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PAPI vs YLDE: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, PAPI paid 8.2% of its price in cash against YLDE’s 7.9%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $400m on Jun 30, 2026 for Parametric Equity Premium Income ETF, and $186m on Nov 3, 2026 for Franklin ClearBridge Enhanced Income ETF.

At a glance
8.2%
PAPI cash paid, 1 year
7.9%
YLDE cash paid, 1 year
+23.4%
PAPI total return, 1 year
+19.0%
YLDE total return, 1 year
PAPI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 9.4 pts behind IWD
PAPI
+23.4%
IWD
+32.8%

9.4 pts behind IWD

PAPI over 1 year: paid 8.2%, price +14.3%, total +23.4%, IWD +32.8%, −9.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

IWD

+32.8%

PAPI

+23.4%

8.2% as cash

9.4 pts behind IWD

Total return, distributions reinvested

9.4 pts behind IWD

PAPI over 1 year: paid 8.2%, price +14.3%, total +23.4%, IWD +32.8%, −9.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

IWD

+32.8%

PAPI

+23.4%

9.4 pts behind IWD

8.2% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. PAPI over 1 year: paid 8.2%, price +14.3%, total +23.4%, IWD +32.8%, −9.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
YLDE · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.2 pts ahead of IWV
YLDE
+19.0%
IWV
+14.8%

4.2 pts ahead of IWV

YLDE over 1 year: paid 7.9%, price +10.5%, total +19.0%, IWV +14.8%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

IWV

+14.8%

YLDE

+19.0%

7.9% as cash

4.2 pts ahead of IWV

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.2 pts ahead of IWV

YLDE over 1 year: paid 7.9%, price +10.5%, total +19.0%, IWV +14.8%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

IWV

+14.8%

YLDE

+19.0%

4.2 pts ahead of IWV

7.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +32.8%. YLDE over 1 year: paid 7.9%, price +10.5%, total +19.0%, IWV +14.8%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +32.8%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

PAPI costs 0.19 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.4 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

PAPI vs YLDE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasurePAPIYLDE
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+23.4%+19.0%
Price change, 1 yearrose 14.3%rose 10.5%
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkiShares Russell 1000 Value ETF, measured through IWDiShares Russell 3000 ETF, measured through IWV
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.29%0.48%
Net assets, PAPI as of Jun 30, 2026 and YLDE as of Nov 3, 2026$400m$186m
Holdings
Holdings in common8%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · PAPI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score96.1PAPI91.9YLDE

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

Risk and return

Oct 27, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026 · 157 weekly returns
PAPI YLDE
Return
Total return edge YLDE +46.8% +67.2%
Annualized edge YLDE +13.6% +18.6%
Price return edge YLDE +17.5% +46.2%
Risk
Volatility edge Tie 10.8% 10.7%
Max drawdown edge YLDE (slight) −10.6% −9.9%
Downside capture 82.0% 75.6%
Beta 0.69 0.76
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge YLDE 0.82 1.24
Sortino edge YLDE 1.16 1.92
Treynor 0.129 0.128
Calmar edge YLDE 1.28 1.87
Against the benchmark
Alpha −3.2% a year +0.7% a year
Alpha t-stat −0.80 0.29
Information ratio −1.11 −0.27
Tracking error 7.8% 8.3%

Each against its own benchmark: PAPI against IWD, Oct 27, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026; YLDE against IWV, Jun 2, 2017 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Oct 2023 to Oct 2026, YLDE returned more: +67.2% to +46.8%. PAPI and YLDE swung about the same: 10.8% and 10.7%. YLDE fell slightly less at its worst: −9.9% to −10.6%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: PAPI vs YLDE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasurePAPIYLDEEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+46.8%+67.2%YLDEPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+13.6%+18.6%YLDETotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+17.5%+46.2%YLDEPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility10.8%10.7%TieSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation7.7%6.8%YLDELike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−10.6%−9.9%YLDE (slight)Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture61.0%61.1%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture82.0%75.6%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.690.76Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.600.79Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.821.24YLDEReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.161.92YLDEReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1290.128Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.281.87YLDEAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkIWDIWVThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−3.2% a year+0.7% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−0.800.29Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−11.2% to +4.7%−3.9% to +5.2%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−1.11−0.27Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error7.8%8.3%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 157 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

8%

By the books each fund has filed, PAPI and YLDE hold 8% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

8% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first PAPI YLDE
Texas Instruments, Inc. 0.70% 2.23%
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 0.59% 2.00%
Alphabet, Inc. 0.59% 3.52%
Coca-Cola Co. (The) 0.56% 1.96%
Johnson & Johnson 0.56% 1.94%
Home Depot, Inc. (The) 0.54% 1.36%
Linde plc 0.54% 1.53%
Williams Cos., Inc. (The) 0.53% 4.53%
RTX Corp. 0.51% 0.98%
Vulcan Materials Co. 0.51% 1.68%
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 0.51% 2.77%
Becton Dickinson & Co. 0.49% 2.03%
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Only in PAPI
Corning, Inc. 1.00%
TD SYNNEX Corp. 0.80%
Cisco Systems, Inc. 0.76%
Power Integrations, Inc. 0.73%
Royalty Pharma plc 0.72%
Millicom International Cellular SA 0.72%
Avnet, Inc. 0.70%
Cummins, Inc. 0.70%
Only in YLDE
NVIDIA CORP 2.97%
NESTLE' SA/AG 2.88%
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT INC 2.72%
UNILEVER PLC 2.58%
PUBLIC STORAGE 2.53%
MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES INC 2.47%
JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 2.46%
OTIS WORLDWIDE CORP 2.43%
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Side by side

PAPI Parametric Equity Premium Income ETF · Writes options on the S&P 500, measured against the Russell 1000 Value Index, paying monthly YLDE Franklin ClearBridge Enhanced Income ETF · Covered call on IWV, paying monthly
Strategy covered call covered call
Benchmark iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF (IWD) iShares Russell 3000 ETF (IWV)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 6.8% 6.3%
Expense ratio 0.29% 0.48%
Cash paid, 1 year 8.2% 7.9%
Price change, 1 year +14.3% +10.5%
Total return, 1 year +23.4% +19.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year +32.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −9.4 pts +4.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 67%
Age 3.0 years 9.5 years
Net assets, PAPI as of Jun 30, 2026 and YLDE as of Nov 3, 2026 $400m $186m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

Window by window

Window by window: PAPI vs YLDE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowPAPIYLDEPAPIYLDEPAPIYLDE
3 months+6.6%+3.2%1.8%1.6%+2.6 pts+3.6 pts
6 months+13.2%+8.6%3.9%4.0%−0.7 pts+3.7 pts
1 year+23.4%+19.0%8.2%7.9%−9.4 pts+4.2 pts
3 years+44.5%+61.5%23.7%18.0%−39.8 pts−19.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: PAPI Oct 2023 · YLDE May 2017+45.5%+197.5%23.9%44.5%−42.4 pts−52.9 pts

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About each fund
PAPI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, PAPI paid 8.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 14.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +23.4%. iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF (IWD) returned +32.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.8%, paid monthly.

YLDE

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YLDE paid 7.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 10.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +19.0%. iShares Russell 3000 ETF (IWV) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.3%, paid monthly. Franklin estimates that 67% of the distribution paid Apr 6, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, PAPI or YLDE?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, PAPI paid 8.2% of its starting price in cash and YLDE 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, PAPI or YLDE?
With every distribution reinvested, PAPI returned +23.4% and YLDE +19.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, PAPI or YLDE?
PAPI charges 0.29% a year and YLDE charges 0.48%, so PAPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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