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

Over the year PBP paid 11.8% of its price in cash against SIXH’s 2.0%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF and ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.

11.8%PBP cash paid, 1 year
2.0%SIXH cash paid, 1 year
+18.5%PBP total return, 1 year
+16.3%SIXH total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: SIXH scores higher

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

PBP 80.6SIXH 81.83.8, 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

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
SIXHAbout even with SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%SIXH+16.3%about even with SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%SIXH+16.3%about even with SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, PBP and SIXH hold 15% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions PBP and SIXH both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingPBPSIXH
Micron Technology Inc1.74%2.37%
Apple Inc7.50%1.45%
Broadcom Inc2.57%1.35%
Meta Platforms Inc2.22%1.30%
Amazon.com Inc3.77%1.29%
Johnson & Johnson0.99%2.47%
Walmart Inc0.71%1.11%
AbbVie Inc0.71%1.30%
Palantir Technologies Inc0.62%1.42%
Caterpillar Inc0.56%1.24%
Merck & Co Inc0.55%1.37%
Applied Materials Inc0.54%1.44%
Only in each
Only in PBPOnly in SIXH
NVIDIA Corp 8.18%SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 3.74%
Microsoft Corp 5.57%QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 3.53%
Alphabet Inc 3.11%LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 3.11%
Alphabet Inc 2.47%NVIDIA CORPORATION 2.67%
Tesla Inc 1.56%COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY 2.66%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.42%THE SOUTHERN COMPANY 2.40%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.42%DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION 2.39%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 1.39%BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY 2.38%

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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 19, 2026.

Performance, window by window

PBP and SIXH over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
PBPSIXHPBPSIXHPBPSIXH
3 months+5.0%+4.5%2.8%0.5%+2.7 pts+2.2 pts
6 months+13.0%+7.4%5.7%0.9%−5.0 pts−10.6 pts
1 year+18.5%+16.3%11.8%2.0%+1.9 pts−0.3 pts
3 years+46.1%+43.8%31.8%6.6%−32.3 pts−34.6 pts
Since launch+199.0%+96.3%101.2%16.0%−604.5 pts−88.5 pts
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PBP and SIXH on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
PBP
Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
SIXH
ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerInvescoExchange Traded Concepts
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized11.3%0.4%
Expense ratio0.29%0.69%
Cash paid, 1 year11.8%2.0%
Price change, 1 year+5.5%+14.1%
Total return, 1 year+18.5%+16.3%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind+1.9 pts−0.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age6101 days2321 days
Net assets$386m$543m

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.

SIXH in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SIXH paid 2.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 14.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.3%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.4%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, PBP or SIXH?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, PBP paid 11.8% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.0%, so PBP 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 SIXH?
With every distribution reinvested, PBP returned +18.5% and SIXH returned +16.3% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so PBP returned more.
Which is cheaper, PBP or SIXH?
PBP charges 0.29% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, 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 SIXH, 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.

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