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MAGY vs SDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SDTY paid 24.9% of its price in cash against MAGY’s 24.0%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $94m on Nov 4, 2026 for Roundhill Magnificent Seven Covered Call ETF, and $40m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF.

At a glance
24.0%
MAGY cash paid, 1 year
24.9%
SDTY cash paid, 1 year
−1.5%
MAGY total return, 1 year
+14.7%
SDTY 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.
SDTY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with VOO
SDTY
+14.7%
VOO
+14.8%

About even with VOO

SDTY over 1 year: paid 24.9%, price −12.3%, total +14.7%, VOO +14.8%, −0.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

SDTY

+14.7%

24.9% of it arrived as cash

about even with VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with VOO

SDTY over 1 year: paid 24.9%, price −12.3%, total +14.7%, VOO +14.8%, −0.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

SDTY

+14.7%

24.9% as cash

about even with VOO

24.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SDTY over 1 year: paid 24.9%, price −12.3%, total +14.7%, VOO +14.8%, −0.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

MAGY costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.2 points; MAGY is 2.3 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

MAGY vs SDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureMAGYSDTY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year−1.5%+14.7%
Price change, 1 yearfell 26.1%fell 12.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Nov 2, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkMagnificent Seven, measured through MAGSVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.99%1.08%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$92m$40m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · SDTY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score17.1MAGY40.4SDTY

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

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

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Method

What they share

0%

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

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first MAGY SDTY
Only in one fund ↓
Only in MAGY
Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF 100.12%
MAGS 11/06/2026 71.22 C -0.47%
Only in SDTY
SPX 12/18/2026 1200.26 C 85.22%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 1.62%
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Side by side

MAGY Roundhill Magnificent Seven Covered Call ETF · Covered call on MAGS, paying weekly SDTY YieldMax S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on VOO, paying weekly
Strategy covered call 0DTE covered call
Benchmark Magnificent Seven (MAGS) Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Pays weekly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 25.1% 23.2%
Expense ratio 0.99% 1.08%
Cash paid, 1 year 24.0% 24.9%
Price change, 1 year −26.1% −12.3%
Total return, 1 year −1.5% +14.7%
Benchmark return, 1 year +6.3% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −7.8 pts −0.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% not published
Age 1.5 years 1.7 years
Net assets, MAGY as of Nov 4, 2026 and SDTY as of Nov 3, 2026 $94m $40m

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 SDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowMAGYSDTYMAGYSDTYMAGYSDTY
3 months+4.0%+1.2%5.4%5.4%+1.2 pts+1.4 pts
6 months+0.8%+6.6%11.3%11.7%−1.8 pts+1.5 pts
1 year−1.5%+14.7%24.0%24.9%−7.8 pts−0.1 pts
Since launchNot the same days: MAGY Apr 2025 · SDTY Feb 2025+25.7%+23.8%44.0%37.8%−37.0 pts−5.3 pts

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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.

SDTY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SDTY paid 24.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 12.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.7%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) 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 23.2%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, MAGY or SDTY?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, MAGY paid 24.0% of its starting price in cash and SDTY paid 24.9%, so SDTY 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 SDTY?
With every distribution reinvested, MAGY returned −1.5% and SDTY +14.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, MAGY or SDTY?
MAGY charges 0.99% a year and SDTY charges 1.08%, so MAGY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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