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OVF vs VEGA: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year OVF paid 11.5% of its price in cash against VEGA’s 1.4%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Overlay Shares Foreign Equity ETF and AdvisorShares STAR Global Buy-Write ETF.

11.5%OVF cash paid, 1 year
1.4%VEGA cash paid, 1 year
+20.8%OVF total return, 1 year
+10.4%VEGA total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: OVF scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

OVF 89.3VEGA 62.13.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

OVF4.5 pts ahead of EFA · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
EFA+16.3%OVF+20.8%11.5% of it arrived as cash4.5 pts ahead of EFATotal return, distributions reinvestedEFA+16.3%OVF+20.8%11.5% cash4.5 pts ahead of EFA
VEGA7.2 pts behind ACWI · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
ACWI+17.6%VEGA+10.4%7.2 pts behind ACWITotal return, distributions reinvestedACWI+17.6%VEGA+10.4%7.2 pts behind ACWI

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, OVF and VEGA hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in OVFOnly in VEGA
iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 74.87%SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST 41.99%
iShares Core MSCI Emerging Mar 25.13%ISHARES TRUST 17.58%
ISHARES TRUST 11.01%
BLACKROCK ETF TRUST 7.65%
ISHARES TRUST 6.35%
ISHARES INC 5.64%
ISHARES TRUST 4.28%
ISHARES TRUST 3.91%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

Performance, window by window

OVF and VEGA over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
OVFVEGAOVFVEGAOVFVEGA
3 months−0.6%0.0%2.5%0.0%−1.1 pts−1.0 pts
6 months+16.0%+10.0%5.7%0.0%+2.1 pts−7.4 pts
1 year+20.8%+10.4%11.5%1.4%+4.5 pts−7.2 pts
3 years+74.3%+46.7%26.1%4.2%+12.3 pts−28.5 pts
Since launch+84.2%+129.5%39.8%12.9%−15.8 pts−209.7 pts
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OVF and VEGA on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
OVF
Overlay Shares Foreign Equity ETF
Put-selling overlay on EFA, paying monthly
VEGA
AdvisorShares STAR Global Buy-Write ETF
Covered call on ACWI, paying annual
IssuerOverlay SharesAdvisorShares
Strategyput-selling overlaycovered call
Benchmarkdeveloped markets outside the US (EFA)All-country world (ACWI)
Paysmonthlyannual
Payout rate, annualized10.4%1.3%
Expense rationot published1.25%
Cash paid, 1 year11.5%1.4%
Price change, 1 year+8.3%+8.9%
Total return, 1 year+20.8%+10.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.3%+17.6%
Ahead or behind+4.5 pts−7.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age2544 days5113 days
Net assets$41m$94m

OVF in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OVF paid 11.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +20.8%. developed markets outside the US (EFA) returned +16.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.4%, paid monthly.

VEGA in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, VEGA paid 1.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.4%. All-country world (ACWI) returned +17.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 1.3%, paid annual.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, OVF or VEGA?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OVF paid 11.5% of its starting price in cash and VEGA paid 1.4%, so OVF paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, OVF or VEGA?
With every distribution reinvested, OVF returned +20.8% and VEGA returned +10.4% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so OVF returned more.

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Where these figures came from

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OVF against VEGA, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, OVF against VEGA, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/ovf-vs-vega Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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