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ITWO vs OVS: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OVS paid 11.3% of its price in cash against ITWO’s 8.6%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $182m on Nov 4, 2026 for ProShares Russell 2000 High Income ETF, and $39m on Aug 31, 2026 for Overlay Shares Small Cap Equity ETF.

At a glance
8.6%
ITWO cash paid, 1 year
11.3%
OVS cash paid, 1 year
+21.6%
ITWO total return, 1 year
+26.4%
OVS 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.
OVS · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.2 pts ahead of IJR
OVS
+26.4%
IJR
+24.2%

2.2 pts ahead of IJR

OVS over 1 year: paid 11.3%, price +14.4%, total +26.4%, IJR +24.2%, +2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

IJR

+24.2%

OVS

+26.4%

11.3% of it arrived as cash

2.2 pts ahead of IJR

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.2 pts ahead of IJR

OVS over 1 year: paid 11.3%, price +14.4%, total +26.4%, IJR +24.2%, +2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

IJR

+24.2%

OVS

+26.4%

2.2 pts ahead of IJR

11.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +26.4%. OVS over 1 year: paid 11.3%, price +14.4%, total +26.4%, IJR +24.2%, +2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +26.4%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

ITWO costs 0.28 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.8 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ITWO vs OVS: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureITWOOVS
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+21.6%+26.4%
Price change, 1 yearrose 12.4%rose 14.4%
Return of capital, issuer estimate89% of the Nov 6, 2026 payment100% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkRussell 2000, measured through IWMiShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF, measured through IJR
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.55%0.83%
Net assets, ITWO as of Nov 4, 2026 and OVS as of Aug 31, 2026$182m$39m
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 Score93.1ITWO90.7OVS

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

Risk and return

Sep 13, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 111 weekly returns
ITWO OVS
Return
Total return edge ITWO +34.0% +28.8%
Annualized edge ITWO +14.7% +12.6%
Price return edge OVS +6.0% +10.8%
Risk
Volatility edge ITWO 17.6% 19.6%
Max drawdown edge ITWO −22.2% −26.7%
Downside capture 96.7% 102.7%
Beta 0.92 1.03
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge ITWO 0.64 0.49
Sortino edge ITWO 0.95 0.73
Treynor 0.122 0.109
Calmar edge ITWO 0.66 0.47
Against the benchmark
Alpha +1.4% a year +0.7% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.55 0.32
Information ratio 0.12 0.17
Tracking error 4.0% 5.6%

Each against its own benchmark: ITWO against IWM, Sep 13, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026; OVS against IJR, Oct 11, 2019 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Sep 2024 to Oct 2026, ITWO returned more: +34.0% to +28.8%. ITWO swung less: 17.6% to 19.6%. ITWO fell less at its worst: −22.2% to −26.7%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: ITWO vs OVS: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureITWOOVSEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+34.0%+28.8%ITWOPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+14.7%+12.6%ITWOTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+6.0%+10.8%OVSPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility17.6%19.6%ITWOSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation11.8%13.2%ITWOLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−22.2%−26.7%ITWODeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture95.1%110.3%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture96.7%102.7%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.921.03Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.960.95Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.640.49ITWOReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino0.950.73ITWOReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1220.109Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.660.47ITWOAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkIWMIJRThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+1.4% a year+0.7% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.550.32Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−3.6% to +6.4%−3.5% to +4.8%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio0.120.17Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error4.0%5.6%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 111 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

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

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ITWO OVS
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 OVS
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF 100.03%
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Side by side

ITWO ProShares Russell 2000 High Income ETF · Option income on IWM, paying monthly OVS Overlay Shares Small Cap Equity ETF · Put-selling overlay on IJR, paying monthly
Strategy option income put-selling overlay
Benchmark Russell 2000 (IWM) iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (IJR)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 5.9% 10.3%
Expense ratio 0.55% 0.83%
Cash paid, 1 year 8.6% 11.3%
Price change, 1 year +12.4% +14.4%
Total return, 1 year +21.6% +26.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year +19.0% +24.2%
Ahead or behind +2.6 pts +2.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 89% 100%
Age 2.2 years 7.1 years
Net assets, ITWO as of Nov 4, 2026 and OVS as of Aug 31, 2026 $182m $39m

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 OVS: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowITWOOVSITWOOVSITWOOVS
3 months−4.2%−4.1%1.4%2.5%+0.8 pts−0.4 pts
6 months+1.3%+2.9%3.0%5.2%+1.7 pts−0.6 pts
1 year+21.6%+26.4%8.6%11.3%+2.7 pts+2.2 pts
3 years–+67.1%–22.8%–+8.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: ITWO Sep 2024 · OVS Oct 2019+40.0%+118.6%23.6%42.4%+2.7 pts+9.8 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.

OVS

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OVS paid 11.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 14.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +26.4%. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (IJR) returned +24.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.3%, paid monthly. Overlay Shares estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 29, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, ITWO or OVS?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, ITWO paid 8.6% of its starting price in cash and OVS paid 11.3%, 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 +21.6% and OVS +26.4% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, ITWO or OVS?
ITWO charges 0.55% a year and OVS charges 0.83%, 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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