Data as of .
PBP vs SDTY: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year SDTY paid 24.4% 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 SDTY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in PBP | Only in SDTY |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp 8.18% | SPX 12/18/2026 1200.26 C 88.32% |
| Apple Inc 7.50% | First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/2031 8.93% |
| Microsoft Corp 5.57% | United States Treasury Bill 10/15/2026 2.55% |
| Amazon.com Inc 3.77% | United States Treasury Bill 02/18/2027 0.10% |
| Alphabet Inc 3.11% | United States Treasury Bill 07/08/2027 0.09% |
| Broadcom Inc 2.57% | |
| Alphabet Inc 2.47% | |
| Meta Platforms Inc 2.22% |
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 | SDTY | PBP | SDTY | PBP | SDTY | |
| 3 months | +5.0% | +3.2% | 2.8% | 5.9% | +2.7 pts | +1.0 pts |
| 6 months | +13.0% | +16.5% | 5.7% | 13.7% | −5.0 pts | −1.6 pts |
| 1 year | +18.5% | +15.8% | 11.8% | 24.4% | +1.9 pts | −0.8 pts |
| 3 years | +46.1% | not published | 31.8% | not published | −32.3 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +199.0% | +22.3% | 101.2% | 35.4% | −604.5 pts | −5.8 pts |
| PBP Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | SDTY YieldMax(R) S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF 0DTE covered call on SPY, paying weekly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Invesco | YieldMax |
| Strategy | covered call | 0DTE covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| Pays | monthly | weekly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 11.3% | 19.8% |
| Expense ratio | 0.29% | 1.08% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 11.8% | 24.4% |
| Price change, 1 year | +5.5% | −10.8% |
| Total return, 1 year | +18.5% | +15.8% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | +1.9 pts | −0.8 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | 100% |
| Age | 6101 days | 589 days |
| Net assets | $386m | $28m |
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.
SDTY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SDTY paid 24.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.8%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.8 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 19.8%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Sep 17, 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 SDTY?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, PBP paid 11.8% of its starting price in cash and SDTY paid 24.4%, so SDTY 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 SDTY?
- With every distribution reinvested, PBP returned +18.5% and SDTY returned +15.8% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so PBP returned more.
- Which is cheaper, PBP or SDTY?
- PBP charges 0.29% a year and SDTY charges 1.08%, so PBP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, PBP against SDTY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/pbp-vs-sdty Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.