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OMAH vs SPYI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OMAH paid 14.7% of its price in cash against SPYI’s 12.1% and the two finished level on total return.

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Net assets: $1.1bn on Nov 3, 2026 for VistaShares Target 15 Berkshire Select Income ETF, and $12.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF.

At a glance
14.7%
OMAH cash paid, 1 year
12.1%
SPYI cash paid, 1 year
+13.5%
OMAH total return, 1 year
+14.0%
SPYI total return, 1 year
OMAH · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.3 pts behind SPY
OMAH
+13.5%
SPY
+14.8%

1.3 pts behind SPY

OMAH over 1 year: paid 14.7%, price −2.4%, total +13.5%, SPY +14.8%, −1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

OMAH

+13.5%

14.7% of it arrived as cash

1.3 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.3 pts behind SPY

OMAH over 1 year: paid 14.7%, price −2.4%, total +13.5%, SPY +14.8%, −1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

OMAH

+13.5%

14.7% as cash

1.3 pts behind SPY

14.7% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. OMAH over 1 year: paid 14.7%, price −2.4%, total +13.5%, SPY +14.8%, −1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPYI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.8 pts behind SPY
SPYI
+14.0%
SPY
+14.8%

0.8 pts behind SPY

SPYI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +1.1%, total +14.0%, SPY +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SPYI

+14.0%

12.1% of it arrived as cash

0.8 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.8 pts behind SPY

SPYI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +1.1%, total +14.0%, SPY +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SPYI

+14.0%

12.1% as cash

0.8 pts behind SPY

12.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SPYI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +1.1%, total +14.0%, SPY +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SPYI costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.5 points; SPYI is 11.5 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

OMAH vs SPYI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureOMAHSPYI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+13.5%+14.0%
Price change, 1 yearfell 2.4%rose 1.1%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 27, 2026 payment99% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.98%0.68%
Net assets, as of Oct 28, 2026$1.1bn$12.7bn
Holdings
Holdings in common16%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · SPYI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score53OMAH68.6SPYI

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 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

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 →

Method

Risk and return

Mar 14, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 85 weekly returns · each against SPY
OMAH SPYI
Return
Total return edge SPYI +18.2% +31.9%
Annualized edge SPYI +10.8% +18.5%
Price return edge SPYI −8.0% +7.9%
Risk
Volatility edge OMAH (slight) 11.4% 12.6%
Max drawdown edge OMAH −8.6% −9.8%
Downside capture 50.5% 82.9%
Beta 0.54 0.82
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge SPYI 0.61 1.09
Sortino edge SPYI 0.79 1.61
Treynor 0.129 0.168
Calmar edge SPYI 1.26 1.88
Against the benchmark
Alpha −1.9% a year +0.3% a year
Alpha t-stat −0.30 0.17
Information ratio −0.89 −0.78
Tracking error 10.6% 3.4%
Reading

From Mar 2025 to Oct 2026, SPYI returned more: +31.9% to +18.2%. OMAH swung slightly less: 11.4% to 12.6%. OMAH fell less at its worst: −8.6% to −9.8%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: OMAH vs SPYI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureOMAHSPYISPYEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+18.2%+31.9%SPYIPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+10.8%+18.5%SPYITotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return−8.0%+7.9%SPYIPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility11.4%12.6%OMAH (slight)Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation8.8%8.6%SPYI (slight)Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−8.6%−9.8%OMAHDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture35.8%74.4%100.0%SPYIShare of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture50.5%82.9%100.0%OMAHShare of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.540.821.00OMAH lowerHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.510.971.00Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.611.09SPYIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino0.791.61SPYIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1290.1680.164SPYIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.261.88SPYIAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYSPYSPYThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−1.9% a year+0.3% a year0.0%Not significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−0.300.17Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−14.5% to +10.7%−3.0% to +3.5%Both include zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.89−0.78SPYIReturn against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error10.6%3.4%0.0%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 85 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

16%

By the books each fund has filed, OMAH and SPYI hold 16% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

16% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first OMAH SPYI
Apple Inc 10.43% 7.40%
Alphabet Inc 3.58% 2.49%
Alphabet Inc 3.58% 2.02%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 10.99% 1.55%
Chevron Corp 4.66% 0.64%
Coca-Cola Co 5.08% 0.56%
Bank of America Corp 3.44% 0.49%
American Express Co 6.64% 0.26%
Chubb Ltd 4.67% 0.20%
Moody's Corp 4.72% 0.11%
Delta Air Lines Inc 4.38% 0.08%
Occidental Petroleum Corp 4.28% 0.07%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in OMAH
Sirius XM Holdings Inc 4.97%
New York Times Co 2.51%
Liberty Live Holdings Inc 2.32%
Ally Financial Inc 2.28%
SIRI US 11/06/26 C30 0.53%
BRKB US 11/06/26 C557.5 0.43%
DAL US 11/06/26 C84 0.28%
AAPL US 11/13/26 C345 0.25%
Only in SPYI
NVIDIA Corp 7.67%
Microsoft Corp 5.90%
Amazon.com Inc 3.76%
Broadcom Inc 2.41%
Meta Platforms Inc 2.07%
Eli Lilly & Co 1.72%
Tesla Inc 1.72%
Micron Technology Inc 1.46%
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Side by side

OMAH VistaShares Target 15 Berkshire Select Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly SPYI NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF · Option income on SPY, paying monthly
Strategy covered call option income
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 15.0% 11.5%
Expense ratio 0.98% 0.68%
Cash paid, 1 year 14.7% 12.1%
Price change, 1 year −2.4% +1.1%
Total return, 1 year +13.5% +14.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −1.3 pts −0.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 99%
Age 1.7 years 4.2 years
Net assets, OMAH as of Nov 3, 2026 and SPYI as of Oct 28, 2026 $1.1bn $12.7bn

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

Window by window: OMAH vs SPYI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowOMAHSPYIOMAHSPYIOMAHSPYI
3 months+2.5%+1.1%3.7%2.9%+2.6 pts+1.3 pts
6 months+6.2%+5.8%7.4%6.0%+1.2 pts+0.7 pts
1 year+13.5%+14.0%14.7%12.1%−1.3 pts−0.8 pts
3 years–+62.0%–39.3%–−20.9 pts
Since launchNot the same days: OMAH Mar 2025 · SPYI Aug 2022+19.2%+78.5%23.7%51.3%−14.9 pts−25.2 pts

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About each fund
OMAH

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OMAH paid 14.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.3 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.0%, paid monthly. VistaShares estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 27, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

SPYI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SPYI paid 12.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.0%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.5%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Oct 23, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, OMAH or SPYI?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OMAH paid 14.7% of its starting price in cash and SPYI paid 12.1%, so OMAH paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, OMAH or SPYI?
With every distribution reinvested, OMAH returned +13.5% and SPYI +14.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, OMAH or SPYI?
OMAH charges 0.98% a year and SPYI charges 0.68%, so SPYI 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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