Data as of .
ITWO vs OVS: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year OVS paid 9.8% of its price in cash against ITWO’s 8.4%, though ITWO returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: ITWO scores higher
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A percentile among the 173 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
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, ITWO and OVS hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in ITWO | Only in OVS |
|---|---|
| Bloom Energy Corp. 1.83% | iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF 100.00% |
| Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd. 1.12% | |
| Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. 0.75% | |
| IonQ, Inc. 0.73% | |
| Fabrinet 0.69% | |
| Nextpower, Inc. 0.67% | |
| Coeur Mining, Inc. 0.58% | |
| TTM Technologies, Inc. 0.52% |
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.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITWO | OVS | ITWO | OVS | ITWO | OVS | |
| 3 months | −3.2% | −2.7% | 1.5% | 2.6% | +0.5 pts | +0.9 pts |
| 6 months | +18.3% | +16.8% | 5.0% | 5.9% | +0.4 pts | −1.1 pts |
| 1 year | +19.6% | +18.9% | 8.4% | 9.8% | +2.4 pts | +1.7 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +57.0% | not published | 20.3% | not published | −5.5 pts |
| Since launch | +39.2% | +113.2% | 22.5% | 39.6% | +1.8 pts | +4.5 pts |
| ITWO ProShares Russell 2000 High Income ETF Option income on IWM, paying monthly | OVS Overlay Shares Small Cap Equity ETF Put-selling overlay on IWM, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | ProShares | Overlay Shares |
| Strategy | option income | put-selling overlay |
| Benchmark | Russell 2000 (IWM) | Russell 2000 (IWM) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 5.9% | 11.0% |
| Expense ratio | 0.55% | not published |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.4% | 9.8% |
| Price change, 1 year | +10.5% | +8.5% |
| Total return, 1 year | +19.6% | +18.9% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +17.2% | +17.2% |
| Ahead or behind | +2.4 pts | +1.7 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 743 days | 2544 days |
| Net assets | $189m | $28m |
ITWO in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, ITWO paid 8.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 10.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +19.6%. Russell 2000 (IWM) returned +17.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.4 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.9%, paid monthly.
OVS in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OVS paid 9.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.9%. Russell 2000 (IWM) returned +17.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.7 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.0%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, ITWO or OVS?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, ITWO paid 8.4% of its starting price in cash and OVS paid 9.8%, so OVS 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 OVS?
- With every distribution reinvested, ITWO returned +19.6% and OVS returned +18.9% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so ITWO returned more.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, ITWO against OVS, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/itwo-vs-ovs Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.