Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
PCOV vs RNTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
PCOV and RNTY both write options for income.
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Net assets: $10m on Nov 2, 2026 for Principal Equity Premium Income ETF, and $4.8m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Target 12 Real Estate Option Income ETF.
Not measured
PCOV since launch: paid 1.9%, price −2.0%, total −0.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
PCOV
−0.1%
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
PCOV since launch: paid 1.9%, price −2.0%, total −0.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
PCOV
−0.1%
1.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. PCOV since launch: paid 1.9%, price −2.0%, total −0.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.2.2 pts behind its own stocks
RNTY over 1 year: paid 13.0%, price −2.9%, total +10.7%, its own stocks +12.9%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
its own stocks
+12.9%
RNTY
+10.7%
13.0% of it arrived as cash
2.2 pts behind its own stocks
Total return, distributions reinvested
2.2 pts behind its own stocks
RNTY over 1 year: paid 13.0%, price −2.9%, total +10.7%, its own stocks +12.9%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
its own stocks
+12.9%
RNTY
+10.7%
13.0% as cash
13.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. RNTY over 1 year: paid 13.0%, price −2.9%, total +10.7%, its own stocks +12.9%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
PCOV costs 0.65 points a year less; PCOV is 2.1 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | PCOV | RNTY |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | not published | +10.7% |
| Price change | fell 2.0% (since Aug 19, 2026) | fell 2.9% (1 year) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 92% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | not published | its own stocks |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.34% | 0.99% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $10m | $4.8m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | not published | |
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 | PCOV | RNTY | PCOV | RNTY | PCOV | RNTY |
| 3 months | – | −0.2% | – | 2.9% | – | −0.2 pts |
| 6 months | – | +1.7% | – | 5.8% | – | +0.9 pts |
| 1 year | – | +10.7% | – | 13.0% | – | −2.2 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: PCOV Aug 2026 · RNTY Apr 2025 | −0.1% | +13.7% | 1.9% | 17.7% | not measured | not measured |
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PCOV
Over the period from its first trade on Aug 19, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, PCOV paid 1.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −0.1%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.2%, paid periodically.
RNTY
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RNTY paid 13.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.7%. RNTY's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026) returned +12.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.9%, paid monthly. YieldMax estimates that 92% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
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