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JUDO vs RECI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Net assets: $7.0m on Jul 31, 2026 for Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF, beside Columbia Research Enhanced Core Premium Income ETF.

At a glance
3.8%
JUDO cash paid, since launch, Mar 25, 2026
1.5%
RECI cash paid, since launch, Jul 14, 2026
+16.1%
JUDO total return, since launch, Mar 25, 2026
+3.7%
RECI total return, since launch, Jul 14, 2026
JUDO · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured
JUDO
+16.1%
none

Not measured

JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO

+16.1%

3.8% as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO

+16.1%

3.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
RECI · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured
RECI
+3.7%
none

Not measured

RECI since launch: paid 1.5%, price +2.1%, total +3.7%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

RECI

+3.7%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

RECI since launch: paid 1.5%, price +2.1%, total +3.7%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

RECI

+3.7%

1.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +16.1%. RECI since launch: paid 1.5%, price +2.1%, total +3.7%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +16.1%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

RECI costs 0.25 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

JUDO vs RECI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureJUDORECI
Paid and earned
Price changerose 2.7% (6 months)rose 2.1% (since Jul 14, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate78% of the Oct 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Benchmarkits own stocksnot published
Against its benchmark, same daysahead by 0.6 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.55%0.30%
Net assets$7.0mnot read by ETFIQ
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published

Method

Side by side

JUDO Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly RECI Columbia Research Enhanced Core Premium Income ETF · Covered call, paying monthly
Strategy covered call covered call
Benchmark JUDO's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) none
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 6.4% 8.0%
Expense ratio 0.55% 0.30%
Cash paid, 1 year 3.8% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026) 1.5% (since launch, Jul 14, 2026)
Price change, 1 year +12.2% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026) +2.1% (since launch, Jul 14, 2026)
Total return, 1 year +16.1% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026) +3.7% (since launch, Jul 14, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year not published not published
Ahead or behind not available not available
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 78%
Age 224 days 113 days
Net assets $7.0m not read by ETFIQ

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: JUDO vs RECI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowJUDORECIJUDORECIJUDORECI
3 months−1.2%+3.5%1.6%1.5%+0.5 ptsnot measured
6 months+5.8%–3.1%–+0.6 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: JUDO Mar 2026 · RECI Jul 2026+16.1%+3.7%3.8%1.5%not measurednot measured

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About each fund
JUDO

JUDO's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) returned +5.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.6 pts.

Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, JUDO paid 3.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.4%, paid monthly.

RECI

Over the period from its first trade on Jul 14, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, RECI paid 1.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.7%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.0%, paid monthly. Columbia estimates that 78% of the distribution paid Oct 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 is cheaper, JUDO or RECI?
JUDO charges 0.55% a year and RECI charges 0.30%, so RECI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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