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

Over the year PBP paid 11.8% of its price in cash against SPIN’s 5.2%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF and State Street(R) US Equity Premium Income ETF.

11.8%PBP cash paid, 1 year
5.2%SPIN cash paid, 1 year
+18.5%PBP total return, 1 year
+11.3%SPIN total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: PBP scores higher

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

PBP 80.6SPIN 61.93.8, 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
SPIN5.2 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%SPIN+11.3%5.2% as cash5.2 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%SPIN+11.3%5.2 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

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

Positions PBP and SPIN both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingPBPSPIN
NVIDIA Corp8.18%9.87%
Apple Inc7.50%6.03%
Microsoft Corp5.57%7.06%
Amazon.com Inc3.77%4.87%
Alphabet Inc3.11%5.65%
Broadcom Inc2.57%3.23%
Meta Platforms Inc2.22%3.14%
Micron Technology Inc1.74%2.91%
JPMorgan Chase & Co1.42%2.09%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc1.39%2.61%
Eli Lilly & Co1.38%2.00%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc1.42%1.05%
Only in each
Only in PBPOnly in SPIN
Intel Corp 0.81%ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.94%
AbbVie Inc 0.71%TETRA TECH INC 0.25%
Cisco Systems Inc 0.66%SSI US GOV MONEY MARKET CLASS 0.24%
Chevron Corp 0.59%SNOWFLAKE INC 0.20%
Caterpillar Inc 0.56%API GROUP CORP 0.18%
UnitedHealth Group Inc 0.52%MONGODB INC 0.18%
Coca-Cola Co/The 0.52%MASTEC INC 0.18%
General Electric Co 0.50%REPLIGEN CORP 0.13%

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 18, 2026 and Sep 19, 2026.

Performance, window by window

PBP and SPIN over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
PBPSPINPBPSPINPBPSPIN
3 months+5.0%+3.7%2.8%0.8%+2.7 pts+1.4 pts
6 months+13.0%+12.3%5.7%3.2%−5.0 pts−5.8 pts
1 year+18.5%+11.3%11.8%5.2%+1.9 pts−5.2 pts
3 years+46.1%not published31.8%not published−32.3 ptsnot published
Since launch+199.0%+28.5%101.2%15.2%−604.5 pts−13.7 pts
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PBP and SPIN on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
PBP
Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
SPIN
State Street(R) US Equity Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerInvescoState Street
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized11.3%2.7%
Expense ratio0.29%0.25%
Cash paid, 1 year11.8%5.2%
Price change, 1 year+5.5%+5.8%
Total return, 1 year+18.5%+11.3%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind+1.9 pts−5.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age6101 days743 days
Net assets$386m$48m

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.

SPIN in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SPIN paid 5.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 2.7%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, PBP or SPIN?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, PBP paid 11.8% of its starting price in cash and SPIN paid 5.2%, 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 +18.5% and SPIN returned +11.3% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so PBP returned more.
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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Where these figures came from

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

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