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SBAR vs VAIE: Dividend Yield & Total Return

Return, fees and overlap, side by side.

Return gap
+7.5 pts
6 months to Nov 12, 2026: SBAR ahead, total return
Fee gap
0.03 pts
A year: SBAR 0.77%, VAIE 0.74%, per filings dated Mar 30, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026
Overlap
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Net flow
–
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Pair scorecard

VAIE costs 0.03 points a year less; SBAR is 6.4 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

SBAR vs VAIE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureSBARVAIE
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+7.5%not published
Price changefell 4.8% (1 year)fell 11.0% (since May 12, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate77% of the Oct 27, 2026 payment80% of the Nov 6, 2026 payment
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.77%0.74%
Net assets, as of Nov 11, 2026$441m$69m
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published

Method

Key numbers
11.8%
SBAR cash paid, 1 year
7.6%
VAIE cash paid, since launch, May 12, 2026
+7.5%
SBAR total return, 1 year
−3.8%
VAIE total return, since launch, May 12, 2026
SBAR · 1 year to Nov 12, 2026 Not measured
SBAR
+7.5%
none

Not measured

SBAR over 1 year: paid 11.8%, price −4.8%, total +7.5%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

SBAR

+7.5%

11.8% of it arrived as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

SBAR over 1 year: paid 11.8%, price −4.8%, total +7.5%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

SBAR

+7.5%

11.8% cash

11.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. SBAR over 1 year: paid 11.8%, price −4.8%, total +7.5%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Data to Nov 12, 2026.
VAIE · since launch to Nov 12, 2026 Not measured
VAIE
−3.8%
none

Not measured

VAIE since launch: paid 7.6%, price −11.0%, total −3.8%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

VAIE

−3.8%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

VAIE since launch: paid 7.6%, price −11.0%, total −3.8%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

VAIE

−3.8%

7.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. VAIE since launch: paid 7.6%, price −11.0%, total −3.8%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Side by side

SBAR Simplify Barrier Income ETF · Defined income, paying monthly VAIE VegaShares US Equity Autocallable Income ETF · Autocallable, paying weekly
Strategy defined income autocallable
Benchmark not set not set
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 12.0% 16.6%
Expense ratio 0.77% 0.74%
Cash paid, 1 year 11.8% 7.6% (since launch, May 12, 2026)
Price change, 1 year −4.8% −11.0% (since launch, May 12, 2026)
Total return, 1 year +7.5% −3.8% (since launch, May 12, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year not published not published
Ahead or behind not available not available
Return of capital, latest estimate 77% 80%
Age 1.6 years 184 days
Net assets, as of Nov 11, 2026 $441m $69m

As of Nov 12, 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: SBAR vs VAIE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowSBARVAIESBARVAIESBARVAIE
3 months−0.8%−8.3%2.9%3.6%not measurednot measured
6 months+2.7%−4.8%5.8%7.6%not measurednot measured
1 year+7.5%–11.8%–not measured–
Since launchNot the same days: SBAR Apr 2025 · VAIE May 2026+19.7%−3.8%19.0%7.6%not measurednot measured

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About each fund
SBAR

Over the year to Nov 12, 2026, SBAR paid 11.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 4.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.5%. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.0%, paid monthly. Simplify estimates that 77% of the distribution paid Oct 27, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

VAIE

Over the period from its first trade on May 12, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026, VAIE paid 7.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 11.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −3.8%. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 16.6%, paid weekly. VegaShares estimates that 80% of the distribution paid Nov 6, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, SBAR or VAIE?
SBAR charges 0.77% a year and VAIE charges 0.74%, so VAIE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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SBAR and VAIE

Total return, distributions reinvested, 6 months.

SBAR +2.7%VAIE −4.8%
May 14, 2026Nov 12, 2026

SBAR +2.7%, VAIE −4.8%: SBAR +7.5 pts ahead, 6 months, May 14, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026.