Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
RNTY vs XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RNTY paid 13.0% of its price in cash against XYLD’s 10.7%, though XYLD returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets: $4.8m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Target 12 Real Estate Option Income ETF, and $3.4bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF.
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% 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, 2026.1.1 pts ahead of SPY
XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price +4.4%, total +15.9%, SPY +14.8%, +1.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPY
+14.8%
XYLD
+15.9%
10.7% of it arrived as cash
1.1 pts ahead of SPY
Total return, distributions reinvested
1.1 pts ahead of SPY
XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price +4.4%, total +15.9%, SPY +14.8%, +1.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPY
+14.8%
XYLD
+15.9%
10.7% cash
1.1 pts ahead of SPY
10.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price +4.4%, total +15.9%, SPY +14.8%, +1.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
XYLD costs 0.39 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.2 points; XYLD is far larger, $3.4bn against $5.8m.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | RNTY | XYLD |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +10.7% | +15.9% |
| Price change, 1 year | fell 2.9% | rose 4.4% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 92% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment | 93% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | its own stocks | S&P 500, measured through SPY |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.99% | 0.60% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026 | $5.8m | $3.4bn |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 2% | |
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
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 →
Risk and return
Apr 25, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 79 weekly returnsFrom Apr 2025 to Oct 2026, XYLD returned more: +25.9% to +10.2%. XYLD swung less: 5.5% to 10.6%. XYLD fell less at its worst: −4.9% to −7.7%.
Full scorecard
9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | RNTY | XYLD | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | ||||
| Total return | +10.2% | +25.9% | XYLD | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. |
| Annualized | +6.6% | +16.4% | XYLD | Total return as a yearly rate. |
| Price return | −7.1% | +7.5% | XYLD | Price change alone, distributions left out. |
| Risk | ||||
| Volatility | 10.6% | 5.5% | XYLD | Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier. |
| Downside deviation | 7.3% | 3.1% | XYLD | Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate. |
| Max drawdown | −7.7% | −4.9% | XYLD | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. |
| Risk-adjusted | ||||
| Sharpe | 0.28 | 2.07 | XYLD | Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility. |
| Sortino | 0.41 | 3.63 | XYLD | Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation. |
| Calmar | 0.86 | 3.36 | XYLD | Annualized return divided by the max drawdown. |
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 79 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, RNTY and XYLD hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
half
2% in common
Only in one fund ↓
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 | RNTY | XYLD | RNTY | XYLD | RNTY | XYLD |
| 3 months | −0.2% | +2.4% | 2.9% | 2.2% | −0.2 pts | +2.6 pts |
| 6 months | +1.7% | +7.9% | 5.8% | 5.1% | +0.9 pts | +2.9 pts |
| 1 year | +10.7% | +15.9% | 13.0% | 10.7% | −2.2 pts | +1.1 pts |
| 3 years | – | +48.4% | – | 34.0% | – | −34.5 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: RNTY Apr 2025 · XYLD Jun 2013 | +13.7% | +194.8% | 17.7% | 114.5% | not measured | −316.0 pts |
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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.
XYLD
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLD paid 10.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.1%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 93% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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