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

Over the year OVL paid 8.9% of its price in cash against SIXH’s 2.0%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Overlay Shares Large Cap Equity ETF and ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.

8.9%OVL cash paid, 1 year
2.0%SIXH cash paid, 1 year
+19.2%OVL total return, 1 year
+16.3%SIXH total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: OVL scores higher

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

OVL 88.8SIXH 81.83.8, 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

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
SIXHAbout even with SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%SIXH+16.3%about even with SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%SIXH+16.3%about even with SPY

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in OVLOnly in SIXH
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.00%Altria Group, Inc. 4.83%
Philip Morris International Inc. 4.07%
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 3.77%
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 3.74%
AT&T INC. 3.59%
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 3.53%
Pepsico, Inc. 3.44%
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 3.11%

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

OVL and SIXH over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
OVLSIXHOVLSIXHOVLSIXH
3 months+2.3%+4.5%2.6%0.5%0.0 pts+2.2 pts
6 months+18.8%+7.4%5.7%0.9%+0.7 pts−10.6 pts
1 year+19.2%+16.3%8.9%2.0%+2.6 pts−0.3 pts
3 years+86.2%+43.8%21.1%6.6%+7.8 pts−34.6 pts
Since launch+203.4%+96.3%47.2%16.0%+16.1 pts−88.5 pts
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OVL and SIXH 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
SIXH
ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerOverlay SharesExchange Traded Concepts
Strategyput-selling overlayoption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized10.4%0.4%
Expense rationot published0.69%
Cash paid, 1 year8.9%2.0%
Price change, 1 year+9.4%+14.1%
Total return, 1 year+19.2%+16.3%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind+2.6 pts−0.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age2544 days2321 days
Net assets$276m$543m

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.

SIXH in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SIXH paid 2.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 14.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.3%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.4%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, OVL or SIXH?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OVL paid 8.9% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.0%, 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 SIXH?
With every distribution reinvested, OVL returned +19.2% and SIXH returned +16.3% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so OVL returned more.

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Where these figures came from

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OVL against SIXH, 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.

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