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

Over the year IVVW paid 17.5% of its price in cash against PBP’s 11.8%, though PBP returned more with it reinvested.

iShares S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF and Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF.

17.5%IVVW cash paid, 1 year
11.8%PBP cash paid, 1 year
+17.2%IVVW total return, 1 year
+18.5%PBP total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: PBP scores higher

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

IVVW 61.3PBP 80.63.8, 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
PBP1.9 pts ahead of SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%PBP+18.5%11.8% of it arrived as cash1.9 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%PBP+18.5%11.8% cash1.9 pts ahead of SPY

What they hold in common

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

Positions IVVW and PBP both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingIVVWPBP
USD CASH0.18%0.00%
Only in each
Only in IVVWOnly in PBP
ISHARES CORE S&P ETF TRUST 101.45%NVIDIA Corp 8.18%
OCT26 SPX C @ 7625.000000 -1.63%Apple Inc 7.50%
Microsoft Corp 5.57%
Amazon.com Inc 3.77%
Alphabet Inc 3.11%
Broadcom Inc 2.57%
Alphabet Inc 2.47%
Meta Platforms Inc 2.22%

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 18, 2026 and Sep 19, 2026.

Performance, window by window

IVVW and PBP over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
IVVWPBPIVVWPBPIVVWPBP
3 months+4.6%+5.0%2.6%2.8%+2.4 pts+2.7 pts
6 months+13.1%+13.0%7.9%5.7%−4.9 pts−5.0 pts
1 year+17.2%+18.5%17.5%11.8%+0.6 pts+1.9 pts
3 yearsnot published+46.1%not published31.8%not published−32.3 pts
Since launch+38.9%+199.0%39.7%101.2%−14.9 pts−604.5 pts
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IVVW and PBP on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IVVW
iShares S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
PBP
Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssueriSharesInvesco
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized7.6%11.3%
Expense ratio0.25%0.29%
Cash paid, 1 year17.5%11.8%
Price change, 1 year−2.0%+5.5%
Total return, 1 year+17.2%+18.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind+0.6 pts+1.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age917 days6101 days
Net assets$350m$386m

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.

PBP in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, PBP paid 11.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.3%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, IVVW or PBP?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, IVVW paid 17.5% of its starting price in cash and PBP paid 11.8%, 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 PBP?
With every distribution reinvested, IVVW returned +17.2% and PBP returned +18.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so PBP returned more.
Which is cheaper, IVVW or PBP?
IVVW charges 0.25% a year and PBP charges 0.29%, 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 PBP, 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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