Data as of .
RNTY vs SPUT: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year RNTY paid 11.9% of its price in cash against SPUT’s 5.2%, though SPUT returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: SPUT scores higher
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A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, RNTY and SPUT hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | RNTY | SPUT |
|---|---|---|
| Welltower Inc | 6.63% | 0.12% |
| Prologis Inc | 6.72% | 0.11% |
| Equinix Inc | 4.92% | 0.09% |
| AMERICAN TOWER CORP | 3.79% | 0.07% |
| Digital Realty Trust Inc | 5.99% | 0.06% |
| Simon Property Group Inc | 5.30% | 0.05% |
| Realty Income Corp | 4.36% | 0.05% |
| Public Storage | 3.89% | 0.04% |
| CBRE Group Inc | 3.49% | 0.04% |
| Crown Castle Inc | 2.77% | 0.03% |
| Iron Mountain Inc | 4.06% | 0.03% |
| Extra Space Storage Inc | 3.85% | 0.03% |
| Only in RNTY | Only in SPUT |
|---|---|
| Vivmark Residential 6.31% | TREASURY BILL 49.24% |
| St Joe Co/The 4.41% | NVIDIA Corp 3.85% |
| Howard Hughes Holdings Inc 3.97% | Apple Inc 3.22% |
| Camden Property Trust 3.51% | Microsoft Corp 2.47% |
| Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc 2.70% | Amazon.com Inc 2.09% |
| UDR Inc 2.43% | Alphabet Inc 1.84% |
| Independence Realty Trust Inc 2.29% | Broadcom Inc 1.60% |
| First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/2031 0.30% | Alphabet Inc 1.59% |
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RNTY | SPUT | RNTY | SPUT | RNTY | SPUT | |
| 3 months | −2.3% | +2.4% | 3.0% | 1.1% | −4.5 pts | +0.1 pts |
| 6 months | +2.5% | +11.5% | 6.2% | 2.5% | −15.6 pts | −6.5 pts |
| 1 year | +4.6% | +11.5% | 11.9% | 5.2% | −12.0 pts | −5.1 pts |
| Since launch | +7.9% | +22.4% | 15.8% | 8.5% | −39.2 pts | −15.6 pts |
| RNTY YieldMax(R) Target 12(TM) Real Estate Option Income ETF Synthetic covered call on SPY, paying monthly | SPUT Innovator Equity Premium Income - Daily PutWrite ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | YieldMax | Innovator |
| Strategy | synthetic covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 12.5% | 4.7% |
| Expense ratio | 0.99% | 0.79% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 11.9% | 5.2% |
| Price change, 1 year | −7.3% | +6.0% |
| Total return, 1 year | +4.6% | +11.5% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | −12.0 pts | −5.1 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | 0% | not published |
| Age | 519 days | 553 days |
| Net assets | $6m | $17m |
RNTY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, RNTY paid 11.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 7.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.6%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 12.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.5%, paid monthly. YieldMax estimates that 0% of the distribution paid Sep 3, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).
SPUT in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SPUT paid 5.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 4.7%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, RNTY or SPUT?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, RNTY paid 11.9% of its starting price in cash and SPUT paid 5.2%, 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 SPUT?
- With every distribution reinvested, RNTY returned +4.6% and SPUT returned +11.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so SPUT returned more.
- Which is cheaper, RNTY or SPUT?
- RNTY charges 0.99% a year and SPUT charges 0.79%, so SPUT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, RNTY against SPUT, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/rnty-vs-sput Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.