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OARK vs XDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, OARK paid 32.3% of its price in cash against XDTE’s 25.5%, though XDTE returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $40m on Oct 27, 2026 for YieldMax Innovation Option Income Strategy ETF, and $322m on Oct 28, 2026 for Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF.

OARK on its own →XDTE on its own →
At a glance
32.3%
OARK cash paid, 1 year
25.5%
XDTE cash paid, 1 year
−2.3%
OARK total return, 1 year
+13.6%
XDTE total return, 1 year
OARK · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 1.2 pts ahead of ARKK
OARK
−2.3%
ARKK
−3.5%

1.2 pts ahead of ARKK

OARK over 1 year: paid 32.3%, price −37.0%, total −2.3%, ARKK −3.5%, +1.2 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

ARKK

−3.5%

OARK

−2.3%

1.2 pts ahead of ARKK

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.2 pts ahead of ARKK

OARK over 1 year: paid 32.3%, price −37.0%, total −2.3%, ARKK −3.5%, +1.2 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

ARKK

−3.5%

OARK

−2.3%

1.2 pts ahead of ARKK

32.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. OARK over 1 year: paid 32.3%, price −37.0%, total −2.3%, ARKK −3.5%, +1.2 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 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.9 points; XDTE is 8.0 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

OARK vs XDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureOARKXDTE
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year−2.3%+13.6%
Price change, 1 yearfell 37.0%fell 14.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkARK Innovation ETF, measured through ARKKS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.00%0.97%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$40m$321m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · XDTE scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score16.8OARK37.5XDTE

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 164 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

A percentile among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 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

0%

By the books each fund has filed, OARK 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 OARK XDTE
Only in one fund ↓
Only in OARK
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 29.86%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 24.47%
2ARKK US 11/20/26 C85.01 FLX 4.87%
ARKK US 10/30/26 C84.5 1.40%
ARKK US 10/30/26 C85 0.87%
ARKK US 10/30/26 C83 -1.67%
ARKK US 10/30/26 C82.5 -2.39%
2ARKK US 11/20/26 P85.01 FLX -3.41%
Only in XDTE
SPY 11/19/2027 77.43 C 90.12%
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Side by side

OARK YieldMax Innovation Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on ARKK, paying weekly XDTE Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on SPY, paying weekly
Issuer YieldMax Roundhill
Strategy synthetic covered call 0DTE covered call
Benchmark ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays weekly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 27.5% 15.2%
Expense ratio 1.00% 0.97%
Cash paid, 1 year 32.3% 25.5%
Price change, 1 year −37.0% −14.3%
Total return, 1 year −2.3% +13.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year −3.5% +13.6%
Ahead or behind +1.2 pts 0.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 100%
Age 3.9 years 2.6 years
Net assets, OARK as of Oct 27, 2026 and XDTE as of Oct 28, 2026 $40m $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: OARK vs XDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowOARKXDTEOARKXDTEOARKXDTE
3 months+13.7%+5.7%8.9%4.4%−8.3 pts−0.5 pts
6 months+9.8%+8.2%19.6%9.6%−7.3 pts−0.8 pts
1 year−2.3%+13.6%32.3%25.5%+1.2 pts0.0 pts
3 years+86.2%–103.7%–−66.3 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: OARK Nov 2022 · XDTE Mar 2024+56.0%+47.8%90.3%60.6%−83.1 pts−7.1 pts

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About each fund
OARK

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, OARK paid 32.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 37.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −2.3%. ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) returned −3.5% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.2 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 27.5%, 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, OARK or XDTE?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, OARK paid 32.3% of its starting price in cash and XDTE paid 25.5%, so OARK paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, OARK or XDTE?
With every distribution reinvested, OARK returned −2.3% and XDTE +13.6% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, OARK or XDTE?
OARK charges 1.00% a year and XDTE charges 0.97%, so XDTE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where to next
ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) →S&P 500 (SPY) →OARK on its own →XDTE on its own →OARK dividend history →OARK holdings →XDTE dividend history →XDTE holdings →Method →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
OARK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
OARK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
OARK 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
YieldMax page for OARK ↗
XDTE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
XDTE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
XDTE 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
Roundhill page for XDTE ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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