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NVDY vs SDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, NVDY paid 37.1% of its price in cash against SDTY’s 24.6%, though SDTY returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $1.3bn for YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF and $41m for YieldMax S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF.

At a glance
37.1%
NVDY cash paid, 1 year
24.6%
SDTY cash paid, 1 year
+10.5%
NVDY total return, 1 year
+13.4%
SDTY total return, 1 year
NVDY · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 3.1 pts ahead of NVDA
NVDY
+10.5%
NVDA
+7.4%

3.1 pts ahead of NVDA

NVDY over 1 year: paid 37.1%, price −29.9%, total +10.5%, NVDA +7.4%, +3.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

NVDA

+7.4%

NVDY

+10.5%

37.1% of it arrived as cash

3.1 pts ahead of NVDA

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.1 pts ahead of NVDA

NVDY over 1 year: paid 37.1%, price −29.9%, total +10.5%, NVDA +7.4%, +3.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

NVDA

+7.4%

NVDY

+10.5%

37.1% as cash

3.1 pts ahead of NVDA

37.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. NVDY over 1 year: paid 37.1%, price −29.9%, total +10.5%, NVDA +7.4%, +3.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.
SDTY · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 About even with VOO
SDTY
+13.4%
VOO
+13.7%

About even with VOO

SDTY over 1 year: paid 24.6%, price −13.3%, total +13.4%, VOO +13.7%, −0.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

VOO

+13.7%

SDTY

+13.4%

24.6% of it arrived as cash

about even with VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with VOO

SDTY over 1 year: paid 24.6%, price −13.3%, total +13.4%, VOO +13.7%, −0.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

VOO

+13.7%

SDTY

+13.4%

24.6% as cash

about even with VOO

24.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SDTY over 1 year: paid 24.6%, price −13.3%, total +13.4%, VOO +13.7%, −0.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SDTY costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.9 points; NVDY is far larger, $1.3bn against $41m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

NVDY vs SDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureNVDYSDTY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+10.5%+13.4%
Price change, 1 yearfell 29.9%fell 13.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate58% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkNVIDIA (NVDA)Vanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.09%1.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$1.3bn$41m
Holdings
Holdings in common2%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · NVDY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

NVDY among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company

IQ Income Score75NVDY39.9SDTY

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 74 income ETFs writing on a single company and 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

NVDY 75
0.7, the lowest in this set 99.3, the highest

SDTY among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company

SDTY 39.9
0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

A percentile among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company. SDTY is a percentile among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company, a different set, so the two marks are not on one scale. 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 →

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 28, 2026. Method

What they share

2%

By the books each fund has filed, NVDY and SDTY hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 28, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first NVDY SDTY
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 19.44% 1.61%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in NVDY
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 18.49%
NVDA US 11/20/26 C210 6.10%
NVDA US 10/30/26 C220 0.22%
2NVDA US 11/20/26 C210.01 FLX 0.08%
NVDA US 10/30/26 C225 0.06%
NVDA US 10/30/26 C217.5 -0.48%
NVDA US 10/30/26 C215 -0.67%
2NVDA US 11/20/26 P210.01 FLX -3.25%
Only in SDTY
SPX 12/18/2026 1200.26 C 85.46%
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Side by side

NVDY YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on NVDA, paying weekly SDTY YieldMax S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on VOO, paying weekly
Strategy synthetic covered call 0DTE covered call
Benchmark NVIDIA (NVDA) Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Pays weekly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 25.2% 23.3%
Expense ratio 1.09% 1.08%
Cash paid, 1 year 37.1% 24.6%
Price change, 1 year −29.9% −13.3%
Total return, 1 year +10.5% +13.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year +7.4% +13.7%
Ahead or behind +3.1 pts −0.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 58%
Age 3.5 years 1.7 years
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $1.3bn $41m

As of Oct 28, 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: NVDY vs SDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowNVDYSDTYNVDYSDTYNVDYSDTY
3 months+12.1%+5.8%10.5%5.7%−1.4 pts−0.3 pts
6 months+2.9%+9.7%19.8%12.1%−0.3 pts+0.6 pts
1 year+10.5%+13.4%37.1%24.6%+3.1 pts−0.3 pts
3 years+272.2%–185.7%–−161.1 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: NVDY May 2023 · SDTY Feb 2025+350.1%+23.9%208.2%37.5%−306.0 pts−6.1 pts

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About each fund
NVDY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, NVDY paid 37.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 29.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.5%. NVIDIA (NVDA) returned +7.4% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 3.1 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 25.2%, paid weekly.

SDTY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SDTY paid 24.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 13.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.4%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +13.7% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 23.3%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 58% of the distribution paid Oct 29, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, NVDY or SDTY?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, NVDY paid 37.1% of its starting price in cash and SDTY paid 24.6%, so NVDY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, NVDY or SDTY?
With every distribution reinvested, NVDY returned +10.5% and SDTY +13.4% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, NVDY or SDTY?
NVDY charges 1.09% a year and SDTY charges 1.08%, so SDTY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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