Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
NVDW vs NVDY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, NVDY paid 37.1% of its price in cash against NVDW’s 34.0%, and returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets: $98m on Nov 4, 2026 for Roundhill NVDA WeeklyPay ETF, and $1.3bn on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF.
5.3 pts behind NVDA
NVDW over 1 year: paid 34.0%, price −37.9%, total −4.3%, NVDA +1.0%, −5.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
NVDA
+1.0%
NVDW
−4.3%
5.3 pts behind NVDA
Total return, distributions reinvested
5.3 pts behind NVDA
NVDW over 1 year: paid 34.0%, price −37.9%, total −4.3%, NVDA +1.0%, −5.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
NVDA
+1.0%
NVDW
−4.3%
5.3 pts behind NVDA
34.0% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. NVDW over 1 year: paid 34.0%, price −37.9%, total −4.3%, NVDA +1.0%, −5.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.3.9 pts ahead of NVDA
NVDY over 1 year: paid 37.1%, price −33.2%, total +4.9%, NVDA +1.0%, +3.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
NVDA
+1.0%
NVDY
+4.9%
37.1% of it arrived as cash
3.9 pts ahead of NVDA
Total return, distributions reinvested
3.9 pts ahead of NVDA
NVDY over 1 year: paid 37.1%, price −33.2%, total +4.9%, NVDA +1.0%, +3.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
NVDA
+1.0%
NVDY
+4.9%
3.9 pts ahead of NVDA
37.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. NVDY over 1 year: paid 37.1%, price −33.2%, total +4.9%, NVDA +1.0%, +3.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
NVDW costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.2 points; NVDY is 12.7 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | NVDW | NVDY |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | −4.3% | +4.9% |
| Price change, 1 year | fell 37.9% | fell 33.2% |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | NVIDIA (NVDA) | NVIDIA (NVDA) |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 1.00% | 1.09% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $102m | $1.3bn |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 77 income ETFs writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed
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 →
Risk and return
Jun 13, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 72 weekly returns · each against NVDAFrom Jun 2025 to Oct 2026, NVDW returned slightly more: +43.7% to +40.7%. NVDY swung less: 24.1% to 37.1%. NVDY fell less at its worst: −11.4% to −22.4%.
Full scorecard
19 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | NVDW | NVDY | NVDA | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | |||||
| Total return | +43.7% | +40.7% | NVDW (slight) | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. | |
| Annualized | +30.0% | +27.9% | NVDW (slight) | Total return as a yearly rate. | |
| Price return | −26.7% | −30.9% | NVDW | Price change alone, distributions left out. | |
| Risk | |||||
| Volatility | 37.1% | 24.1% | NVDY | Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier. | |
| Downside deviation | 22.8% | 15.5% | NVDY | Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate. | |
| Max drawdown | −22.4% | −11.4% | NVDY | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. | |
| Upside capture | 139.7% | 66.6% | 100.0% | NVDW | Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose. |
| Downside capture | 106.4% | 90.4% | 100.0% | NVDY | Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better. |
| Beta | 1.19 | 0.76 | 1.00 | NVDY lower | How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves. |
| R squared | 1.00 | 0.97 | 1.00 | Not an edge | Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains. |
| Risk-adjusted | |||||
| Sharpe | 0.78 | 0.98 | NVDY | Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility. | |
| Sortino | 1.27 | 1.53 | NVDY | Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation. | |
| Treynor | 0.245 | 0.311 | 0.275 | NVDY | Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta. |
| Calmar | 1.34 | 2.46 | NVDY | Annualized return divided by the max drawdown. | |
| Against the benchmark | |||||
| Benchmark | NVDA | NVDA | NVDA | The ETF each fund is measured against. | |
| Alpha | −3.6% a year | +2.7% a year | 0.0% | NVDW significant | Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts. |
| Alpha t-stat | −2.62 | 0.75 | Not an edge | How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance. | |
| Alpha range | −6.4% to −0.9% | −4.6% to +10.1% | NVDY's includes zero | The 95% range for the yearly alpha. | |
| Information ratio | 0.26 | −0.45 | NVDW | Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error. | |
| Tracking error | 6.1% | 8.6% | 0.0% | Not an edge | How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized. |
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 72 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, NVDW and NVDY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 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 | NVDW | NVDY | NVDW | NVDY | NVDW | NVDY |
| 3 months | −11.5% | −6.1% | 8.9% | 9.0% | −2.9 pts | +2.5 pts |
| 6 months | −7.0% | −2.3% | 18.3% | 19.3% | −3.6 pts | +1.2 pts |
| 1 year | −4.3% | +4.9% | 34.0% | 37.1% | −5.3 pts | +3.9 pts |
| 3 years | – | +228.4% | – | 174.4% | – | −117.6 pts |
| Since launch | – | +323.5% | – | 208.5% | – | −279.0 pts |
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NVDW
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, NVDW paid 34.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 37.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −4.3%. NVIDIA (NVDA) returned +1.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.3 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 37.8%, paid weekly. Roundhill estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Nov 3, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
NVDY
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, NVDY paid 37.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 33.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.9%. NVIDIA (NVDA) returned +1.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 3.9 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 32.6%, paid weekly.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.
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