Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
SDTY vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SDTY paid 24.9% of its price in cash against YYY’s 12.4%, and returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $40m for YieldMax S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF and $674m for Amplify CEF High Income ETF.
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.Not measured
YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
YYY
+1.9%
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
YYY
+1.9%
12.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
SDTY costs 2.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.8 points; YYY is 16.9 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | SDTY | YYY |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +14.7% | +1.9% |
| Price change, 1 year | fell 12.3% | fell 10.3% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 18% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO | its own holdings |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 1.08% | 3.23% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $40m | $674m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, SDTY and YYY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 4, 2026.
half
0% 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 | SDTY | YYY | SDTY | YYY | SDTY | YYY |
| 3 months | +1.2% | −4.9% | 5.4% | 3.2% | +1.4 pts | not measured |
| 6 months | +6.6% | −4.1% | 11.7% | 6.2% | +1.5 pts | not measured |
| 1 year | +14.7% | +1.9% | 24.9% | 12.4% | −0.1 pts | not measured |
| 3 years | – | +35.2% | – | 38.6% | – | not measured |
| Since launchNot the same days: SDTY Feb 2025 · YYY Jun 2012 | +23.8% | +114.4% | 37.8% | 113.6% | −5.3 pts | not measured |
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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.
No 1-year comparison: a quarter's holdings filing is missing from the year.
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YYY paid 12.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +1.9%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.8%, paid monthly. Amplify estimates that 18% 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.
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How this is computed
Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.
Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.
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