Data as of .
OVL vs XIMR: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year OVL paid 8.9% of its price in cash against XIMR’s 6.7%, 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 XIMR hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in OVL | Only in XIMR |
|---|---|
| Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.00% | 2027-03-19 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust C 0.06 114.57% |
| 2027-03-19 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust P 648.56 1.15% | |
| US Dollar 0.78% | |
| U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 10/01/2026 0.60% | |
| U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 10/29/2026 0.60% | |
| U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 01/21/2027 0.59% | |
| U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 02/18/2027 0.59% | |
| U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 03/18/2027 0.59% |
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 and Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OVL | XIMR | OVL | XIMR | OVL | XIMR | |
| 3 months | +2.3% | +1.5% | 2.6% | 1.8% | 0.0 pts | −0.8 pts |
| 6 months | +18.8% | +5.0% | 5.7% | 3.1% | +0.7 pts | −13.1 pts |
| 1 year | +19.2% | +7.5% | 8.9% | 6.7% | +2.6 pts | −9.1 pts |
| 3 years | +86.2% | not published | 21.1% | not published | +7.8 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +203.4% | +19.2% | 47.2% | 16.2% | +16.1 pts | −32.9 pts |
| OVL Overlay Shares Large Cap Equity ETF Put-selling overlay on SPY, paying monthly | XIMR FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - March Buffer with income on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Overlay Shares | First Trust |
| Strategy | put-selling overlay | buffer with income |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 10.4% | 7.3% |
| Expense ratio | not published | 0.85% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.9% | 6.7% |
| Price change, 1 year | +9.4% | +0.5% |
| Total return, 1 year | +19.2% | +7.5% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | +2.6 pts | −9.1 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 2544 days | 913 days |
| Net assets | $276m | $27m |
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.
XIMR in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, XIMR paid 6.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.3%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, OVL or XIMR?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OVL paid 8.9% of its starting price in cash and XIMR paid 6.7%, 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 XIMR?
- With every distribution reinvested, OVL returned +19.2% and XIMR returned +7.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so OVL returned more.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, OVL against XIMR, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/ovl-vs-ximr Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.