Which paid more, JOYT or SIXH?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JOYT paid 0.9% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.1%, so SIXH paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, JOYT or SIXH?

With every distribution reinvested, JOYT returned +14.6% and SIXH +23.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, JOYT or SIXH?

JOYT charges 0.35% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so JOYT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

JOYT vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SIXH paid 2.1% of its price in cash against JOYT’s 0.9%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $117m on Nov 3, 2026 for JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF, and $603m on Aug 31, 2026 for ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.

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At a glance

0.9%

JOYT cash paid, 1 year

2.1%

SIXH cash paid, 1 year

+14.6%

JOYT total return, 1 year

+23.5%

SIXH total return, 1 year

JOYT · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with SPY

JOYT

+14.6%

SPY

+14.8%

About even with SPY

JOYT over 1 year: paid 0.9%, price +13.7%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

JOYT

+14.6%

about even with SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with SPY

JOYT over 1 year: paid 0.9%, price +13.7%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

JOYT

+14.6%

about even with SPY

0.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. JOYT over 1 year: paid 0.9%, price +13.7%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SIXH · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH

+23.5%

Own

+18.0%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

2.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +23.5%. SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +23.5%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

JOYT costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.9 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

JOYT vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	JOYT	SIXH
Paid and earned
Measure	JOYT	SIXH
Total return, 1 year	+14.6%	+23.5%
Price change, 1 year	rose 13.7%	rose 21.2%
Against its benchmark
Measure	JOYT	SIXH
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	its own holdings
Cost and size
Measure	JOYT	SIXH
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.69%
Net assets, JOYT as of Nov 3, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026	$117m	$603m
Holdings
Measure	JOYT	SIXH
Holdings in common	23%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · JOYT scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score99.1JOYT98.5SIXH

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

JOYT 99.1

SIXH 98.5

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

Aug 29, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 61 weekly returns

JOYT SIXH

Return

Total return edge Tie +19.0% +19.2%

Annualized edge Tie +16.0% +16.1%

Price return edge JOYT (slight) +18.0% +16.4%

Risk

Volatility edge SIXH (slight) 8.0% 7.6%

Max drawdown edge SIXH −6.6% −3.4%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge SIXH (slight) 1.42 1.51

Sortino edge SIXH 2.31 2.66

Calmar edge SIXH 2.43 4.69

Reading

From Aug 2025 to Oct 2026, JOYT and SIXH returned about the same: +19.0% and +19.2%. SIXH swung slightly less: 7.6% to 8.0%. SIXH fell less at its worst: −3.4% to −6.6%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: JOYT vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	JOYT	SIXH	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+19.0%	+19.2%	Tie	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+16.0%	+16.1%	Tie	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+18.0%	+16.4%	JOYT (slight)	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	8.0%	7.6%	SIXH (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	4.9%	4.3%	SIXH	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−6.6%	−3.4%	SIXH	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	1.42	1.51	SIXH (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	2.31	2.66	SIXH	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	2.43	4.69	SIXH	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 61 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

23%

By the books each fund has filed, JOYT and SIXH hold 23% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

23% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JOYT SIXH

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.10% 2.85%

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.63% 2.46%

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 8.18% 1.34%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 1.33% 3.60%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.01% 1.26%

META PLATFORMS INC COMMON 2.53% 1.26%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 7.29% 1.25%

WELLS FARGO & CO COMMON 2.11% 1.22%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.33% 1.21%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 4.16% 1.17%

ALPHABET INC-CL A 4.13% 1.16%

AMERICAN EXPRESS CO 0.98% 1.20%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in JOYT

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 6.57%

BROADCOM INC COMMON 2.17%

MASTERCARD INC COMMON 1.87%

ABBVIE INC COMMON STOCK 1.58%

TESLA INC COMMON STOCK 1.39%

CSX CORP COMMON STOCK USD 1.21%

BANK OF AMERICA CORP 1.08%

RTX CORP 1.08%

Only in SIXH

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 4.95%

Altria Group, Inc. 4.90%

AT&T INC. 4.08%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 3.92%

QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 2.82%

PFIZER INC. 2.78%

COMCAST CORPORATION 2.72%

AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION 2.48%

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Side by side

JOYT JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF · Option income on SPY, paying quarterly SIXH ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF · Option income on its own holdings, paying monthly

Issuer JPMorgan Exchange Traded Concepts

Strategy option income option income

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026)

Pays quarterly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 0.7% 3.2%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.69%

Cash paid, 1 year 0.9% 2.1%

Price change, 1 year +13.7% +21.2%

Total return, 1 year +14.6% +23.5%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +18.0%

Ahead or behind −0.2 pts +5.5 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 1.2 years 6.5 years

Net assets, JOYT as of Nov 3, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026 $117m $603m

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: JOYT vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	JOYT	SIXH	JOYT	SIXH	JOYT	SIXH
3 months	+2.0%	+6.0%	0.2%	0.5%	+2.2 pts	+1.8 pts
6 months	+7.8%	+10.3%	0.4%	1.0%	+2.8 pts	+3.5 pts
1 year	+14.6%	+23.5%	0.9%	2.1%	−0.1 pts	+5.5 pts
3 years	–	+47.6%	–	6.8%	–	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: JOYT Aug 2025 · SIXH May 2020	+21.6%	+104.1%	0.9%	16.7%	+0.1 pts	not measured

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About each fund

JOYT

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JOYT paid 0.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 13.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.6%. 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 0.7%, paid quarterly.

SIXH

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SIXH paid 2.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 21.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +23.5%. SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026) returned +18.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 3.2%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, JOYT or SIXH?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JOYT paid 0.9% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.1%, so SIXH paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, JOYT or SIXH?: With every distribution reinvested, JOYT returned +14.6% and SIXH +23.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, JOYT or SIXH?: JOYT charges 0.35% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so JOYT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

JOYT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JOYT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

SIXH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SIXH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Exchange Traded Concepts website ↗

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How this is computed

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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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