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PBP vs TSPY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TSPY paid 14.0% of its price in cash against PBP’s 11.7%, though PBP returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $389m on Nov 3, 2026 for Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF, and $311m on Jun 30, 2026 for TappAlpha S&P 500 Growth & Daily Income ETF.

At a glance
11.7%
PBP cash paid, 1 year
14.0%
TSPY cash paid, 1 year
+16.2%
PBP total return, 1 year
+13.3%
TSPY 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.
TSPY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.5 pts behind VOO
TSPY
+13.3%
VOO
+14.8%

1.5 pts behind VOO

TSPY over 1 year: paid 14.0%, price −1.6%, total +13.3%, VOO +14.8%, −1.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

TSPY

+13.3%

14.0% of it arrived as cash

1.5 pts behind VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.5 pts behind VOO

TSPY over 1 year: paid 14.0%, price −1.6%, total +13.3%, VOO +14.8%, −1.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

TSPY

+13.3%

14.0% as cash

1.5 pts behind VOO

14.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. TSPY over 1 year: paid 14.0%, price −1.6%, total +13.3%, VOO +14.8%, −1.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

PBP costs 0.39 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.9 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

PBP vs TSPY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasurePBPTSPY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+16.2%+13.3%
Price change, 1 yearrose 3.6%fell 1.6%
Return of capital, issuer estimate95% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment100% of the Nov 4, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.29%0.68%
Net assets, PBP as of Nov 3, 2026 and TSPY as of Jun 30, 2026$389m$311m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · PBP scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score75.1PBP53.6TSPY

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

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Method

Risk and return

Aug 23, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 114 weekly returns
PBP TSPY
Return
Total return edge TSPY +29.1% +34.2%
Annualized edge TSPY +12.3% +14.3%
Price return edge PBP +1.8% +0.1%
Risk
Volatility edge PBP 9.4% 14.1%
Max drawdown edge PBP −14.3% −16.5%
Downside capture 66.8% 95.3%
Beta 0.63 0.92
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge PBP 0.85 0.73
Sortino edge PBP (slight) 1.16 1.08
Treynor 0.072 0.112
Calmar edge Tie 0.86 0.87
Against the benchmark
Alpha −2.2% a year −0.5% a year
Alpha t-stat −1.56 −0.25
Information ratio −0.68 −0.43
Tracking error 9.1% 3.4%

Each against its own benchmark: PBP against SPY, Dec 28, 2007 to Oct 30, 2026; TSPY against VOO, Aug 23, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Aug 2024 to Oct 2026, TSPY returned more: +34.2% to +29.1%. PBP swung less: 9.4% to 14.1%. PBP fell less at its worst: −14.3% to −16.5%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: PBP vs TSPY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasurePBPTSPYEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+29.1%+34.2%TSPYPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+12.3%+14.3%TSPYTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+1.8%+0.1%PBPPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility9.4%14.1%PBPSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation6.9%9.6%PBPLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−14.3%−16.5%PBPDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture43.1%89.2%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture66.8%95.3%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.630.92Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.780.95Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.850.73PBPReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.161.08PBP (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.0720.112Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.860.87TieAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYVOOThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−2.2% a year−0.5% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−1.56−0.25Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−5.0% to +0.6%−4.9% to +3.8%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.68−0.43Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error9.1%3.4%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 114 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, PBP and TSPY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first PBP TSPY
Only in one fund ↓
Only in PBP
NVIDIA Corp 7.71%
Apple Inc 7.47%
Microsoft Corp 5.96%
Amazon.com Inc 3.79%
Alphabet Inc 2.53%
Broadcom Inc 2.44%
Meta Platforms Inc 2.11%
Alphabet Inc 2.04%
Only in TSPY
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.57%
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Side by side

PBP Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly TSPY TappAlpha S&P 500 Growth & Daily Income ETF · Option income on VOO, paying monthly
Strategy covered call option income
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 8.5% 14.3%
Expense ratio 0.29% 0.68%
Cash paid, 1 year 11.7% 14.0%
Price change, 1 year +3.6% −1.6%
Total return, 1 year +16.2% +13.3%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind +1.4 pts −1.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 95% 100%
Age 18.9 years 2.2 years
Net assets, PBP as of Nov 3, 2026 and TSPY as of Jun 30, 2026 $389m $311m

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 TSPY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowPBPTSPYPBPTSPYPBPTSPY
3 months+2.5%+0.7%2.5%3.5%+2.6 pts+0.8 pts
6 months+8.1%+5.2%5.3%7.0%+3.1 pts+0.2 pts
1 year+16.2%+13.3%11.7%14.0%+1.4 pts−1.5 pts
3 years+49.6%–33.4%–−33.3 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: PBP Dec 2007 · TSPY Aug 2024+172.0%+38.7%92.4%31.2%−467.6 pts−3.7 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.

TSPY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TSPY paid 14.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.3%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.3%, paid monthly. TappAlpha estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Nov 4, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, PBP or TSPY?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, PBP paid 11.7% of its starting price in cash and TSPY paid 14.0%, so TSPY 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 TSPY?
With every distribution reinvested, PBP returned +16.2% and TSPY +13.3% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, PBP or TSPY?
PBP charges 0.29% a year and TSPY charges 0.68%, so PBP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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