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Income ETFs

SEMY vs XLVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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SEMY and XLVI both write options for income.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $35m for GraniteShares YieldBOOST Semiconductor ETF and $38m for State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF.

At a glance
75.3%
SEMY cash paid, since launch, Nov 18, 2025
13.0%
XLVI cash paid, 1 year
+24.3%
SEMY total return, since launch, Nov 18, 2025
+20.7%
XLVI total return, 1 year
SEMY · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 38.8 pts behind SOXX
SEMY
+24.3%
SOXX
+63.1%

38.8 pts behind SOXX

SEMY since launch: paid 75.3%, price −55.9%, total +24.3%, SOXX +63.1%, −38.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SOXX

+63.1%

SEMY

+24.3%

75.3% of it arrived as cash

38.8 pts behind SOXX

Total return, distributions reinvested

38.8 pts behind SOXX

SEMY since launch: paid 75.3%, price −55.9%, total +24.3%, SOXX +63.1%, −38.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SOXX

+63.1%

SEMY

+24.3%

38.8 pts behind SOXX

75.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. SEMY since launch: paid 75.3%, price −55.9%, total +24.3%, SOXX +63.1%, −38.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
XLVI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 12.2 pts behind XLV
XLVI
+20.7%
XLV
+32.9%

12.2 pts behind XLV

XLVI over 1 year: paid 13.0%, price +6.1%, total +20.7%, XLV +32.9%, −12.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XLV

+32.9%

XLVI

+20.7%

13.0% as cash

12.2 pts behind XLV

Total return, distributions reinvested

12.2 pts behind XLV

XLVI over 1 year: paid 13.0%, price +6.1%, total +20.7%, XLV +32.9%, −12.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XLV

+32.9%

XLVI

+20.7%

12.2 pts behind XLV

13.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XLVI over 1 year: paid 13.0%, price +6.1%, total +20.7%, XLV +32.9%, −12.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XLVI costs 0.79 points a year less; XLVI is 1.1 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

SEMY vs XLVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureSEMYXLVI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 yearnot published+20.7%
Price changefell 55.9% (since Nov 18, 2025)rose 6.1% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate98% of the Sep 22, 2026 payment100% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkiShares Semiconductor ETF, measured through SOXXHealth care sector, measured through XLV
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.14%0.35%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$35m$38m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%

Method

Risk and return

Nov 28, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 48 weekly returns
SEMY XLVI
Return
Total return edge SEMY +24.5% +15.3%
Price return edge XLVI −53.4% +2.6%
Risk
Max drawdown edge XLVI −11.0% −8.1%
Reading

From Nov 2025 to Oct 2026, SEMY returned more: +24.5% to +15.3%. XLVI fell less at its worst: −8.1% to −11.0%.

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Risk and return: SEMY vs XLVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureSEMYXLVIEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+24.5%+15.3%SEMYPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Price return−53.4%+2.6%XLVIPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Max drawdown−11.0%−8.1%XLVIDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 48 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, SEMY and XLVI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SEMY XLVI
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Only in SEMY
Only in XLVI
STATE STREET HEALTH CARE SELEC 103.76%
STATE STREET HEALTH CARE SELEC NOV26 183 CALL -0.03%
STATE STREET HEALTH CARE SELEC NOV26 189 CALL -0.04%
STATE STREET HEALTH CARE SELEC NOV26 181 CALL -0.04%
STATE STREET HEALTH CARE SELEC NOV26 185 CALL -0.17%
STATE STREET HEALTH CARE SELEC NOV26 175 CALL -0.19%
STATE STREET HEALTH CARE SELEC NOV26 179 CALL -3.29%
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Side by side

SEMY GraniteShares YieldBOOST Semiconductor ETF · Synthetic covered call on SOXX, paying weekly XLVI State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF · Covered call on XLV, paying monthly
Strategy synthetic covered call covered call
Benchmark iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) Health care sector (XLV)
Pays weekly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 69.3% 14.0%
Expense ratio 1.14% 0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year 75.3% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025) 13.0%
Price change, 1 year −55.9% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025) +6.1%
Total return, 1 year +24.3% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025) +20.7%
Benchmark return, 1 year +63.1% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025) +32.9%
Ahead or behind −38.8 pts (since launch, Nov 18, 2025) −12.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 98% 100%
Age 351 days 1.3 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $35m $38m

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: SEMY vs XLVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowSEMYXLVISEMYXLVISEMYXLVI
3 months−8.3%+6.8%15.6%3.5%+6.8 pts−9.2 pts
6 months−6.2%+18.1%34.5%6.5%+4.9 pts−13.4 pts
1 year–+20.7%–13.0%–−12.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: SEMY Nov 2025 · XLVI Jul 2025+24.3%+29.9%75.3%17.2%−38.8 pts−14.4 pts

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Client brief

No client brief for this pair: ETFIQ prints no one-year total return for SEMY; the two funds' holdings are dated 126 days apart.

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About each fund
SEMY

Over the period from its first trade on Nov 18, 2025 to Nov 4, 2026, SEMY paid 75.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 55.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +24.3%. iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) returned +63.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 38.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 69.3%, paid weekly. GraniteShares estimates that 98% of the distribution paid Sep 22, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

XLVI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XLVI paid 13.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +20.7%. Health care sector (XLV) returned +32.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 12.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.0%, paid monthly. State Street estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, SEMY or XLVI?
SEMY charges 1.14% a year and XLVI charges 0.35%, so XLVI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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