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OVL vs TDAQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TDAQ paid 16.8% of its price in cash against OVL’s 9.9%, though OVL returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $427m on Aug 31, 2026 for Overlay Shares Large Cap Equity ETF, and $248m on Jun 30, 2026 for TappAlpha Innovation 100 Growth & Daily Income ETF.

At a glance
9.9%
OVL cash paid, 1 year
16.8%
TDAQ cash paid, 1 year
+17.2%
OVL total return, 1 year
+12.0%
TDAQ total return, 1 year
OVL · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.4 pts ahead of VOO
OVL
+17.2%
VOO
+14.8%

2.4 pts ahead of VOO

OVL over 1 year: paid 9.9%, price +6.6%, total +17.2%, VOO +14.8%, +2.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

OVL

+17.2%

9.9% of it arrived as cash

2.4 pts ahead of VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.4 pts ahead of VOO

OVL over 1 year: paid 9.9%, price +6.6%, total +17.2%, VOO +14.8%, +2.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

OVL

+17.2%

9.9% cash

2.4 pts ahead of VOO

9.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. OVL over 1 year: paid 9.9%, price +6.6%, total +17.2%, VOO +14.8%, +2.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
TDAQ · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with QQQ
TDAQ
+12.0%
QQQ
+12.3%

About even with QQQ

TDAQ over 1 year: paid 16.8%, price −5.7%, total +12.0%, QQQ +12.3%, −0.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

TDAQ

+12.0%

16.8% of it arrived as cash

about even with QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with QQQ

TDAQ over 1 year: paid 16.8%, price −5.7%, total +12.0%, QQQ +12.3%, −0.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

TDAQ

+12.0%

16.8% as cash

about even with QQQ

16.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. TDAQ over 1 year: paid 16.8%, price −5.7%, total +12.0%, QQQ +12.3%, −0.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

TDAQ costs 0.11 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.2 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

OVL vs TDAQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureOVLTDAQ
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+17.2%+12.0%
Price change, 1 yearrose 6.6%fell 5.7%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment98% of the Oct 21, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOONasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.79%0.68%
Net assets, OVL as of Aug 31, 2026 and TDAQ as of Jun 30, 2026$427m$248m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · OVL scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score81.7OVL44.6TDAQ

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

Risk and return

Sep 12, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 59 weekly returns
OVL TDAQ
Return
Total return edge Tie +18.7% +18.4%
Annualized edge Tie +16.3% +16.0%
Price return edge OVL +7.1% −1.7%
Risk
Volatility edge OVL 13.6% 17.4%
Max drawdown edge OVL −7.7% −9.2%
Downside capture 108.9% 96.6%
Beta 1.13 0.93
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge OVL 0.90 0.72
Sortino edge OVL 1.49 1.11
Treynor 0.130 0.136
Calmar edge OVL 2.11 1.75
Against the benchmark
Alpha −0.6% a year +0.7% a year
Alpha t-stat −0.66 0.27
Information ratio 0.34 −0.06
Tracking error 3.4% 3.2%

Each against its own benchmark: OVL against VOO, Oct 11, 2019 to Oct 30, 2026; TDAQ against QQQ, Sep 12, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Sep 2025 to Oct 2026, OVL and TDAQ returned about the same: +18.7% and +18.4%. OVL swung less: 13.6% to 17.4%. OVL fell less at its worst: −7.7% to −9.2%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: OVL vs TDAQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureOVLTDAQEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+18.7%+18.4%TiePrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+16.3%+16.0%TieTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+7.1%−1.7%OVLPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility13.6%17.4%OVLSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation8.2%11.3%OVLLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−7.7%−9.2%OVLDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture121.3%93.0%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture108.9%96.6%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta1.130.93Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.990.97Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.900.72OVLReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.491.11OVLReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1300.136Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar2.111.75OVLAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkVOOQQQThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−0.6% a year+0.7% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−0.660.27Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−2.4% to +1.2%−4.7% to +6.2%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio0.34−0.06Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error3.4%3.2%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 59 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, OVL and TDAQ hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first OVL TDAQ
Only in one fund ↓
Only in OVL
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 99.97%
Only in TDAQ
Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF 99.56%
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Side by side

OVL Overlay Shares Large Cap Equity ETF · Put-selling overlay on VOO, paying monthly TDAQ TappAlpha Innovation 100 Growth & Daily Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
Strategy put-selling overlay option income
Benchmark Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 10.6% 18.2%
Expense ratio 0.79% 0.68%
Cash paid, 1 year 9.9% 16.8%
Price change, 1 year +6.6% −5.7%
Total return, 1 year +17.2% +12.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +12.3%
Ahead or behind +2.4 pts −0.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 98%
Age 7.1 years 1.2 years
Net assets, OVL as of Aug 31, 2026 and TDAQ as of Jun 30, 2026 $427m $248m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

Window by window

Window by window: OVL vs TDAQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowOVLTDAQOVLTDAQOVLTDAQ
3 months−0.5%−2.9%2.6%4.3%−0.4 pts+0.5 pts
6 months+4.4%−0.5%5.2%8.4%−0.6 pts−0.2 pts
1 year+17.2%+12.0%9.9%16.8%+2.4 pts−0.3 pts
3 years+92.6%–23.9%–+9.3 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: OVL Oct 2019 · TDAQ Sep 2025+204.4%+21.6%51.2%19.6%+14.4 pts+0.6 pts

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About each fund
OVL

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OVL paid 9.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.2%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.6%, paid monthly. Overlay Shares estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 29, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

TDAQ

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TDAQ paid 16.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 5.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +12.0%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 18.2%, paid monthly. TappAlpha estimates that 98% of the distribution paid Oct 21, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, OVL or TDAQ?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OVL paid 9.9% of its starting price in cash and TDAQ paid 16.8%, so TDAQ 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 TDAQ?
With every distribution reinvested, OVL returned +17.2% and TDAQ +12.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, OVL or TDAQ?
OVL charges 0.79% a year and TDAQ charges 0.68%, so TDAQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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