Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
ISPY vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YYY paid 12.4% 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 $674m on Nov 3, 2026 for Amplify CEF High Income ETF.
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.Not measured
YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
YYY
+1.9%
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
YYY
+1.9%
12.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
ISPY costs 2.68 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.4 points; ISPY is 1.6 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | ISPY | YYY |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +11.3% | +1.9% |
| Price change, 1 year | rose 4.8% | fell 10.3% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 87% of the Nov 6, 2026 payment | 18% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | S&P 500, measured through SPY | its own holdings |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.55% | 3.23% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $1.1bn | $674m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
Risk and return
Dec 29, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026 · 148 weekly returnsFrom Dec 2023 to Oct 2026, ISPY returned more: +49.2% to +25.9%. YYY swung less: 10.0% to 12.8%. YYY fell less at its worst: −10.4% to −15.6%.
Full scorecard
9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | ISPY | YYY | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | ||||
| Total return | +49.2% | +25.9% | ISPY | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. |
| Annualized | +15.1% | +8.4% | ISPY | Total return as a yearly rate. |
| Price return | +17.0% | −11.4% | ISPY | Price change alone, distributions left out. |
| Risk | ||||
| Volatility | 12.8% | 10.0% | YYY | Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier. |
| Downside deviation | 8.8% | 7.5% | YYY | Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate. |
| Max drawdown | −15.6% | −10.4% | YYY | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. |
| Risk-adjusted | ||||
| Sharpe | 0.82 | 0.42 | ISPY | Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility. |
| Sortino | 1.19 | 0.56 | ISPY | Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation. |
| Calmar | 0.97 | 0.81 | ISPY | Annualized return divided by the max drawdown. |
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 148 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, ISPY and YYY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
half
0% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | ISPY | YYY | ISPY | YYY | ISPY | YYY |
| 3 months | −0.5% | −4.9% | 1.5% | 3.2% | −0.3 pts | not measured |
| 6 months | +3.8% | −4.1% | 3.1% | 6.2% | −1.2 pts | not measured |
| 1 year | +11.3% | +1.9% | 6.2% | 12.4% | −3.5 pts | not measured |
| 3 years | – | +35.2% | – | 38.6% | – | not measured |
| Since launchNot the same days: ISPY Dec 2023 · YYY Jun 2012 | +54.0% | +114.4% | 27.1% | 113.6% | −15.1 pts | not measured |
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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.
No 1-year comparison: a quarter's holdings filing is missing from the year.
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YYY paid 12.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +1.9%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.8%, paid monthly. Amplify estimates that 18% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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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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