Data as of .
RNTY vs YYY: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year YYY paid 12.1% of its price in cash against RNTY’s 11.9%, though RNTY returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: RNTY 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 YYY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in RNTY | Only in YYY |
|---|---|
| Prologis Inc 6.72% | abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund 3.61% |
| Welltower Inc 6.63% | BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust 3.33% |
| Vivmark Residential 6.31% | Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp 3.32% |
| Digital Realty Trust Inc 5.99% | Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund/Closed-end Fund 3.30% |
| Simon Property Group Inc 5.30% | PIMCO High Income Fund 3.04% |
| Equinix Inc 4.92% | Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 2.98% |
| St Joe Co/The 4.41% | Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund 2.66% |
| Realty Income Corp 4.36% | Western Asset Diversified Income Fund 2.45% |
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 Sep 21, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RNTY | YYY | RNTY | YYY | RNTY | YYY | |
| 3 months | −2.3% | −2.5% | 3.0% | 3.1% | −4.5 pts | −4.8 pts |
| 6 months | +2.5% | +4.7% | 6.2% | 6.5% | −15.6 pts | −13.3 pts |
| 1 year | +4.6% | +3.4% | 11.9% | 12.1% | −12.0 pts | −13.2 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +37.1% | not published | 37.7% | not published | −41.3 pts |
| Since launch | +7.9% | +117.8% | 15.8% | 112.4% | −39.2 pts | −519.1 pts |
| RNTY YieldMax(R) Target 12(TM) Real Estate Option Income ETF Synthetic covered call on SPY, paying monthly | YYY Amplify CEF High Income ETF Option income on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | YieldMax | Amplify |
| Strategy | synthetic covered call | option income |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy | S&P 500 (SPY), used as the proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 12.5% | 13.3% |
| Expense ratio | 0.99% | 3.23% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 11.9% | 12.1% |
| Price change, 1 year | −7.3% | −8.8% |
| Total return, 1 year | +4.6% | +3.4% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | −12.0 pts | −13.2 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | 0% | not published |
| Age | 519 days | 5211 days |
| Net assets | $6m | $702m |
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).
YYY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, YYY paid 12.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.4%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as the proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 13.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.3%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, RNTY or YYY?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, RNTY paid 11.9% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.1%, so YYY 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 YYY?
- With every distribution reinvested, RNTY returned +4.6% and YYY returned +3.4% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so RNTY returned more.
- Which is cheaper, RNTY or YYY?
- RNTY charges 0.99% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so RNTY 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 YYY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/rnty-vs-yyy Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.