0.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age996 days918 days

ISPY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, ISPY paid 5.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.4%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +17.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.1 pts. At its price on Sep 11, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.8%, paid monthly.

XDTE in plain words

Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, XDTE paid 26.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 12.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +17.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.9 pts. At its price on Sep 11, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 17.6%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, ISPY or XDTE?
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, ISPY paid 5.7% of its starting price in cash and XDTE paid 26.9%, 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 +14.4% and XDTE returned +16.6% over the year to Sep 11, 2026, so XDTE returned more.
Which is cheaper, ISPY or XDTE?
ISPY charges 0.56% a year and XDTE charges 0.97%, so ISPY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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ISPY against XDTE, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 11, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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