RNTY vs VAIE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
RNTY and VAIE both write options for income. Net assets on Oct 19, 2026: $6m for YieldMax Target 12 Real Estate Option Income ETF and $67m for VegaShares US Equity Autocallable Income ETF.
VAIE costs 0.25 points a year less; VAIE is 11.5 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| RNTY | VAIE | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.99% | 0.74% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 19, 2026 | $6m | $67m |
| Total return, 1 year | +4.6% | not published |
| Benchmark | its own stocks | not published |
| Holdings in common | not published | |
| Price change | fell 7.3% (1 year) | fell 3.6% (since May 12, 2026) |
About even with its own stocks
RNTY over 1 year: paid 11.8%, price −7.3%, total +4.6%, its own stocks +5.0%, −0.4 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
its own stocks
+5.0%
RNTY
+4.6%
11.8% of it arrived as cash
about even with its own stocks
Total return, distributions reinvested
About even with its own stocks
RNTY over 1 year: paid 11.8%, price −7.3%, total +4.6%, its own stocks +5.0%, −0.4 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
its own stocks
+5.0%
RNTY
+4.6%
11.8% as cash
11.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. RNTY over 1 year: paid 11.8%, price −7.3%, total +4.6%, its own stocks +5.0%, −0.4 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Not measured
VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
VAIE
+3.3%
6.8% of it arrived as cash
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
VAIE
+3.3%
6.8% as cash
6.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | RNTY | VAIE | RNTY | VAIE | RNTY | VAIE |
| 3 months | −3.3% | +2.5% | 2.9% | 4.1% | +1.2 pts | not measured |
| 6 months | −1.4% | – | 5.9% | – | +1.2 pts | – |
| 1 year | +4.6% | – | 11.8% | – | −0.3 pts | – |
| Since launch Not the same days: RNTY Apr 2025 · VAIE May 2026 | +9.3% | +3.3% | 16.7% | 6.8% | not measured | not measured |
Source: ETFIQ. – means no data for this window, usually because the fund is younger than it. Open this comparison in the app →
On the same fields
As of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid is what the fund distributed over the window, as a share of its price at the start. Payout rate is its latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.
About RNTY
Over the year to Oct 20, 2026, RNTY paid 11.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 7.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.6%. RNTY's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Oct 19, 2026) returned +5.0% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.8%, paid monthly. YieldMax estimates that 0% of the distribution paid Sep 3, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
About VAIE
Over the period from its first trade on May 12, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026, VAIE paid 6.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.3%. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 16.8%, paid weekly.
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