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OPTO vs SBAR: Dividend Yield & Total Return

Return, fees and overlap, side by side.

Return gap
+29.7 pts
1 month to Nov 12, 2026: SBAR ahead, total return
Fee gap
0.22 pts
A year: OPTO 0.99%, SBAR 0.77%, per filings dated Sep 28, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026
Overlap
–
No book read for both funds
Net flow
–
Needs daily flows for both funds

Pair scorecard

SBAR costs 0.22 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

OPTO vs SBAR: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureOPTOSBAR
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 yearnot published+7.5%
Price changefell 38.6% (since Oct 9, 2026)fell 4.8% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate77% of the Oct 27, 2026 payment
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.99%0.77%
Net assetsnot read by ETFIQ$441m
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published

Method

Key numbers
1.5%
OPTO cash paid, since launch, Oct 9, 2026
11.8%
SBAR cash paid, 1 year
−37.2%
OPTO total return, since launch, Oct 9, 2026
+7.5%
SBAR total return, 1 year
OPTO · since launch to Nov 12, 2026 Not measured
OPTO
−37.2%
none

Not measured

OPTO since launch: paid 1.5%, price −38.6%, total −37.2%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

OPTO

−37.2%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

OPTO since launch: paid 1.5%, price −38.6%, total −37.2%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

OPTO

−37.2%

1.5% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. OPTO since launch: paid 1.5%, price −38.6%, total −37.2%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Data to Nov 12, 2026.
SBAR · 1 year to Nov 12, 2026 Not measured
SBAR
+7.5%
none

Not measured

SBAR over 1 year: paid 11.8%, price −4.8%, total +7.5%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

SBAR

+7.5%

11.8% as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

SBAR over 1 year: paid 11.8%, price −4.8%, total +7.5%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

SBAR

+7.5%

11.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SBAR over 1 year: paid 11.8%, price −4.8%, total +7.5%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Side by side

OPTO Tuttle Capital Photonics Income Blast ETF · Autocallable, paying weekly SBAR Simplify Barrier Income ETF · Defined income, paying monthly
Strategy autocallable defined income
Benchmark not set not set
Pays weekly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 26.0% 12.0%
Expense ratio 0.99% 0.77%
Cash paid, 1 year 1.5% (since launch, Oct 9, 2026) 11.8%
Price change, 1 year −38.6% (since launch, Oct 9, 2026) −4.8%
Total return, 1 year −37.2% (since launch, Oct 9, 2026) +7.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year not published not published
Ahead or behind not available not available
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 77%
Age 34 days 1.6 years
Net assets not read by ETFIQ $441m

As of Nov 12, 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: OPTO vs SBAR: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowOPTOSBAROPTOSBAROPTOSBAR
3 months–−0.8%–2.9%–not measured
6 months–+2.7%–5.8%–not measured
1 year–+7.5%–11.8%–not measured
Since launchNot the same days: OPTO Oct 2026 · SBAR Apr 2025−37.2%+19.7%1.5%19.0%not measurednot measured

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About each fund
OPTO

Over the period from its first trade on Oct 9, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026, OPTO paid 1.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 38.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −37.2%. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 26.0%, paid weekly.

SBAR

Over the year to Nov 12, 2026, SBAR paid 11.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 4.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.5%. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.0%, paid monthly. Simplify estimates that 77% 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.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, OPTO or SBAR?
OPTO charges 0.99% a year and SBAR charges 0.77%, so SBAR is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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OPTO and SBAR

Total return, distributions reinvested, 1 month.

OPTO −30.5%SBAR −0.8%
Oct 13, 2026Nov 12, 2026

OPTO −30.5%, SBAR −0.8%: SBAR +29.7 pts ahead, 1 month, Oct 13, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026.