MINY vs SLVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MINY and SLVI both write options for income. Net assets on Oct 13, 2026: $10m for YieldMax(R) Strategic Metals & Mining Portfolio Option Income ETF and $2m for NEOS Silver High Income ETF.
SLVI costs 0.23 points a year less; MINY is 4.9 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| MINY | SLVI | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 1.01% | 0.78% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 13, 2026 | $10m | $2m |
| What it tracks | its own holdings | SLV |
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
| Against its benchmark, same days | behind by 3.1 pts | |
| Price change | fell 27.6% (6 months) | fell 6.3% (since Oct 7, 2026) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 100% of the Oct 15, 2026 payment | |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 14, 2026.
No benchmark figure yet
MINY since launch: paid 15.4%, price −33.7%, total −19.8%, no benchmark figure. Figures to Oct 14, 2026.
MINY
−19.8%
Total return, distributions reinvested
No benchmark figure yet
MINY since launch: paid 15.4%, price −33.7%, total −19.8%, no benchmark figure. Figures to Oct 14, 2026.
MINY
−19.8%
15.4% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. MINY since launch: paid 15.4%, price −33.7%, total −19.8%, no benchmark figure. Figures to Oct 14, 2026.
Figures to Oct 14, 2026.
About even with SLV
SLVI since launch: paid 0.0%, price −6.3%, total −6.3%, SLV −6.7%, +0.4 pts. Figures to Oct 14, 2026.
SLV
−6.7%
SLVI
−6.3%
about even with SLV
Total return, distributions reinvested
About even with SLV
SLVI since launch: paid 0.0%, price −6.3%, total −6.3%, SLV −6.7%, +0.4 pts. Figures to Oct 14, 2026.
SLV
−6.7%
SLVI
−6.3%
about even with SLV
0.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SLVI since launch: paid 0.0%, price −6.3%, total −6.3%, SLV −6.7%, +0.4 pts. Figures to Oct 14, 2026.
Figures to Oct 14, 2026.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, MINY and SLVI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 14, 2026.
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0% in common
Performance, window by window
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | MINY | SLVI | MINY | SLVI | MINY | SLVI |
| 3 months | −1.3% | not published | 7.8% | not published | −1.6 pts | not published |
| 6 months | −15.5% | not published | 13.2% | not published | −3.1 pts | not published |
| Since launch Not the same days: MINY Feb 2026 · SLVI Oct 2026 | −19.8% | −6.3% | 15.4% | 0.0% | not available | +0.4 pts |
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On the same fields
As of Oct 14, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid is what the fund distributed over the window, as a share of its price at the start. Payout rate is its latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.
About MINY
Over the 6 months to Oct 14, 2026, MINY paid 13.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 27.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −15.5%. At its price on Oct 14, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 32.3%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 15, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
MINY's own holdings, without the options (from its holdings of Oct 13, 2026) returned −12.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.1 pts.
About SLVI
Over the period from its first trade on Oct 7, 2026 to Oct 14, 2026, SLVI paid 0.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 6.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −6.3%. Silver (SLV) returned −6.7% over the same days, so a holder was about even.
Questions people ask
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How this is computed
Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.
Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.
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