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SDTY vs XDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XDTE paid 25.5% of its price in cash against SDTY’s 24.9% and the two finished level on total return.

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Net assets: $40m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF, and $321m on Nov 4, 2026 for Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF.

At a glance
24.9%
SDTY cash paid, 1 year
25.5%
XDTE cash paid, 1 year
+14.7%
SDTY total return, 1 year
+14.6%
XDTE total return, 1 year
SDTY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with VOO
SDTY
+14.7%
VOO
+14.8%

About even with VOO

SDTY over 1 year: paid 24.9%, price −12.3%, total +14.7%, VOO +14.8%, −0.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

SDTY

+14.7%

24.9% of it arrived as cash

about even with VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with VOO

SDTY over 1 year: paid 24.9%, price −12.3%, total +14.7%, VOO +14.8%, −0.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

SDTY

+14.7%

24.9% as cash

about even with VOO

24.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. SDTY over 1 year: paid 24.9%, price −12.3%, total +14.7%, VOO +14.8%, −0.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
XDTE · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with SPY
XDTE
+14.6%
SPY
+14.8%

About even with SPY

XDTE over 1 year: paid 25.5%, price −13.2%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XDTE

+14.6%

25.5% of it arrived as cash

about even with SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with SPY

XDTE over 1 year: paid 25.5%, price −13.2%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XDTE

+14.6%

25.5% as cash

about even with SPY

25.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XDTE over 1 year: paid 25.5%, price −13.2%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XDTE costs 0.11 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.1 points; XDTE is 7.9 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

SDTY vs XDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureSDTYXDTE
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+14.7%+14.6%
Price change, 1 yearfell 12.3%fell 13.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOOS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.08%0.97%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$40m$315m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · SDTY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score40.4SDTY39.2XDTE

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

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

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Method

Risk and return

Feb 14, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 89 weekly returns
SDTY XDTE
Return
Total return edge SDTY (slight) +21.6% +19.7%
Annualized edge SDTY (slight) +12.1% +11.1%
Price return edge SDTY −21.4% −25.7%
Risk
Volatility edge Tie 13.8% 13.9%
Max drawdown edge XDTE (slight) −17.2% −16.7%
Downside capture 90.3% 91.0%
Beta 0.87 0.87
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge SDTY 0.61 0.54
Sortino edge SDTY (slight) 0.81 0.74
Treynor 0.096 0.127
Calmar edge SDTY (slight) 0.70 0.67
Against the benchmark
Alpha −1.1% a year −0.1% a year
Alpha t-stat −0.37 −0.05
Information ratio −0.57 −0.43
Tracking error 4.4% 4.3%

Each against its own benchmark: SDTY against VOO, Feb 14, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026; XDTE against SPY, Mar 15, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Feb 2025 to Oct 2026, SDTY returned slightly more: +21.6% to +19.7%. SDTY and XDTE swung about the same: 13.8% and 13.9%. XDTE fell slightly less at its worst: −16.7% to −17.2%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: SDTY vs XDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureSDTYXDTEEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+21.6%+19.7%SDTY (slight)Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+12.1%+11.1%SDTY (slight)Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return−21.4%−25.7%SDTYPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility13.8%13.9%TieSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation10.3%10.2%TieLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−17.2%−16.7%XDTE (slight)Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture79.6%83.4%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture90.3%91.0%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.870.87Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.920.92Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.610.54SDTYReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino0.810.74SDTY (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.0960.127Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.700.67SDTY (slight)Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkVOOSPYThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−1.1% a year−0.1% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−0.37−0.05Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−7.2% to +4.9%−4.8% to +4.6%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.57−0.43Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error4.4%4.3%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 89 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, SDTY and XDTE hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SDTY XDTE
Only in one fund ↓
Only in SDTY
SPX 12/18/2026 1200.26 C 85.22%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 1.62%
Only in XDTE
SPY 11/19/2027 77.43 C 90.03%
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Side by side

SDTY YieldMax S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on VOO, paying weekly XDTE Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on SPY, paying weekly
Strategy 0DTE covered call 0DTE covered call
Benchmark Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays weekly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 23.2% 12.4%
Expense ratio 1.08% 0.97%
Cash paid, 1 year 24.9% 25.5%
Price change, 1 year −12.3% −13.2%
Total return, 1 year +14.7% +14.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −0.1 pts −0.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 100%
Age 1.7 years 2.7 years
Net assets, SDTY as of Nov 3, 2026 and XDTE as of Nov 4, 2026 $40m $321m

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

Window by window: SDTY vs XDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowSDTYXDTESDTYXDTESDTYXDTE
3 months+1.2%+1.0%5.4%4.2%+1.4 pts+1.2 pts
6 months+6.6%+5.5%11.7%9.3%+1.5 pts+0.5 pts
1 year+14.7%+14.6%24.9%25.5%−0.1 pts−0.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: SDTY Feb 2025 · XDTE Mar 2024+23.8%+47.4%37.8%60.8%−5.3 pts−6.4 pts

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About each fund
SDTY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SDTY paid 24.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 12.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.7%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 23.2%, paid weekly.

XDTE

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XDTE paid 25.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 13.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.4%, paid weekly. Roundhill estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, SDTY or XDTE?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SDTY paid 24.9% of its starting price in cash and XDTE paid 25.5%, so XDTE paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, SDTY or XDTE?
With every distribution reinvested, SDTY returned +14.7% and XDTE +14.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, SDTY or XDTE?
SDTY charges 1.08% a year and XDTE charges 0.97%, so XDTE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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