Data as of .
OVL vs OVLH: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year OVL paid 8.9% of its price in cash against OVLH’s 0.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: OVL 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, OVL and OVLH hold 100% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | OVL | OVLH |
|---|---|---|
| Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 100.00% | 100.00% |
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 May 31, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OVL | OVLH | OVL | OVLH | OVL | OVLH | |
| 3 months | +2.3% | +0.5% | 2.6% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | −1.7 pts |
| 6 months | +18.8% | +11.0% | 5.7% | 0.0% | +0.7 pts | −7.0 pts |
| 1 year | +19.2% | +9.1% | 8.9% | 0.3% | +2.6 pts | −7.5 pts |
| 3 years | +86.2% | +54.7% | 21.1% | 1.7% | +7.8 pts | −23.7 pts |
| Since launch | +203.4% | +73.7% | 47.2% | 3.1% | +16.1 pts | −45.2 pts |
| OVL Overlay Shares Large Cap Equity ETF Put-selling overlay on SPY, paying monthly | OVLH Overlay Shares Hedged Large Cap Equity ETF Put-selling overlay, hedged on SPY, paying annual | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Overlay Shares | Overlay Shares |
| Strategy | put-selling overlay | put-selling overlay, hedged |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| Pays | monthly | annual |
| Payout rate, annualized | 10.4% | 0.3% |
| Expense ratio | not published | not published |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.9% | 0.3% |
| Price change, 1 year | +9.4% | +8.8% |
| Total return, 1 year | +19.2% | +9.1% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | +2.6 pts | −7.5 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 2544 days | 2072 days |
| Net assets | $276m | $116m |
OVL in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OVL paid 8.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +19.2%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.6 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.4%, paid monthly.
OVLH in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OVLH paid 0.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.3%, paid annual.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, OVL or OVLH?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OVL paid 8.9% of its starting price in cash and OVLH paid 0.3%, so OVL paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
- Which returned more once distributions are counted, OVL or OVLH?
- With every distribution reinvested, OVL returned +19.2% and OVLH returned +9.1% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so OVL returned more.
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Where these figures came from
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