Data as of .
OVL vs YLDE: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year OVL paid 8.9% of its price in cash against YLDE’s 7.6%, 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 YLDE hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in OVL | Only in YLDE |
|---|---|
| Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.00% | WILLIAMS COMPANIES INC (THE) 4.63% |
| EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 4.05% | |
| ALPHABET INC 3.60% | |
| NVIDIA CORP 3.03% | |
| NESTLE' SA/AG 2.94% | |
| AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC 2.83% | |
| APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT INC 2.78% | |
| MICROSOFT CORP 2.67% |
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
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OVL | YLDE | OVL | YLDE | OVL | YLDE | |
| 3 months | +2.3% | +2.5% | 2.6% | 2.3% | 0.0 pts | +0.3 pts |
| 6 months | +18.8% | +8.4% | 5.7% | 4.1% | +0.7 pts | −9.6 pts |
| 1 year | +19.2% | +10.5% | 8.9% | 7.6% | +2.6 pts | −6.0 pts |
| 3 years | +86.2% | +51.1% | 21.1% | 16.8% | +7.8 pts | −27.3 pts |
| Since launch | +203.4% | +181.4% | 47.2% | 42.1% | +16.1 pts | −86.6 pts |
| OVL Overlay Shares Large Cap Equity ETF Put-selling overlay on SPY, paying monthly | YLDE Franklin ClearBridge Enhanced Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Overlay Shares | Franklin |
| Strategy | put-selling overlay | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 10.4% | 7.0% |
| Expense ratio | not published | 0.48% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.9% | 7.6% |
| Price change, 1 year | +9.4% | +2.6% |
| Total return, 1 year | +19.2% | +10.5% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | +2.6 pts | −6.0 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 2544 days | 3405 days |
| Net assets | $276m | $170m |
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.
YLDE in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, YLDE paid 7.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.0%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, OVL or YLDE?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OVL paid 8.9% of its starting price in cash and YLDE paid 7.6%, 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 YLDE?
- With every distribution reinvested, OVL returned +19.2% and YLDE returned +10.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so OVL returned more.
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Where these figures came from
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