Which paid more, MAGY or RNTY?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, MAGY paid 24.0% of its starting price in cash and RNTY paid 13.0%, so MAGY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, MAGY or RNTY?

With every distribution reinvested, MAGY returned −1.5% and RNTY +10.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, MAGY or RNTY?

MAGY and RNTY both charge 0.99% a year, so neither is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

MAGY vs RNTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, MAGY paid 24.0% of its price in cash against RNTY’s 13.0%, though RNTY returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $94m on Nov 4, 2026 for Roundhill Magnificent Seven Covered Call ETF, and $4.8m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Target 12 Real Estate Option Income ETF.

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At a glance

24.0%

MAGY cash paid, 1 year

13.0%

RNTY cash paid, 1 year

−1.5%

MAGY total return, 1 year

+10.7%

RNTY total return, 1 year

MAGY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 7.8 pts behind MAGS

MAGY

−1.5%

MAGS

+6.3%

7.8 pts behind MAGS

MAGY over 1 year: paid 24.0%, price −26.1%, total −1.5%, MAGS +6.3%, −7.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

MAGS

+6.3%

MAGY

−1.5%

7.8 pts behind MAGS

Total return, distributions reinvested

7.8 pts behind MAGS

MAGY over 1 year: paid 24.0%, price −26.1%, total −1.5%, MAGS +6.3%, −7.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

MAGS

+6.3%

MAGY

−1.5%

7.8 pts behind MAGS

24.0% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. MAGY over 1 year: paid 24.0%, price −26.1%, total −1.5%, MAGS +6.3%, −7.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

RNTY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.2 pts behind its own stocks

RNTY

+10.7%

Own

+12.9%

2.2 pts behind its own stocks

RNTY over 1 year: paid 13.0%, price −2.9%, total +10.7%, its own stocks +12.9%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own stocks

+12.9%

RNTY

+10.7%

13.0% of it arrived as cash

2.2 pts behind its own stocks

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.2 pts behind its own stocks

RNTY over 1 year: paid 13.0%, price −2.9%, total +10.7%, its own stocks +12.9%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own stocks

+12.9%

RNTY

+10.7%

13.0% as cash

13.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. RNTY over 1 year: paid 13.0%, price −2.9%, total +10.7%, its own stocks +12.9%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.99% a year; their one-year returns differ by 12.2 points; MAGY is 19.2 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

MAGY vs RNTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	MAGY	RNTY
Paid and earned
Measure	MAGY	RNTY
Total return, 1 year	−1.5%	+10.7%
Price change, 1 year	fell 26.1%	fell 2.9%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	100% of the Nov 2, 2026 payment	92% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	MAGY	RNTY
Benchmark	Magnificent Seven, measured through MAGS	its own stocks
Cost and size
Measure	MAGY	RNTY
Expense ratio	0.99%	0.99%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$92m	$4.8m
Holdings
Measure	MAGY	RNTY
Holdings in common	0%

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

IQ Income Score17.1MAGY47RNTY

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

MAGY 17.1

RNTY 47

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

May 2, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 78 weekly returns

MAGY RNTY

Return

Total return edge MAGY +17.1% +7.0%

Annualized edge MAGY +11.1% +4.6%

Price return edge RNTY −25.8% −9.8%

Risk

Volatility edge RNTY 15.0% 10.4%

Max drawdown edge RNTY −13.4% −7.7%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge MAGY 0.52 0.11

Sortino edge MAGY 0.68 0.15

Calmar edge MAGY 0.83 0.60

Reading

From May 2025 to Oct 2026, MAGY returned more: +17.1% to +7.0%. RNTY swung less: 10.4% to 15.0%. RNTY fell less at its worst: −7.7% to −13.4%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: MAGY vs RNTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	MAGY	RNTY	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+17.1%	+7.0%	MAGY	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+11.1%	+4.6%	MAGY	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−25.8%	−9.8%	RNTY	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	15.0%	10.4%	RNTY	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	11.4%	7.4%	RNTY	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−13.4%	−7.7%	RNTY	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.52	0.11	MAGY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.68	0.15	MAGY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.83	0.60	MAGY	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 78 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

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

50%

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first MAGY RNTY

Only in one fund ↓

Only in MAGY

Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF 100.12%

MAGS 11/06/2026 71.22 C -0.47%

Only in RNTY

Welltower Inc 6.86%

Vivmark Residential 6.27%

Prologis Inc 6.25%

Digital Realty Trust Inc 5.81%

Simon Property Group Inc 5.63%

Equinix Inc 5.24%

Howard Hughes Holdings Inc 4.98%

AMERICAN TOWER CORP 4.68%

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Side by side

MAGY Roundhill Magnificent Seven Covered Call ETF · Covered call on MAGS, paying weekly RNTY YieldMax Target 12 Real Estate Option Income ETF · Synthetic covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly

Issuer Roundhill YieldMax

Strategy covered call synthetic covered call

Benchmark Magnificent Seven (MAGS) RNTY's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026)

Pays weekly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 25.1% 11.9%

Expense ratio 0.99% 0.99%

Cash paid, 1 year 24.0% 13.0%

Price change, 1 year −26.1% −2.9%

Total return, 1 year −1.5% +10.7%

Benchmark return, 1 year +6.3% +12.9%

Ahead or behind −7.8 pts −2.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 92%

Age 1.5 years 1.5 years

Net assets, MAGY as of Nov 4, 2026 and RNTY as of Nov 3, 2026 $94m $4.8m

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: MAGY vs RNTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	MAGY	RNTY	MAGY	RNTY	MAGY	RNTY
3 months	+4.0%	−0.2%	5.4%	2.9%	+1.2 pts	−0.2 pts
6 months	+0.8%	+1.7%	11.3%	5.8%	−1.8 pts	+0.9 pts
1 year	−1.5%	+10.7%	24.0%	13.0%	−7.8 pts	−2.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: MAGY Apr 2025 · RNTY Apr 2025	+25.7%	+13.7%	44.0%	17.7%	−37.0 pts	not measured

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About each fund

MAGY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, MAGY paid 24.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 26.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −1.5%. Magnificent Seven (MAGS) returned +6.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 25.1%, paid weekly. Roundhill estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Nov 2, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

RNTY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RNTY paid 13.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.7%. RNTY's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026) returned +12.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.9%, paid monthly. YieldMax estimates that 92% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, MAGY or RNTY?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, MAGY paid 24.0% of its starting price in cash and RNTY paid 13.0%, so MAGY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, MAGY or RNTY?: With every distribution reinvested, MAGY returned −1.5% and RNTY +10.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, MAGY or RNTY?: MAGY and RNTY both charge 0.99% a year, so neither is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

Magnificent Seven (MAGS) →MAGY on its own →RNTY on its own →MAGY dividend history →MAGY holdings →RNTY dividend history →RNTY holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

MAGY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

MAGY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

MAGY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Roundhill page for MAGY ↗

RNTY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

RNTY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

RNTY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

YieldMax page for RNTY ↗

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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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