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RECI vs RNTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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RECI and RNTY both write options for income.

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Net assets: $4.8m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Target 12 Real Estate Option Income ETF, beside Columbia Research Enhanced Core Premium Income ETF.

At a glance
1.5%
RECI cash paid, since launch, Jul 14, 2026
13.0%
RNTY cash paid, 1 year
+3.7%
RECI total return, since launch, Jul 14, 2026
+10.7%
RNTY total return, 1 year
RECI · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured
RECI
+3.7%
none

Not measured

RECI since launch: paid 1.5%, price +2.1%, total +3.7%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

RECI

+3.7%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

RECI since launch: paid 1.5%, price +2.1%, total +3.7%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

RECI

+3.7%

1.5% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. RECI since launch: paid 1.5%, price +2.1%, total +3.7%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
RNTY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.2 pts behind its own stocks
RNTY
+10.7%
Own
+12.9%

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

RECI costs 0.69 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

RECI vs RNTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureRECIRNTY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 yearnot published+10.7%
Price changerose 2.1% (since Jul 14, 2026)fell 2.9% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate78% of the Oct 5, 2026 payment92% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Benchmarknot publishedits own stocks
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.30%0.99%
Net assetsnot read by ETFIQ$4.8m
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published

Method

Side by side

RECI Columbia Research Enhanced Core Premium Income ETF · Covered call, paying monthly RNTY YieldMax Target 12 Real Estate Option Income ETF · Synthetic covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly
Strategy covered call synthetic covered call
Benchmark none RNTY's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 8.0% 11.9%
Expense ratio 0.30% 0.99%
Cash paid, 1 year 1.5% (since launch, Jul 14, 2026) 13.0%
Price change, 1 year +2.1% (since launch, Jul 14, 2026) −2.9%
Total return, 1 year +3.7% (since launch, Jul 14, 2026) +10.7%
Benchmark return, 1 year not published +12.9%
Ahead or behind not available −2.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 78% 92%
Age 113 days 1.5 years
Net assets not read by ETFIQ $4.8m

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: RECI vs RNTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowRECIRNTYRECIRNTYRECIRNTY
3 months+3.5%−0.2%1.5%2.9%not measured−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: RECI Jul 2026 · RNTY Apr 2025+3.7%+13.7%1.5%17.7%not measurednot measured

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About each fund
RECI

Over the period from its first trade on Jul 14, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, RECI paid 1.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.7%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.0%, paid monthly. Columbia estimates that 78% of the distribution paid Oct 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

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).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, RECI or RNTY?
RECI charges 0.30% a year and RNTY charges 0.99%, so RECI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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