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

Over the year SIXH paid 2.0% of its price in cash against OVLH’s 0.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Overlay Shares Hedged Large Cap Equity ETF and ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.

0.3%OVLH cash paid, 1 year
2.0%SIXH cash paid, 1 year
+9.1%OVLH total return, 1 year
+16.3%SIXH total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: SIXH scores higher

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

OVLH 61.5SIXH 81.83.8, 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
SIXHAbout even with SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%SIXH+16.3%2.0% cashabout even with SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%SIXH+16.3%about even with SPY

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in OVLHOnly in SIXH
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.00%Altria Group, Inc. 4.83%
Philip Morris International Inc. 4.07%
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 3.77%
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 3.74%
AT&T INC. 3.59%
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 3.53%
Pepsico, Inc. 3.44%
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 3.11%

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.

Performance, window by window

OVLH and SIXH over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
OVLHSIXHOVLHSIXHOVLHSIXH
3 months+0.5%+4.5%0.0%0.5%−1.7 pts+2.2 pts
6 months+11.0%+7.4%0.0%0.9%−7.0 pts−10.6 pts
1 year+9.1%+16.3%0.3%2.0%−7.5 pts−0.3 pts
3 years+54.7%+43.8%1.7%6.6%−23.7 pts−34.6 pts
Since launch+73.7%+96.3%3.1%16.0%−45.2 pts−88.5 pts
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OVLH and SIXH 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
SIXH
ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerOverlay SharesExchange Traded Concepts
Strategyput-selling overlay, hedgedoption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysannualmonthly
Payout rate, annualized0.3%0.4%
Expense rationot published0.69%
Cash paid, 1 year0.3%2.0%
Price change, 1 year+8.8%+14.1%
Total return, 1 year+9.1%+16.3%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−7.5 pts−0.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age2072 days2321 days
Net assets$116m$543m

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.

SIXH in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SIXH paid 2.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 14.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.3%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.4%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, OVLH or SIXH?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OVLH paid 0.3% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.0%, so SIXH 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 SIXH?
With every distribution reinvested, OVLH returned +9.1% and SIXH returned +16.3% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so SIXH returned more.

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Where these figures came from

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OVLH against SIXH, 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.

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