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IVVW vs OMAH: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year IVVW paid 17.5% of its price in cash against OMAH’s 14.4%, and returned more with it reinvested.

iShares S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF and VistaShares Target 15 Berkshire Select Income ETF.

17.5%IVVW cash paid, 1 year
14.4%OMAH cash paid, 1 year
+17.2%IVVW total return, 1 year
+8.8%OMAH total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: OMAH scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

IVVW 61.3OMAH 65.23.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

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

IVVW0.6 pts ahead of SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%IVVW+17.2%17.5% of it arrived as cash0.6 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%IVVW+17.2%17.5% as cash0.6 pts ahead of SPY
OMAH4.9 pts ahead of BRK-B · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
BRK-B+3.9%OMAH+8.8%14.4% of it arrived as cash4.9 pts ahead of BRK-BTotal return, distributions reinvestedBRK-B+3.9%OMAH+8.8%4.9 pts ahead of BRK-B

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IVVW and OMAH hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in IVVWOnly in OMAH
ISHARES CORE S&P ETF TRUST 100.84%Apple Inc 10.59%
USD CASH 0.66%Berkshire Hathaway Inc 10.22%
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.14%American Express Co 6.57%
OCT26 SPX C @ 7625.000000 -1.64%Coca-Cola Co/The 4.94%
VeriSign Inc 4.90%
Kroger Co/The 4.79%
Chevron Corp 4.75%
DAVITA INC 4.75%

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 Sep 17, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

IVVW and OMAH over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
IVVWOMAHIVVWOMAHIVVWOMAH
3 months+4.6%+1.7%2.6%3.7%+2.4 pts−2.4 pts
6 months+13.1%+8.8%7.9%7.7%−4.9 pts+2.8 pts
1 year+17.2%+8.8%17.5%14.4%+0.6 pts+4.9 pts
Since launch+38.9%+14.6%39.7%21.4%−14.9 pts+12.4 pts
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IVVW and OMAH on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IVVW
iShares S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
OMAH
VistaShares Target 15 Berkshire Select Income ETF
Covered call on BRK-B, paying monthly
IssueriSharesVistaShares
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)Berkshire Hathaway B (BRK-B), used as the proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized7.6%15.1%
Expense ratio0.25%0.98%
Cash paid, 1 year17.5%14.4%
Price change, 1 year−2.0%−6.3%
Total return, 1 year+17.2%+8.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+3.9%
Ahead or behind+0.6 pts+4.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age917 days562 days
Net assets$350m$1.1bn

IVVW in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, IVVW paid 17.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.2%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.6 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.6%, paid monthly.

OMAH in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OMAH paid 14.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 6.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.8%. Berkshire Hathaway B (BRK-B), used as the proxy returned +3.9% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.1%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, IVVW or OMAH?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, IVVW paid 17.5% of its starting price in cash and OMAH paid 14.4%, 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 OMAH?
With every distribution reinvested, IVVW returned +17.2% and OMAH returned +8.8% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so IVVW returned more.
Which is cheaper, IVVW or OMAH?
IVVW charges 0.25% a year and OMAH charges 0.98%, so IVVW is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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IVVW against OMAH, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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