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ITWO vs IWMY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IWMY paid 28.6% of its price in cash against ITWO’s 8.6%, though ITWO returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $182m on Nov 4, 2026 for ProShares Russell 2000 High Income ETF, and $79m on Nov 3, 2026 for Defiance R2000 Weekly Distribution ETF.

At a glance
8.6%
ITWO cash paid, 1 year
28.6%
IWMY cash paid, 1 year
+21.6%
ITWO total return, 1 year
+7.9%
IWMY total return, 1 year
ITWO · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.6 pts ahead of IWM
ITWO
+21.6%
IWM
+19.0%

2.6 pts ahead of IWM

ITWO over 1 year: paid 8.6%, price +12.4%, total +21.6%, IWM +19.0%, +2.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

IWM

+19.0%

ITWO

+21.6%

8.6% of it arrived as cash

2.6 pts ahead of IWM

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.6 pts ahead of IWM

ITWO over 1 year: paid 8.6%, price +12.4%, total +21.6%, IWM +19.0%, +2.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

IWM

+19.0%

ITWO

+21.6%

2.6 pts ahead of IWM

8.6% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. ITWO over 1 year: paid 8.6%, price +12.4%, total +21.6%, IWM +19.0%, +2.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
IWMY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 11.1 pts behind IWM
IWMY
+7.9%
IWM
+19.0%

11.1 pts behind IWM

IWMY over 1 year: paid 28.6%, price −21.4%, total +7.9%, IWM +19.0%, −11.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

IWM

+19.0%

IWMY

+7.9%

28.6% of it arrived as cash

11.1 pts behind IWM

Total return, distributions reinvested

11.1 pts behind IWM

IWMY over 1 year: paid 28.6%, price −21.4%, total +7.9%, IWM +19.0%, −11.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

IWM

+19.0%

IWMY

+7.9%

11.1 pts behind IWM

28.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. IWMY over 1 year: paid 28.6%, price −21.4%, total +7.9%, IWM +19.0%, −11.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

ITWO costs 0.50 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.7 points; ITWO is 2.3 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ITWO vs IWMY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureITWOIWMY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+21.6%+7.9%
Price change, 1 yearrose 12.4%fell 21.4%
Return of capital, issuer estimate89% of the Nov 6, 2026 payment100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkRussell 2000, measured through IWMRussell 2000, measured through IWM
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.55%1.05%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$179m$79m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · ITWO scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score93.1ITWO25.4IWMY

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

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Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, ITWO and IWMY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ITWO IWMY
Only in one fund ↓
Only in ITWO
JFrog Ltd. 0.32%
Moog, Inc. 0.31%
UMB Financial Corp. 0.30%
Glaukos Corp. 0.30%
Brinker International, Inc. 0.29%
BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. 0.28%
Cytokinetics, Inc. 0.27%
Krystal Biotech, Inc. 0.27%
Only in IWMY
Rut 12/18/2026 200.34 C 99.12%
Rut 11/05/2026 2866.09 C 0.25%
Rut 11/05/2026 2856.95 C -0.38%
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Side by side

ITWO ProShares Russell 2000 High Income ETF · Option income on IWM, paying monthly IWMY Defiance R2000 Weekly Distribution ETF · Option income on IWM, paying weekly
Strategy option income option income
Benchmark Russell 2000 (IWM) Russell 2000 (IWM)
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 5.9% 29.9%
Expense ratio 0.55% 1.05%
Cash paid, 1 year 8.6% 28.6%
Price change, 1 year +12.4% −21.4%
Total return, 1 year +21.6% +7.9%
Benchmark return, 1 year +19.0% +19.0%
Ahead or behind +2.6 pts −11.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 89% 100%
Age 2.2 years 3.0 years
Net assets, ITWO as of Nov 4, 2026 and IWMY as of Nov 3, 2026 $182m $79m

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: ITWO vs IWMY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowITWOIWMYITWOIWMYITWOIWMY
3 months−4.2%−6.1%1.4%7.0%+0.8 pts−1.1 pts
6 months+1.3%−2.3%3.0%14.0%+1.7 pts−1.8 pts
1 year+21.6%+7.9%8.6%28.6%+2.7 pts−11.0 pts
3 years–+36.8%–90.4%–−31.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: ITWO Sep 2024 · IWMY Oct 2023+40.0%+40.4%23.6%92.7%+2.7 pts−38.1 pts

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About each fund
ITWO

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, ITWO paid 8.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 12.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +21.6%. Russell 2000 (IWM) returned +19.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.6 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.9%, paid monthly. ProShares estimates that 89% 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.

IWMY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IWMY paid 28.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 21.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.9%. Russell 2000 (IWM) returned +19.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 11.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 29.9%, paid weekly. Defiance estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, ITWO or IWMY?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, ITWO paid 8.6% of its starting price in cash and IWMY paid 28.6%, so IWMY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, ITWO or IWMY?
With every distribution reinvested, ITWO returned +21.6% and IWMY +7.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, ITWO or IWMY?
ITWO charges 0.55% a year and IWMY charges 1.05%, so ITWO 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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