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OVL vs ROCY: which paid, and which earned it?

OVL and ROCY both write options for income.

Overlay Shares Large Cap Equity ETF and JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF.

8.9%OVL cash paid, 1 year
3.6%ROCY cash paid, 1 year
+19.2%OVL total return, 1 year
+13.5%ROCY total return, 1 year
OVL2.6 pts ahead of SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%OVL+19.2%8.9% of it arrived as cash2.6 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%OVL+19.2%2.6 pts ahead of SPY
ROCY2.9 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.4%ROCY+13.5%3.6% as cash2.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.4%ROCY+13.5%2.9 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in OVLOnly in ROCY
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.00%NVIDIA Corp. 8.37%
Apple, Inc. 6.71%
Alphabet, Inc. 5.33%
Microsoft Corp. 4.97%
Amazon.com, Inc. 4.15%
Micron Technology, Inc. 3.00%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.61%
Meta Platforms, Inc. 2.43%

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

OVL and ROCY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
OVLROCYOVLROCYOVLROCY
3 months+2.3%+2.6%2.6%1.7%0.0 pts+0.3 pts
6 months+18.8%+14.8%5.7%3.7%+0.7 pts−3.3 pts
1 year+19.2%not published8.9%not published+2.6 ptsnot published
3 years+86.2%not published21.1%not published+7.8 ptsnot published
Since launch+203.4%+13.5%47.2%3.6%+16.1 pts−2.9 pts
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OVL and ROCY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
OVL
Overlay Shares Large Cap Equity ETF
Put-selling overlay on SPY, paying monthly
ROCY
JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerOverlay SharesJPMorgan
Strategyput-selling overlaycovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized10.4%5.7%
Expense rationot published0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year8.9%3.6% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)
Price change, 1 year+9.4%+9.7%
Total return, 1 year+19.2%+13.5% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.4%
Ahead or behind+2.6 pts−2.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age2544 days183 days
Net assets$276m$726m

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.

ROCY in plain words

Over the period since launch on Mar 19, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, ROCY paid 3.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.7%, paid monthly.

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Where these figures came from

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OVL against ROCY, 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, OVL against ROCY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/ovl-vs-rocy Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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