Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
PBP vs YSPC: Dividend Yield & Total Return
PBP and YSPC both write options for income.
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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $389m for Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF and $42m for YieldMax SPCX Option Income Strategy ETF.
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% 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, 2026.2.6 pts behind SPCX
YSPC since launch: paid 16.7%, price −18.2%, total −2.1%, SPCX +0.5%, −2.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPCX
+0.5%
YSPC
−2.1%
2.6 pts behind SPCX
Total return, distributions reinvested
2.6 pts behind SPCX
YSPC since launch: paid 16.7%, price −18.2%, total −2.1%, SPCX +0.5%, −2.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPCX
+0.5%
YSPC
−2.1%
2.6 pts behind SPCX
16.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YSPC since launch: paid 16.7%, price −18.2%, total −2.1%, SPCX +0.5%, −2.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
PBP costs 0.72 points a year less; PBP is 9.3 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | PBP | YSPC |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +16.2% | not published |
| Price change | rose 3.6% (1 year) | fell 18.2% (since Jul 15, 2026) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 95% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | S&P 500, measured through SPY | Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX) |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.29% | 1.01% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $389m | $42m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, PBP and YSPC hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
half
0% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | PBP | YSPC | PBP | YSPC | PBP | YSPC |
| 3 months | +2.5% | +11.7% | 2.5% | 18.2% | +2.6 pts | −13.8 pts |
| 6 months | +8.1% | – | 5.3% | – | +3.1 pts | – |
| 1 year | +16.2% | – | 11.7% | – | +1.4 pts | – |
| 3 years | +49.6% | – | 33.4% | – | −33.3 pts | – |
| Since launchNot the same days: PBP Dec 2007 · YSPC Jul 2026 | +172.0% | −2.1% | 92.4% | 16.7% | −467.6 pts | −2.5 pts |
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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.
YSPC
Over the period from its first trade on Jul 15, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, YSPC paid 16.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 18.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −2.1%. Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX) returned +0.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.6 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 60.1%, paid weekly.
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How this is computed
Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.
Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.
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