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

Over the year IVVW paid 17.5% of its price in cash against OVLH’s 0.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.

iShares S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF and Overlay Shares Hedged Large Cap Equity ETF.

17.5%IVVW cash paid, 1 year
0.3%OVLH cash paid, 1 year
+17.2%IVVW total return, 1 year
+9.1%OVLH total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: OVLH scores higher

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

IVVW 61.3OVLH 61.53.8, 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
OVLH7.5 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%OVLH+9.1%7.5 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%OVLH+9.1%7.5 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in IVVWOnly in OVLH
ISHARES CORE S&P ETF TRUST 101.45%Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.00%
USD CASH 0.18%
OCT26 SPX C @ 7625.000000 -1.63%

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 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

IVVW and OVLH over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
IVVWOVLHIVVWOVLHIVVWOVLH
3 months+4.6%+0.5%2.6%0.0%+2.4 pts−1.7 pts
6 months+13.1%+11.0%7.9%0.0%−4.9 pts−7.0 pts
1 year+17.2%+9.1%17.5%0.3%+0.6 pts−7.5 pts
3 yearsnot published+54.7%not published1.7%not published−23.7 pts
Since launch+38.9%+73.7%39.7%3.1%−14.9 pts−45.2 pts
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IVVW and OVLH on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IVVW
iShares S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
OVLH
Overlay Shares Hedged Large Cap Equity ETF
Put-selling overlay, hedged on SPY, paying annual
IssueriSharesOverlay Shares
Strategycovered callput-selling overlay, hedged
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlyannual
Payout rate, annualized7.6%0.3%
Expense ratio0.25%not published
Cash paid, 1 year17.5%0.3%
Price change, 1 year−2.0%+8.8%
Total return, 1 year+17.2%+9.1%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind+0.6 pts−7.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age917 days2072 days
Net assets$350m$116m

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.

OVLH in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OVLH paid 0.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.3%, paid annual.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, IVVW or OVLH?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, IVVW paid 17.5% of its starting price in cash and OVLH paid 0.3%, 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 OVLH?
With every distribution reinvested, IVVW returned +17.2% and OVLH returned +9.1% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so IVVW returned more.

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Where these figures came from

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IVVW against OVLH, 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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