Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
JOYT vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YYY paid 12.4% 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 $674m for Amplify CEF High Income ETF.
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.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
JOYT costs 2.88 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.7 points; YYY is 5.8 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | JOYT | YYY |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +14.6% | +1.9% |
| Price change, 1 year | rose 13.7% | fell 10.3% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 18% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | S&P 500, measured through SPY | its own holdings |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 3.23% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $117m | $674m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
Risk and return
Aug 29, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 61 weekly returnsFrom Aug 2025 to Oct 2026, JOYT returned more: +19.0% to +1.3%. JOYT swung less: 8.0% to 9.8%. JOYT fell less at its worst: −6.6% to −9.2%.
Full scorecard
9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | JOYT | YYY | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | ||||
| Total return | +19.0% | +1.3% | JOYT | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. |
| Annualized | +16.0% | +1.1% | JOYT | Total return as a yearly rate. |
| Price return | +18.0% | −12.6% | JOYT | Price change alone, distributions left out. |
| Risk | ||||
| Volatility | 8.0% | 9.8% | JOYT | Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier. |
| Downside deviation | 4.9% | 6.9% | JOYT | Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate. |
| Max drawdown | −6.6% | −9.2% | JOYT | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. |
| Risk-adjusted | ||||
| Sharpe | 1.42 | −0.23 | JOYT | Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility. |
| Sortino | 2.31 | −0.33 | JOYT | Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation. |
| Calmar | 2.43 | 0.12 | JOYT | 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
By the books each fund has filed, JOYT and YYY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
half
0% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | JOYT | YYY | JOYT | YYY | JOYT | YYY |
| 3 months | +2.0% | −4.9% | 0.2% | 3.2% | +2.2 pts | not measured |
| 6 months | +7.8% | −4.1% | 0.4% | 6.2% | +2.8 pts | not measured |
| 1 year | +14.6% | +1.9% | 0.9% | 12.4% | −0.1 pts | not measured |
| 3 years | – | +35.2% | – | 38.6% | – | not measured |
| Since launchNot the same days: JOYT Aug 2025 · YYY Jun 2012 | +21.6% | +114.4% | 0.9% | 113.6% | +0.1 pts | not measured |
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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.
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). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
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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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