Data as of .
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.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: OVF scores higher
Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?
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
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 OVF | Only 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
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OVF | VEGA | OVF | VEGA | OVF | VEGA | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Overlay Shares | AdvisorShares |
| Strategy | put-selling overlay | covered call |
| Benchmark | developed markets outside the US (EFA) | All-country world (ACWI) |
| Pays | monthly | annual |
| Payout rate, annualized | 10.4% | 1.3% |
| Expense ratio | not published | 1.25% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 11.5% | 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 estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 2544 days | 5113 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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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.