Which paid more, JOYT or SPIN?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JOYT paid 0.9% of its starting price in cash and SPIN paid 5.1%, so SPIN 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 SPIN?

With every distribution reinvested, JOYT returned +14.6% and SPIN +9.3% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, JOYT or SPIN?

JOYT charges 0.35% a year and SPIN charges 0.25%, so SPIN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

JOYT vs SPIN: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SPIN paid 5.1% of its price in cash against JOYT’s 0.9%, though JOYT returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $117m for JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF and $45m for State Street US Equity Premium Income ETF.

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At a glance

0.9%

JOYT cash paid, 1 year

5.1%

SPIN cash paid, 1 year

+14.6%

JOYT total return, 1 year

+9.3%

SPIN 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.

SPIN · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 5.5 pts behind SPY

SPIN

+9.3%

SPY

+14.8%

5.5 pts behind SPY

SPIN over 1 year: paid 5.1%, price +3.9%, total +9.3%, SPY +14.8%, −5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SPIN

+9.3%

5.1% of it arrived as cash

5.5 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.5 pts behind SPY

SPIN over 1 year: paid 5.1%, price +3.9%, total +9.3%, SPY +14.8%, −5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SPIN

+9.3%

5.5 pts behind SPY

5.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +14.8%. SPIN over 1 year: paid 5.1%, price +3.9%, total +9.3%, SPY +14.8%, −5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +14.8%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SPIN costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.3 points; JOYT is 2.6 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

JOYT vs SPIN: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	JOYT	SPIN
Paid and earned
Measure	JOYT	SPIN
Total return, 1 year	+14.6%	+9.3%
Price change, 1 year	rose 13.7%	rose 3.9%
Return of capital, issuer estimate		97% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	JOYT	SPIN
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	JOYT	SPIN
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.25%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$117m	$45m
Holdings
Measure	JOYT	SPIN
Holdings in common	55%

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

IQ Income Score99.1JOYT84.1SPIN

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

SPIN 84.1

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

What they share

55%

By the books each fund has filed, JOYT and SPIN hold 55% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

55% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JOYT SPIN

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 8.18% 9.22%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 6.57% 7.47%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 7.29% 6.03%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 4.16% 4.87%

ALPHABET INC-CL A 4.13% 4.59%

META PLATFORMS INC COMMON 2.53% 2.93%

BROADCOM INC COMMON 2.17% 3.37%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.10% 2.50%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.01% 2.28%

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.63% 2.50%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.33% 1.94%

MASTERCARD INC COMMON 1.87% 1.19%

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Only in JOYT

ABBVIE INC COMMON STOCK 1.58%

CSX CORP COMMON STOCK USD 1.21%

AMERICAN EXPRESS CO 0.98%

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 0.94%

EOG RESOURCES INC COMMON 0.90%

HOWMET AEROSPACE INC 0.81%

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO 0.80%

LOWE'S COS INC COMMON 0.79%

Only in SPIN

JPMORGAN CHASE + CO 2.13%

VISA INC CLASS A SHARES 1.73%

APPLIED MATERIALS INC 1.41%

HOME DEPOT INC 1.39%

EMERSON ELECTRIC CO 1.30%

PARKER HANNIFIN CORP 1.16%

WABTEC CORP 1.15%

UNITED RENTALS INC 1.13%

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Side by side

JOYT JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF · Option income on SPY, paying quarterly SPIN State Street US Equity Premium Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer JPMorgan State Street

Strategy option income covered call

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays quarterly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 0.7% 5.5%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.25%

Cash paid, 1 year 0.9% 5.1%

Price change, 1 year +13.7% +3.9%

Total return, 1 year +14.6% +9.3%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%

Ahead or behind −0.2 pts −5.5 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 97%

Age 1.2 years 2.2 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $117m $45m

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 SPIN: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	JOYT	SPIN	JOYT	SPIN	JOYT	SPIN
3 months	+2.0%	+0.8%	0.2%	0.9%	+2.2 pts	+0.9 pts
6 months	+7.8%	+6.0%	0.4%	1.9%	+2.8 pts	+1.0 pts
1 year	+14.6%	+9.3%	0.9%	5.1%	−0.1 pts	−5.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: JOYT Aug 2025 · SPIN Sep 2024	+21.6%	+30.3%	0.9%	16.0%	+0.1 pts	−12.9 pts

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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.

SPIN

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SPIN paid 5.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.5%, paid monthly. State Street estimates that 97% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, JOYT or SPIN?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JOYT paid 0.9% of its starting price in cash and SPIN paid 5.1%, so SPIN 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 SPIN?: With every distribution reinvested, JOYT returned +14.6% and SPIN +9.3% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, JOYT or SPIN?: JOYT charges 0.35% a year and SPIN charges 0.25%, so SPIN 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 ↗

SPIN filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPIN prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SPIN 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

State Street website ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

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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