Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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RNTY vs SPIN: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RNTY paid 13.0% of its price in cash against SPIN’s 5.1%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $4.8m for YieldMax Target 12 Real Estate Option Income ETF and $45m for State Street US Equity Premium Income ETF.

At a glance
13.0%
RNTY cash paid, 1 year
5.1%
SPIN cash paid, 1 year
+10.7%
RNTY total return, 1 year
+9.3%
SPIN total return, 1 year
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

2.2 pts behind its own stocks

13.0% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. 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.
SPIN · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 5.5 pts behind SPY
SPIN
+9.3%
SPY
+14.8%

5.5 pts behind SPY

SPIN over 1 year: paid 5.1%, price +3.9%, total +9.3%, SPY +14.8%, −5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SPIN

+9.3%

5.1% of it arrived as cash

5.5 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.5 pts behind SPY

SPIN over 1 year: paid 5.1%, price +3.9%, total +9.3%, SPY +14.8%, −5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SPIN

+9.3%

5.5 pts behind SPY

5.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SPIN over 1 year: paid 5.1%, price +3.9%, total +9.3%, SPY +14.8%, −5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SPIN costs 0.74 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.4 points; SPIN is 9.4 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

RNTY vs SPIN: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureRNTYSPIN
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+10.7%+9.3%
Price change, 1 yearfell 2.9%rose 3.9%
Return of capital, issuer estimate92% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment97% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Benchmarkits own stocksS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.99%0.25%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$4.8m$45m
Holdings
Holdings in common1%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · SPIN scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score47RNTY84.1SPIN

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

What they share

1%

By the books each fund has filed, RNTY and SPIN hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first RNTY SPIN
Equinix Inc 5.24% 0.94%
CBRE Group Inc 4.19% 0.32%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in RNTY
Welltower Inc 6.86%
Vivmark Residential 6.27%
Prologis Inc 6.25%
Digital Realty Trust Inc 5.81%
Simon Property Group Inc 5.63%
Howard Hughes Holdings Inc 4.98%
AMERICAN TOWER CORP 4.68%
St Joe Co 4.65%
Only in SPIN
NVIDIA CORP 9.22%
MICROSOFT CORP 7.47%
APPLE INC 6.03%
AMAZON.COM INC 4.87%
ALPHABET INC CL A 4.59%
BROADCOM INC 3.37%
META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.93%
ELI LILLY + CO 2.50%
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Side by side

RNTY YieldMax Target 12 Real Estate Option Income ETF · Synthetic covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly SPIN State Street US Equity Premium Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
Strategy synthetic covered call covered call
Benchmark RNTY's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 11.9% 5.5%
Expense ratio 0.99% 0.25%
Cash paid, 1 year 13.0% 5.1%
Price change, 1 year −2.9% +3.9%
Total return, 1 year +10.7% +9.3%
Benchmark return, 1 year +12.9% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −2.2 pts −5.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 92% 97%
Age 1.5 years 2.2 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $4.8m $45m

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: RNTY vs SPIN: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowRNTYSPINRNTYSPINRNTYSPIN
3 months−0.2%+0.8%2.9%0.9%−0.2 pts+0.9 pts
6 months+1.7%+6.0%5.8%1.9%+0.9 pts+1.0 pts
1 year+10.7%+9.3%13.0%5.1%−2.2 pts−5.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: RNTY Apr 2025 · SPIN Sep 2024+13.7%+30.3%17.7%16.0%not measured−12.9 pts

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About each fund
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.

SPIN

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SPIN paid 5.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.5%, paid monthly. State Street estimates that 97% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, RNTY or SPIN?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RNTY paid 13.0% of its starting price in cash and SPIN paid 5.1%, so RNTY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, RNTY or SPIN?
With every distribution reinvested, RNTY returned +10.7% and SPIN +9.3% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, RNTY or SPIN?
RNTY charges 0.99% a year and SPIN charges 0.25%, so SPIN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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