Data as of .
OVLH vs SDTY: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year SDTY paid 24.4% of its price in cash against OVLH’s 0.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: OVLH 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, OVLH and SDTY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in OVLH | Only in SDTY |
|---|---|
| Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.00% | SPX 12/18/2026 1200.26 C 88.32% |
| First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/2031 8.93% | |
| United States Treasury Bill 10/15/2026 2.55% | |
| United States Treasury Bill 02/18/2027 0.10% | |
| United States Treasury Bill 07/08/2027 0.09% |
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 21, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OVLH | SDTY | OVLH | SDTY | OVLH | SDTY | |
| 3 months | +0.5% | +3.2% | 0.0% | 5.9% | −1.7 pts | +1.0 pts |
| 6 months | +11.0% | +16.5% | 0.0% | 13.7% | −7.0 pts | −1.6 pts |
| 1 year | +9.1% | +15.8% | 0.3% | 24.4% | −7.5 pts | −0.8 pts |
| 3 years | +54.7% | not published | 1.7% | not published | −23.7 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +73.7% | +22.3% | 3.1% | 35.4% | −45.2 pts | −5.8 pts |
| OVLH Overlay Shares Hedged Large Cap Equity ETF Put-selling overlay, hedged on SPY, paying annual | SDTY YieldMax(R) S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF 0DTE covered call on SPY, paying weekly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Overlay Shares | YieldMax |
| Strategy | put-selling overlay, hedged | 0DTE covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| Pays | annual | weekly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 0.3% | 19.8% |
| Expense ratio | not published | 1.08% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 0.3% | 24.4% |
| Price change, 1 year | +8.8% | −10.8% |
| Total return, 1 year | +9.1% | +15.8% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | −7.5 pts | −0.8 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | 100% |
| Age | 2072 days | 589 days |
| Net assets | $116m | $28m |
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.
SDTY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SDTY paid 24.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.8%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.8 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 19.8%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Sep 17, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, OVLH or SDTY?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OVLH paid 0.3% of its starting price in cash and SDTY paid 24.4%, so SDTY 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 SDTY?
- With every distribution reinvested, OVLH returned +9.1% and SDTY returned +15.8% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so SDTY returned more.
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Where these figures came from
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