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

Over the year TCAL paid 11.4% of its price in cash against OVLH’s 0.3%, though OVLH returned more with it reinvested.

Overlay Shares Hedged Large Cap Equity ETF and T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Premium Income ETF.

0.3%OVLH cash paid, 1 year
11.4%TCAL cash paid, 1 year
+9.1%OVLH total return, 1 year
+3.0%TCAL total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: OVLH scores higher

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

OVLH 61.5TCAL 21.93.8, 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
TCAL13.5 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%TCAL+3.0%11.4% as cash13.5 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%TCAL+3.0%13.5 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in OVLHOnly in TCAL
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.00%DANAHER CORP 2.01%
WATERS CORP 1.97%
VERALTO CORP 1.87%
WASTE CONNECTIONS INC 1.80%
YUM BRANDS INC 1.72%
MCDONALD S CORP 1.70%
VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES 1.69%
LINDE PLC 1.63%

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 TCAL over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
OVLHTCALOVLHTCALOVLHTCAL
3 months+0.5%+4.2%0.0%3.5%−1.7 pts+1.9 pts
6 months+11.0%+5.3%0.0%6.3%−7.0 pts−12.7 pts
1 year+9.1%+3.0%0.3%11.4%−7.5 pts−13.5 pts
3 years+54.7%not published1.7%not published−23.7 ptsnot published
Since launch+73.7%+3.9%3.1%15.2%−45.2 pts−32.7 pts
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OVLH and TCAL 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
TCAL
T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerOverlay SharesT. Rowe Price
Strategyput-selling overlay, hedgedcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysannualmonthly
Payout rate, annualized0.3%9.4%
Expense rationot published0.34%
Cash paid, 1 year0.3%11.4%
Price change, 1 year+8.8%−8.6%
Total return, 1 year+9.1%+3.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−7.5 pts−13.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age2072 days540 days
Net assets$116m$276m

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.

TCAL in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, TCAL paid 11.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.0%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 13.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.4%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, OVLH or TCAL?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OVLH paid 0.3% of its starting price in cash and TCAL paid 11.4%, so TCAL 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 TCAL?
With every distribution reinvested, OVLH returned +9.1% and TCAL returned +3.0% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so OVLH returned more.

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Where these figures came from

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

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