Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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SDTY vs XPAY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SDTY paid 24.9% of its price in cash against XPAY’s 19.7%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $40m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF, and $187m on Nov 4, 2026 for Roundhill S&P 500 Target 20 Managed Distribution ETF.

At a glance
24.9%
SDTY cash paid, 1 year
19.7%
XPAY cash paid, 1 year
+14.7%
SDTY total return, 1 year
+14.0%
XPAY 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.
XPAY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.8 pts behind VOO
XPAY
+14.0%
VOO
+14.8%

0.8 pts behind VOO

XPAY over 1 year: paid 19.7%, price −7.2%, total +14.0%, VOO +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

XPAY

+14.0%

19.7% of it arrived as cash

0.8 pts behind VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.8 pts behind VOO

XPAY over 1 year: paid 19.7%, price −7.2%, total +14.0%, VOO +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

XPAY

+14.0%

19.7% as cash

0.8 pts behind VOO

19.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XPAY over 1 year: paid 19.7%, price −7.2%, total +14.0%, VOO +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XPAY costs 0.59 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.7 points; XPAY is 4.6 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

SDTY vs XPAY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureSDTYXPAY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+14.7%+14.0%
Price change, 1 yearfell 12.3%fell 7.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 15, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOOVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.08%0.49%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$40m$183m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · XPAY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score40.4SDTY43.4XPAY

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

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 →

Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, SDTY and XPAY 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 XPAY
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 XPAY
SPY 12/10/2027 38.04 C 94.39%
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Side by side

SDTY YieldMax S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on VOO, paying weekly XPAY Roundhill S&P 500 Target 20 Managed Distribution ETF · Option income on VOO, paying monthly
Strategy 0DTE covered call option income
Benchmark Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Pays weekly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 23.2% 21.1%
Expense ratio 1.08% 0.49%
Cash paid, 1 year 24.9% 19.7%
Price change, 1 year −12.3% −7.2%
Total return, 1 year +14.7% +14.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −0.1 pts −0.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 100%
Age 1.7 years 2.0 years
Net assets, SDTY as of Nov 3, 2026 and XPAY as of Nov 4, 2026 $40m $187m

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 XPAY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowSDTYXPAYSDTYXPAYSDTYXPAY
3 months+1.2%−0.3%5.4%5.0%+1.4 pts−0.2 pts
6 months+6.6%+4.9%11.7%10.0%+1.5 pts−0.1 pts
1 year+14.7%+14.0%24.9%19.7%−0.1 pts−0.9 pts
Since launchNot the same days: SDTY Feb 2025 · XPAY Oct 2024+23.8%+35.6%37.8%39.0%−5.3 pts−2.6 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.

XPAY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XPAY paid 19.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 7.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.0%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 21.1%, paid monthly. Roundhill estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 15, 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 XPAY?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SDTY paid 24.9% of its starting price in cash and XPAY paid 19.7%, so SDTY 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 XPAY?
With every distribution reinvested, SDTY returned +14.7% and XPAY +14.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, SDTY or XPAY?
SDTY charges 1.08% a year and XPAY charges 0.49%, so XPAY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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