Which paid more, IVVW or YYY?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IVVW paid 17.5% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.4%, 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 YYY?

With every distribution reinvested, IVVW returned +14.8% and YYY +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, IVVW or YYY?

IVVW charges 0.25% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so IVVW is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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IVVW vs YYY: 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 YYY’s 12.4%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $349m on Nov 4, 2026 for iShares IVV Premium Income+ ETF, and $674m on Nov 3, 2026 for Amplify CEF High Income ETF.

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At a glance

17.5%

IVVW cash paid, 1 year

12.4%

YYY cash paid, 1 year

+14.8%

IVVW total return, 1 year

+1.9%

YYY 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.

YYY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

YYY

+1.9%

none

Not measured

YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YYY

+1.9%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YYY

+1.9%

12.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

IVVW costs 2.98 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.9 points; YYY is 2.0 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

IVVW vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	IVVW	YYY
Paid and earned
Measure	IVVW	YYY
Total return, 1 year	+14.8%	+1.9%
Price change, 1 year	fell 4.1%	fell 10.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	49% of the Oct 7, 2026 payment	18% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	IVVW	YYY
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	its own holdings
Cost and size
Measure	IVVW	YYY
Expense ratio	0.25%	3.23%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$344m	$674m
Holdings
Measure	IVVW	YYY
Holdings in common	0%

Method

Risk and return

Mar 22, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 136 weekly returns

IVVW YYY

Return

Total return edge IVVW +37.2% +18.9%

Annualized edge IVVW +12.9% +6.8%

Price return edge IVVW −11.7% −14.6%

Risk

Volatility edge IVVW (slight) 10.0% 10.4%

Max drawdown edge YYY −15.0% −10.4%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge IVVW 0.83 0.28

Sortino edge IVVW 1.16 0.37

Calmar edge IVVW 0.86 0.65

Reading

From Mar 2024 to Oct 2026, IVVW returned more: +37.2% to +18.9%. IVVW swung slightly less: 10.0% to 10.4%. YYY fell less at its worst: −10.4% to −15.0%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: IVVW vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	IVVW	YYY	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+37.2%	+18.9%	IVVW	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+12.9%	+6.8%	IVVW	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−11.7%	−14.6%	IVVW	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	10.0%	10.4%	IVVW (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	7.1%	7.8%	IVVW (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−15.0%	−10.4%	YYY	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.83	0.28	IVVW	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.16	0.37	IVVW	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.86	0.65	IVVW	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 136 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

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

50%

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IVVW YYY

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 YYY

abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund 3.64%

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 3.31%

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund/Closed-end Fund 3.31%

BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust 3.30%

PIMCO High Income Fund 3.06%

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp 3.04%

Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund 2.70%

abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund 2.66%

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Side by side

IVVW iShares IVV Premium Income+ ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly YYY Amplify CEF High Income ETF · Income from closed-end funds on its own holdings, paying monthly

Issuer iShares Amplify

Strategy covered call income from closed-end funds

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) YYY's own holdings (from its holdings of Nov 3, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 15.7% 13.8%

Expense ratio 0.25% 3.23%

Cash paid, 1 year 17.5% 12.4%

Price change, 1 year −4.1% −10.3%

Total return, 1 year +14.8% +1.9%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% not published

Ahead or behind 0.0 pts not available

Return of capital, latest estimate 49% 18%

Age 2.6 years 14.4 years

Net assets, IVVW as of Nov 4, 2026 and YYY as of Nov 3, 2026 $349m $674m

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 YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	IVVW	YYY	IVVW	YYY	IVVW	YYY
3 months	+2.0%	−4.9%	3.9%	3.2%	+2.2 pts	not measured
6 months	+8.0%	−4.1%	7.8%	6.2%	+3.0 pts	not measured
1 year	+14.8%	+1.9%	17.5%	12.4%	0.0 pts	not measured
3 years	–	+35.2%	–	38.6%	–	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: IVVW Mar 2024 · YYY Jun 2012	+40.5%	+114.4%	42.6%	113.6%	−14.4 pts	not measured

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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.

YYY

No 1-year comparison: a quarter's holdings filing is missing from the year.

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YYY paid 12.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +1.9%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.8%, paid monthly. Amplify estimates that 18% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, IVVW or YYY?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IVVW paid 17.5% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.4%, 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 YYY?: With every distribution reinvested, IVVW returned +14.8% and YYY +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, IVVW or YYY?: IVVW charges 0.25% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so IVVW is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

S&P 500 (SPY) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →IVVW on its own →YYY on its own →IVVW dividend history →IVVW holdings →YYY dividend history →YYY holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

IVVW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IVVW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

IVVW 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

iShares page for IVVW ↗

YYY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

YYY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

YYY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Amplify page for YYY ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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