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IVVW vs XPAY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XPAY paid 19.7% of its price in cash against IVVW’s 17.5%, though IVVW returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 4, 2026: $349m for iShares IVV Premium Income+ ETF and $187m for Roundhill S&P 500 Target 20 Managed Distribution ETF.

At a glance
17.5%
IVVW cash paid, 1 year
19.7%
XPAY cash paid, 1 year
+14.8%
IVVW total return, 1 year
+14.0%
XPAY 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.
XPAY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.8 pts behind VOO
XPAY
+14.0%
VOO
+14.8%

0.8 pts behind VOO

XPAY over 1 year: paid 19.7%, price −7.2%, total +14.0%, VOO +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

XPAY

+14.0%

19.7% of it arrived as cash

0.8 pts behind VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.8 pts behind VOO

XPAY over 1 year: paid 19.7%, price −7.2%, total +14.0%, VOO +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

XPAY

+14.0%

19.7% as cash

0.8 pts behind VOO

19.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XPAY over 1 year: paid 19.7%, price −7.2%, total +14.0%, VOO +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

IVVW costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.8 points; IVVW is 1.9 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

IVVW vs XPAY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureIVVWXPAY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+14.8%+14.0%
Price change, 1 yearfell 4.1%fell 7.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate49% of the Oct 7, 2026 payment100% of the Oct 15, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.25%0.49%
Net assets$349m$187m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · IVVW scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score47.6IVVW43.4XPAY

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

Nov 8, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 103 weekly returns
IVVW XPAY
Return
Total return edge XPAY +24.0% +27.3%
Annualized edge XPAY +11.5% +12.9%
Price return edge IVVW −11.2% −14.6%
Risk
Volatility edge IVVW 10.3% 14.9%
Max drawdown edge IVVW −15.0% −17.1%
Downside capture 62.0% 101.5%
Beta 0.63 1.01
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge IVVW 0.71 0.62
Sortino edge IVVW (slight) 0.97 0.93
Treynor 0.133 0.091
Calmar edge Tie 0.76 0.76
Against the benchmark
Alpha +0.7% a year −0.9% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.28 −1.35
Information ratio −0.55 −0.82
Tracking error 6.9% 1.0%

Each against its own benchmark: IVVW against SPY, Mar 22, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026; XPAY against VOO, Nov 8, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Nov 2024 to Oct 2026, XPAY returned more: +27.3% to +24.0%. IVVW swung less: 10.3% to 14.9%. IVVW fell less at its worst: −15.0% to −17.1%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: IVVW vs XPAY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureIVVWXPAYEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+24.0%+27.3%XPAYPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+11.5%+12.9%XPAYTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return−11.2%−14.6%IVVWPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility10.3%14.9%IVVWSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation7.6%9.9%IVVWLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−15.0%−17.1%IVVWDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture51.5%99.7%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture62.0%101.5%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.631.01Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.821.00Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.710.62IVVWReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino0.970.93IVVW (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1330.091Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.760.76TieAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYVOOThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+0.7% a year−0.9% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.28−1.35Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−4.5% to +6.0%−2.3% to +0.4%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.55−0.82Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error6.9%1.0%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 103 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, IVVW and XPAY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IVVW XPAY
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 XPAY
SPY 12/10/2027 38.04 C 94.39%
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Side by side

IVVW iShares IVV Premium Income+ ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly XPAY Roundhill S&P 500 Target 20 Managed Distribution ETF · Option income on VOO, paying monthly
Strategy covered call option income
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 15.7% 21.1%
Expense ratio 0.25% 0.49%
Cash paid, 1 year 17.5% 19.7%
Price change, 1 year −4.1% −7.2%
Total return, 1 year +14.8% +14.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind 0.0 pts −0.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 49% 100%
Age 2.6 years 2.0 years
Net assets $349m $187m

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 XPAY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowIVVWXPAYIVVWXPAYIVVWXPAY
3 months+2.0%−0.3%3.9%5.0%+2.2 pts−0.2 pts
6 months+8.0%+4.9%7.8%10.0%+3.0 pts−0.1 pts
1 year+14.8%+14.0%17.5%19.7%0.0 pts−0.9 pts
Since launchNot the same days: IVVW Mar 2024 · XPAY Oct 2024+40.5%+35.6%42.6%39.0%−14.4 pts−2.6 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.

XPAY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XPAY paid 19.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 7.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.0%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 21.1%, paid monthly. Roundhill estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 15, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, IVVW or XPAY?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IVVW paid 17.5% of its starting price in cash and XPAY paid 19.7%, so XPAY 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 XPAY?
With every distribution reinvested, IVVW returned +14.8% and XPAY +14.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, IVVW or XPAY?
IVVW charges 0.25% a year and XPAY charges 0.49%, so IVVW is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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