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OVLH vs PAPI: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year PAPI paid 7.9% of its price in cash against OVLH’s 0.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Overlay Shares Hedged Large Cap Equity ETF and Parametric Equity Premium Income ETF.

0.3%OVLH cash paid, 1 year
7.9%PAPI cash paid, 1 year
+9.1%OVLH total return, 1 year
+12.8%PAPI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: PAPI scores higher

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

OVLH 61.5PAPI 62.83.8, 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

OVLH7.5 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%OVLH+9.1%7.5 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%OVLH+9.1%7.5 pts behind SPY
PAPI3.8 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%PAPI+12.8%7.9% of it arrived as cash3.8 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%PAPI+12.8%3.8 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in OVLHOnly in PAPI
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.00%Corning, Inc. 1.01%
TD SYNNEX Corp. 0.81%
Cisco Systems, Inc. 0.77%
Power Integrations, Inc. 0.73%
Royalty Pharma plc 0.73%
Millicom International Cellular SA 0.72%
Avnet, Inc. 0.71%
Texas Instruments, Inc. 0.71%

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

OVLH and PAPI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
OVLHPAPIOVLHPAPIOVLHPAPI
3 months+0.5%+4.7%0.0%2.0%−1.7 pts+2.5 pts
6 months+11.0%+5.6%0.0%4.0%−7.0 pts−12.4 pts
1 year+9.1%+12.8%0.3%7.9%−7.5 pts−3.8 pts
3 years+54.7%not published1.7%not published−23.7 ptsnot published
Since launch+73.7%+35.6%3.1%22.5%−45.2 pts−49.6 pts
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OVLH and PAPI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
OVLH
Overlay Shares Hedged Large Cap Equity ETF
Put-selling overlay, hedged on SPY, paying annual
PAPI
Parametric Equity Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerOverlay SharesParametric
Strategyput-selling overlay, hedgedcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysannualmonthly
Payout rate, annualized0.3%7.2%
Expense rationot published0.29%
Cash paid, 1 year0.3%7.9%
Price change, 1 year+8.8%+4.5%
Total return, 1 year+9.1%+12.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−7.5 pts−3.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age2072 days1065 days
Net assets$116m$400m

OVLH in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OVLH paid 0.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.3%, paid annual.

PAPI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, PAPI paid 7.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +12.8%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.8 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.2%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, OVLH or PAPI?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OVLH paid 0.3% of its starting price in cash and PAPI paid 7.9%, so PAPI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, OVLH or PAPI?
With every distribution reinvested, OVLH returned +9.1% and PAPI returned +12.8% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so PAPI returned more.

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Where these figures came from

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OVLH against PAPI, 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, OVLH against PAPI, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/ovlh-vs-papi Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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