Data as of .
PBP vs RNTY: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year RNTY paid 11.9% of its price in cash against PBP’s 11.8%, though PBP returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: PBP scores higher
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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, PBP and RNTY hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | PBP | RNTY |
|---|---|---|
| Welltower Inc | 0.24% | 6.63% |
| Prologis Inc | 0.20% | 6.72% |
| Equinix Inc | 0.15% | 4.92% |
| American Tower Corp | 0.12% | 3.79% |
| Simon Property Group Inc | 0.10% | 5.30% |
| Digital Realty Trust Inc | 0.10% | 5.99% |
| Realty Income Corp | 0.08% | 4.36% |
| Public Storage | 0.08% | 3.89% |
| Vivmark Residential | 0.07% | 6.31% |
| CBRE Group Inc | 0.06% | 3.49% |
| Iron Mountain Inc | 0.05% | 4.06% |
| Crown Castle Inc | 0.05% | 2.77% |
| Only in PBP | Only in RNTY |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp 8.18% | St Joe Co/The 4.41% |
| Apple Inc 7.50% | Howard Hughes Holdings Inc 3.97% |
| Microsoft Corp 5.57% | Sun Communities Inc 2.74% |
| Amazon.com Inc 3.77% | Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc 2.70% |
| Alphabet Inc 3.11% | Independence Realty Trust Inc 2.29% |
| Broadcom Inc 2.57% | First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/2031 0.30% |
| Alphabet Inc 2.47% | TPL US 10/16/26 C390 0.05% |
| Meta Platforms Inc 2.22% | CBRE US 10/16/26 C150 0.04% |
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 Sep 19, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PBP | RNTY | PBP | RNTY | PBP | RNTY | |
| 3 months | +5.0% | −2.3% | 2.8% | 3.0% | +2.7 pts | −4.5 pts |
| 6 months | +13.0% | +2.5% | 5.7% | 6.2% | −5.0 pts | −15.6 pts |
| 1 year | +18.5% | +4.6% | 11.8% | 11.9% | +1.9 pts | −12.0 pts |
| 3 years | +46.1% | not published | 31.8% | not published | −32.3 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +199.0% | +7.9% | 101.2% | 15.8% | −604.5 pts | −39.2 pts |
| PBP Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | RNTY YieldMax(R) Target 12(TM) Real Estate Option Income ETF Synthetic covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Invesco | YieldMax |
| Strategy | covered call | synthetic covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 11.3% | 12.5% |
| Expense ratio | 0.29% | 0.99% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 11.8% | 11.9% |
| Price change, 1 year | +5.5% | −7.3% |
| Total return, 1 year | +18.5% | +4.6% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | +1.9 pts | −12.0 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | 0% |
| Age | 6101 days | 519 days |
| Net assets | $386m | $6m |
PBP in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, PBP paid 11.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.3%, paid monthly.
RNTY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, RNTY paid 11.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 7.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.6%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 12.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.5%, paid monthly. YieldMax estimates that 0% of the distribution paid Sep 3, 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, PBP or RNTY?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, PBP paid 11.8% of its starting price in cash and RNTY paid 11.9%, so RNTY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
- Which returned more once distributions are counted, PBP or RNTY?
- With every distribution reinvested, PBP returned +18.5% and RNTY returned +4.6% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so PBP returned more.
- Which is cheaper, PBP or RNTY?
- PBP charges 0.29% a year and RNTY charges 0.99%, so PBP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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