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PBP vs XPAY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XPAY paid 19.7% 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 $187m on Nov 4, 2026 for Roundhill S&P 500 Target 20 Managed Distribution ETF.

At a glance
11.7%
PBP cash paid, 1 year
19.7%
XPAY cash paid, 1 year
+16.2%
PBP total return, 1 year
+14.0%
XPAY 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.
XPAY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.8 pts behind VOO
XPAY
+14.0%
VOO
+14.8%

0.8 pts behind VOO

XPAY over 1 year: paid 19.7%, price −7.2%, total +14.0%, VOO +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

XPAY

+14.0%

19.7% of it arrived as cash

0.8 pts behind VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.8 pts behind VOO

XPAY over 1 year: paid 19.7%, price −7.2%, total +14.0%, VOO +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

XPAY

+14.0%

19.7% as cash

0.8 pts behind VOO

19.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XPAY over 1 year: paid 19.7%, price −7.2%, total +14.0%, VOO +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

PBP costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.2 points; PBP is 2.1 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

PBP vs XPAY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasurePBPXPAY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+16.2%+14.0%
Price change, 1 yearrose 3.6%fell 7.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate95% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment100% of the Oct 15, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.29%0.49%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$389m$183m
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 Score75.1PBP43.4XPAY

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

Nov 8, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 103 weekly returns
PBP XPAY
Return
Total return edge XPAY +23.5% +27.3%
Annualized edge XPAY +11.2% +12.9%
Price return edge PBP −0.9% −14.6%
Risk
Volatility edge PBP 9.4% 14.9%
Max drawdown edge PBP −14.3% −17.1%
Downside capture 66.8% 101.5%
Beta 0.63 1.01
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge PBP 0.75 0.62
Sortino edge PBP (slight) 0.99 0.93
Treynor 0.072 0.091
Calmar edge PBP (slight) 0.79 0.76
Against the benchmark
Alpha −2.2% a year −0.9% a year
Alpha t-stat −1.56 −1.35
Information ratio −0.68 −0.82
Tracking error 9.1% 1.0%

Each against its own benchmark: PBP against SPY, Dec 28, 2007 to Oct 30, 2026; XPAY against VOO, Nov 8, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Nov 2024 to Oct 2026, XPAY returned more: +27.3% to +23.5%. PBP swung less: 9.4% to 14.9%. PBP fell less at its worst: −14.3% to −17.1%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: PBP vs XPAY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasurePBPXPAYEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+23.5%+27.3%XPAYPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+11.2%+12.9%XPAYTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return−0.9%−14.6%PBPPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility9.4%14.9%PBPSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation7.1%9.9%PBPLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−14.3%−17.1%PBPDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture43.1%99.7%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture66.8%101.5%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.631.01Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.781.00Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.750.62PBPReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino0.990.93PBP (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.0720.091Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.790.76PBP (slight)Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYVOOThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−2.2% a year−0.9% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−1.56−1.35Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−5.0% to +0.6%−2.3% to +0.4%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.68−0.82Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error9.1%1.0%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 103 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, PBP and XPAY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first PBP XPAY
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 XPAY
SPY 12/10/2027 38.04 C 94.39%
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Side by side

PBP Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly XPAY Roundhill S&P 500 Target 20 Managed Distribution 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% 21.1%
Expense ratio 0.29% 0.49%
Cash paid, 1 year 11.7% 19.7%
Price change, 1 year +3.6% −7.2%
Total return, 1 year +16.2% +14.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind +1.4 pts −0.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 95% 100%
Age 18.9 years 2.0 years
Net assets, PBP as of Nov 3, 2026 and XPAY as of Nov 4, 2026 $389m $187m

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 XPAY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowPBPXPAYPBPXPAYPBPXPAY
3 months+2.5%−0.3%2.5%5.0%+2.6 pts−0.2 pts
6 months+8.1%+4.9%5.3%10.0%+3.1 pts−0.1 pts
1 year+16.2%+14.0%11.7%19.7%+1.4 pts−0.9 pts
3 years+49.6%–33.4%–−33.3 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: PBP Dec 2007 · XPAY Oct 2024+172.0%+35.6%92.4%39.0%−467.6 pts−2.6 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.

XPAY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XPAY paid 19.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 7.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.0%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 21.1%, paid monthly. Roundhill estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 15, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, PBP or XPAY?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, PBP paid 11.7% of its starting price in cash and XPAY paid 19.7%, so XPAY 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 XPAY?
With every distribution reinvested, PBP returned +16.2% and XPAY +14.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, PBP or XPAY?
PBP charges 0.29% a year and XPAY charges 0.49%, so PBP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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