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PBP vs ROCY: which paid, and which earned it?

PBP and ROCY both write options for income.

Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF and JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF.

11.8%PBP cash paid, 1 year
3.6%ROCY cash paid, 1 year
+18.5%PBP total return, 1 year
+13.5%ROCY total return, 1 year
PBP1.9 pts ahead of SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%PBP+18.5%11.8% of it arrived as cash1.9 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%PBP+18.5%11.8% cash1.9 pts ahead of SPY
ROCY2.9 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.4%ROCY+13.5%3.6% as cash2.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.4%ROCY+13.5%2.9 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, PBP and ROCY hold 57% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions PBP and ROCY both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingPBPROCY
NVIDIA Corp8.18%8.37%
Apple Inc7.50%6.71%
Microsoft Corp5.57%4.97%
Amazon.com Inc3.77%4.15%
Alphabet Inc3.11%5.33%
Broadcom Inc2.57%2.61%
Meta Platforms Inc2.22%2.43%
Micron Technology Inc1.74%3.00%
Tesla Inc1.56%1.55%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc1.39%1.69%
Eli Lilly & Co1.38%1.47%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc1.42%0.73%
Only in each
Only in PBPOnly in ROCY
Alphabet Inc 2.47%Exxon Mobil Corp. 1.63%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.42%ASML Holding NV 0.57%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 1.03%Performance Food Group Co. 0.50%
Visa Inc 0.93%Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. 0.34%
Cisco Systems Inc 0.66%Elanco Animal Health, Inc. 0.33%
Chevron Corp 0.59%First Citizens BancShares, Inc. 0.31%
Caterpillar Inc 0.56%BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. 0.29%
Merck & Co Inc 0.55%Fidelity National Information Services, 0.16%

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 Sep 19, 2026.

Performance, window by window

PBP and ROCY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
PBPROCYPBPROCYPBPROCY
3 months+5.0%+2.6%2.8%1.7%+2.7 pts+0.3 pts
6 months+13.0%+14.8%5.7%3.7%−5.0 pts−3.3 pts
1 year+18.5%not published11.8%not published+1.9 ptsnot published
3 years+46.1%not published31.8%not published−32.3 ptsnot published
Since launch+199.0%+13.5%101.2%3.6%−604.5 pts−2.9 pts
Open the live comparison on ETFIQ
PBP and ROCY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
PBP
Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
ROCY
JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerInvescoJPMorgan
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized11.3%5.7%
Expense ratio0.29%0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year11.8%3.6% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)
Price change, 1 year+5.5%+9.7%
Total return, 1 year+18.5%+13.5% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.4%
Ahead or behind+1.9 pts−2.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age6101 days183 days
Net assets$386m$726m

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.

ROCY in plain words

Over the period since launch on Mar 19, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, ROCY paid 3.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.7%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, PBP or ROCY?
PBP charges 0.29% a year and ROCY charges 0.35%, so PBP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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PBP against ROCY, 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, PBP against ROCY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/pbp-vs-rocy Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

How every figure is computed · Standards and sources