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NVDY vs XDTE: 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 XDTE’s 25.5%, though XDTE returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $1.3bn on Oct 27, 2026 for YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF, and $322m on Oct 28, 2026 for Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF.

At a glance
37.1%
NVDY cash paid, 1 year
25.5%
XDTE cash paid, 1 year
+10.5%
NVDY total return, 1 year
+13.6%
XDTE 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.
XDTE · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 About even with SPY
XDTE
+13.6%
SPY
+13.6%

About even with SPY

XDTE over 1 year: paid 25.5%, price −14.3%, total +13.6%, SPY +13.6%, 0.0 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

SPY

+13.6%

XDTE

+13.6%

25.5% of it arrived as cash

about even with SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with SPY

XDTE over 1 year: paid 25.5%, price −14.3%, total +13.6%, SPY +13.6%, 0.0 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

SPY

+13.6%

XDTE

+13.6%

25.5% as cash

about even with SPY

25.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XDTE over 1 year: paid 25.5%, price −14.3%, total +13.6%, SPY +13.6%, 0.0 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XDTE costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.1 points; NVDY is 4.0 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

NVDY vs XDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureNVDYXDTE
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+10.5%+13.6%
Price change, 1 yearfell 29.9%fell 14.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkNVIDIA (NVDA)S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.09%0.97%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$1.3bn$321m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
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 Score75NVDY37.5XDTE

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

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

XDTE 37.5
0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

A percentile among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company. XDTE 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

Risk and return

Mar 15, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026 · 136 weekly returns
NVDY XDTE
Return
Total return edge NVDY +111.6% +46.5%
Annualized edge NVDY +33.2% +15.7%
Price return edge XDTE −58.6% −27.7%
Risk
Volatility edge XDTE 34.4% 13.2%
Max drawdown edge XDTE −32.3% −16.7%
Downside capture 92.4% 91.3%
Beta 0.70 0.87
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge NVDY (slight) 0.88 0.85
Sortino edge NVDY (slight) 1.30 1.20
Treynor 0.606 0.129
Calmar edge NVDY (slight) 1.03 0.94
Against the benchmark
Alpha −0.4% a year −0.2% a year
Alpha t-stat −0.06 −0.10
Information ratio −1.07 −0.46
Tracking error 17.5% 4.3%

Each against its own benchmark: NVDY against NVDA, May 19, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026; XDTE against SPY, Mar 15, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

NVDY returned more: +111.6% to +46.5%. XDTE swung less: 13.2% to 34.4%. XDTE fell less at its worst: −16.7% to −32.3%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: NVDY vs XDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureNVDYXDTEEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+111.6%+46.5%NVDYPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+33.2%+15.7%NVDYTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return−58.6%−27.7%XDTEPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility34.4%13.2%XDTESpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation23.3%9.3%XDTELike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−32.3%−16.7%XDTEDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture50.3%83.4%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture92.4%91.3%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.700.87Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.890.92Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.880.85NVDY (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.301.20NVDY (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.6060.129Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.030.94NVDY (slight)Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkNVDASPYThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−0.4% a year−0.2% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−0.06−0.10Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−12.4% to +11.7%−5.0% to +4.5%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−1.07−0.46Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error17.5%4.3%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 136 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, NVDY and XDTE hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 28, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first NVDY XDTE
Only in one fund ↓
Only in NVDY
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 19.44%
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%
Only in XDTE
SPY 11/19/2027 77.43 C 90.12%
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Side by side

NVDY YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on NVDA, paying weekly XDTE Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on SPY, paying weekly
Strategy synthetic covered call 0DTE covered call
Benchmark NVIDIA (NVDA) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays weekly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 25.2% 15.2%
Expense ratio 1.09% 0.97%
Cash paid, 1 year 37.1% 25.5%
Price change, 1 year −29.9% −14.3%
Total return, 1 year +10.5% +13.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year +7.4% +13.6%
Ahead or behind +3.1 pts 0.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 100%
Age 3.5 years 2.6 years
Net assets, NVDY as of Oct 27, 2026 and XDTE as of Oct 28, 2026 $1.3bn $322m

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 XDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowNVDYXDTENVDYXDTENVDYXDTE
3 months+12.1%+5.7%10.5%4.4%−1.4 pts−0.5 pts
6 months+2.9%+8.2%19.8%9.6%−0.3 pts−0.8 pts
1 year+10.5%+13.6%37.1%25.5%+3.1 pts0.0 pts
3 years+272.2%–185.7%–−161.1 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: NVDY May 2023 · XDTE Mar 2024+350.1%+47.8%208.2%60.6%−306.0 pts−7.1 pts

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Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-F7B4C59145

NVDY and XDTE are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

  1. Income paid. NVDY paid 37.1% and XDTE 25.5% (cash paid over 1 year, as a share of its price at the start), a gap of 11.6 points.
  2. What each is measured against. NVDY is measured against NVIDIA (NVDA) and XDTE against S&P 500 through SPY.
  3. Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 28, 2026).

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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.

XDTE

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, XDTE paid 25.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 14.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +13.6% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.2%, paid weekly. Roundhill estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 23, 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 XDTE?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, NVDY paid 37.1% of its starting price in cash and XDTE paid 25.5%, 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 XDTE?
With every distribution reinvested, NVDY returned +10.5% and XDTE +13.6% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, NVDY or XDTE?
NVDY charges 1.09% a year and XDTE charges 0.97%, so XDTE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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