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PBP vs SPIN: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, PBP paid 11.7% of its price in cash against SPIN’s 5.1%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $389m for Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF and $45m for State Street US Equity Premium Income ETF.

At a glance
11.7%
PBP cash paid, 1 year
5.1%
SPIN cash paid, 1 year
+16.2%
PBP total return, 1 year
+9.3%
SPIN total return, 1 year
PBP · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.4 pts ahead of SPY
PBP
+16.2%
SPY
+14.8%

1.4 pts ahead of SPY

PBP over 1 year: paid 11.7%, price +3.6%, total +16.2%, SPY +14.8%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

PBP

+16.2%

11.7% of it arrived as cash

1.4 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.4 pts ahead of SPY

PBP over 1 year: paid 11.7%, price +3.6%, total +16.2%, SPY +14.8%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

PBP

+16.2%

11.7% as cash

1.4 pts ahead of SPY

11.7% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. PBP over 1 year: paid 11.7%, price +3.6%, total +16.2%, SPY +14.8%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPIN · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 5.5 pts behind SPY
SPIN
+9.3%
SPY
+14.8%

5.5 pts behind SPY

SPIN over 1 year: paid 5.1%, price +3.9%, total +9.3%, SPY +14.8%, −5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SPIN

+9.3%

5.1% of it arrived as cash

5.5 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.5 pts behind SPY

SPIN over 1 year: paid 5.1%, price +3.9%, total +9.3%, SPY +14.8%, −5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SPIN

+9.3%

5.5 pts behind SPY

5.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +16.2%. SPIN over 1 year: paid 5.1%, price +3.9%, total +9.3%, SPY +14.8%, −5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +16.2%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SPIN costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.9 points; PBP is 8.6 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

PBP vs SPIN: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasurePBPSPIN
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+16.2%+9.3%
Price change, 1 yearrose 3.6%rose 3.9%
Return of capital, issuer estimate95% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment97% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.29%0.25%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$389m$45m
Holdings
Holdings in common59%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · SPIN scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score75.1PBP84.1SPIN

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

Sep 13, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 111 weekly returns · each against SPY
PBP SPIN
Return
Total return edge PBP (slight) +28.0% +25.4%
Annualized edge PBP (slight) +12.3% +11.2%
Price return edge SPIN +0.9% +7.8%
Risk
Volatility edge PBP 9.3% 12.1%
Max drawdown edge PBP (slight) −14.3% −15.3%
Downside capture 47.7% 87.1%
Beta 0.53 0.78
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge PBP 0.85 0.60
Sortino edge PBP 1.15 0.87
Treynor 0.149 0.093
Calmar edge PBP 0.86 0.73
Against the benchmark
Alpha +1.5% a year −2.2% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.43 −0.79
Information ratio −0.49 −0.95
Tracking error 8.5% 5.1%
Reading

From Sep 2024 to Oct 2026, PBP returned slightly more: +28.0% to +25.4%. PBP swung less: 9.3% to 12.1%. PBP fell slightly less at its worst: −14.3% to −15.3%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: PBP vs SPIN: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasurePBPSPINSPYEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+28.0%+25.4%PBP (slight)Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+12.3%+11.2%PBP (slight)Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return+0.9%+7.8%SPINPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility9.3%12.1%PBPSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation6.9%8.4%PBPLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−14.3%−15.3%PBP (slight)Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture40.7%70.8%100.0%SPINShare of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture47.7%87.1%100.0%PBPShare of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.530.781.00PBP lowerHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.700.891.00Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.850.60PBPReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.150.87PBPReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1490.0930.121PBPReturn above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.860.73PBPAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYSPYSPYThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+1.5% a year−2.2% a year0.0%Not significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.43−0.79Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−5.4% to +8.4%−7.6% to +3.3%Both include zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.49−0.95PBPReturn against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error8.5%5.1%0.0%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 111 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

59%

By the books each fund has filed, PBP and SPIN hold 59% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

59% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first PBP SPIN
NVIDIA Corp 7.71% 9.22%
Apple Inc 7.47% 6.03%
Microsoft Corp 5.96% 7.47%
Amazon.com Inc 3.79% 4.87%
Alphabet Inc 2.53% 4.59%
Broadcom Inc 2.44% 3.37%
Meta Platforms Inc 2.11% 2.93%
Eli Lilly & Co 1.74% 2.50%
Micron Technology Inc 1.49% 2.50%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.39% 2.13%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 1.22% 1.94%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.60% 1.17%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in PBP
AbbVie Inc 0.78%
Chevron Corp 0.69%
Cisco Systems Inc 0.63%
Coca-Cola Co 0.57%
UnitedHealth Group Inc 0.56%
General Electric Co 0.51%
Intel Corp 0.46%
Caterpillar Inc 0.44%
Only in SPIN
ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.05%
MONGODB INC 0.52%
TETRA TECH INC 0.28%
SNOWFLAKE INC 0.24%
API GROUP CORP 0.23%
REPLIGEN CORP 0.20%
MASTEC INC 0.16%
CLOUDFLARE INC CLASS A 0.07%
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Side by side

PBP Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly SPIN State Street US Equity Premium Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
Strategy covered call covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 8.5% 5.5%
Expense ratio 0.29% 0.25%
Cash paid, 1 year 11.7% 5.1%
Price change, 1 year +3.6% +3.9%
Total return, 1 year +16.2% +9.3%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind +1.4 pts −5.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 95% 97%
Age 18.9 years 2.2 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $389m $45m

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: PBP vs SPIN: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowPBPSPINPBPSPINPBPSPIN
3 months+2.5%+0.8%2.5%0.9%+2.6 pts+0.9 pts
6 months+8.1%+6.0%5.3%1.9%+3.1 pts+1.0 pts
1 year+16.2%+9.3%11.7%5.1%+1.4 pts−5.5 pts
3 years+49.6%–33.4%–−33.3 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: PBP Dec 2007 · SPIN Sep 2024+172.0%+30.3%92.4%16.0%−467.6 pts−12.9 pts

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About each fund
PBP

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, PBP paid 11.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.2%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.5%, paid monthly. Invesco estimates that 95% of the distribution paid Oct 23, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

SPIN

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SPIN paid 5.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.5%, paid monthly. State Street estimates that 97% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, PBP or SPIN?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, PBP paid 11.7% of its starting price in cash and SPIN paid 5.1%, 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 SPIN?
With every distribution reinvested, PBP returned +16.2% and SPIN +9.3% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, PBP or SPIN?
PBP charges 0.29% a year and SPIN charges 0.25%, so SPIN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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