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IVVW vs JOYT: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IVVW paid 17.5% of its price in cash against JOYT’s 0.9% and the two finished level on total return.

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Net assets: $349m on Nov 4, 2026 for iShares IVV Premium Income+ ETF, and $117m on Nov 3, 2026 for JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF.

At a glance
17.5%
IVVW cash paid, 1 year
0.9%
JOYT cash paid, 1 year
+14.8%
IVVW total return, 1 year
+14.6%
JOYT total return, 1 year
IVVW · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with SPY
IVVW
+14.8%
SPY
+14.8%

About even with SPY

IVVW over 1 year: paid 17.5%, price −4.1%, total +14.8%, SPY +14.8%, 0.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

IVVW

+14.8%

17.5% of it arrived as cash

about even with SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with SPY

IVVW over 1 year: paid 17.5%, price −4.1%, total +14.8%, SPY +14.8%, 0.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

IVVW

+14.8%

17.5% as cash

about even with SPY

17.5% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. IVVW over 1 year: paid 17.5%, price −4.1%, total +14.8%, SPY +14.8%, 0.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
JOYT · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with SPY
JOYT
+14.6%
SPY
+14.8%

About even with SPY

JOYT over 1 year: paid 0.9%, price +13.7%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

JOYT

+14.6%

about even with SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with SPY

JOYT over 1 year: paid 0.9%, price +13.7%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

JOYT

+14.6%

about even with SPY

0.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. JOYT over 1 year: paid 0.9%, price +13.7%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

IVVW costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.2 points; IVVW is 2.9 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

IVVW vs JOYT: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureIVVWJOYT
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+14.8%+14.6%
Price change, 1 yearfell 4.1%rose 13.7%
Return of capital, issuer estimate49% of the Oct 7, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.25%0.35%
Net assets$349m$119m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · JOYT scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score47.6IVVW99.1JOYT

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

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

Risk and return

Aug 29, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 61 weekly returns · each against SPY
IVVW JOYT
Return
Total return edge Tie +19.3% +19.0%
Annualized edge Tie +16.2% +16.0%
Price return edge JOYT −3.2% +18.0%
Risk
Volatility edge IVVW 6.5% 8.0%
Max drawdown edge IVVW −5.1% −6.6%
Downside capture 46.2% 66.6%
Beta 0.49 0.62
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge IVVW 1.75 1.42
Sortino edge IVVW 3.07 2.31
Treynor 0.233 0.184
Calmar edge IVVW 3.19 2.43
Against the benchmark
Alpha +5.8% a year +4.2% a year
Alpha t-stat 1.97 1.35
Information ratio −0.01 −0.03
Tracking error 6.7% 5.6%
Reading

From Aug 2025 to Oct 2026, IVVW and JOYT returned about the same: +19.3% and +19.0%. IVVW swung less: 6.5% to 8.0%. IVVW fell less at its worst: −5.1% to −6.6%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: IVVW vs JOYT: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureIVVWJOYTSPYEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+19.3%+19.0%TiePrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+16.2%+16.0%TieTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return−3.2%+18.0%JOYTPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility6.5%8.0%IVVWSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation3.7%4.9%IVVWLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−5.1%−6.6%IVVWDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture53.1%67.4%100.0%JOYTShare of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture46.2%66.6%100.0%IVVWShare of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.490.621.00IVVW lowerHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.770.821.00Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe1.751.42IVVWReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino3.072.31IVVWReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.2330.1840.115IVVWReturn above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar3.192.43IVVWAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYSPYSPYThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+5.8% a year+4.2% a year0.0%Not significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat1.971.35Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−0.1% to +11.7%−2.1% to +10.6%Both include zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.01−0.03IVVWReturn against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error6.7%5.6%0.0%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 61 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, IVVW and JOYT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IVVW JOYT
Only in one fund ↓
Only in IVVW
ISHARES CORE S&P ETF TRUST 100.36%
NOV26 SPX C @ 7821.5 0.00%
NOV26 SPX C @ 7821.5 -0.03%
NOV26 SPX C @ 7699.92 -0.18%
NOV26 SPX C @ 7655.87 -0.29%
Only in JOYT
NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 8.18%
APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 7.29%
MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 6.57%
AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 4.16%
ALPHABET INC-CL A 4.13%
META PLATFORMS INC COMMON 2.53%
BROADCOM INC COMMON 2.17%
WELLS FARGO & CO COMMON 2.11%
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Side by side

IVVW iShares IVV Premium Income+ ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly JOYT JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF · Option income on SPY, paying quarterly
Strategy covered call option income
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly quarterly
Payout rate, annualized 15.7% 0.7%
Expense ratio 0.25% 0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year 17.5% 0.9%
Price change, 1 year −4.1% +13.7%
Total return, 1 year +14.8% +14.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind 0.0 pts −0.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 49% not published
Age 2.6 years 1.2 years
Net assets, IVVW as of Nov 4, 2026 and JOYT as of Nov 3, 2026 $349m $117m

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: IVVW vs JOYT: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowIVVWJOYTIVVWJOYTIVVWJOYT
3 months+2.0%+2.0%3.9%0.2%+2.2 pts+2.2 pts
6 months+8.0%+7.8%7.8%0.4%+3.0 pts+2.8 pts
1 year+14.8%+14.6%17.5%0.9%0.0 pts−0.1 pts
Since launchNot the same days: IVVW Mar 2024 · JOYT Aug 2025+40.5%+21.6%42.6%0.9%−14.4 pts+0.1 pts

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About each fund
IVVW

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IVVW paid 17.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 4.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.8%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.7%, paid monthly. iShares estimates that 49% of the distribution paid Oct 7, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

JOYT

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JOYT paid 0.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 13.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.6%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.7%, paid quarterly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, IVVW or JOYT?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IVVW paid 17.5% of its starting price in cash and JOYT paid 0.9%, so IVVW paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, IVVW or JOYT?
With every distribution reinvested, IVVW returned +14.8% and JOYT +14.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, IVVW or JOYT?
IVVW charges 0.25% a year and JOYT charges 0.35%, so IVVW 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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