Which paid more, SIXH or TCAL?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SIXH paid 2.1% of its starting price in cash and TCAL paid 11.4%, so TCAL paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, SIXH or TCAL?

With every distribution reinvested, SIXH returned +23.5% and TCAL +11.2% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, SIXH or TCAL?

SIXH charges 0.69% a year and TCAL charges 0.34%, so TCAL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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SIXH vs TCAL: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TCAL paid 11.4% of its price in cash against SIXH’s 2.1%, though SIXH returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $603m on Aug 31, 2026 for ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF, and $324m on Nov 3, 2026 for T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Premium Income ETF.

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At a glance

2.1%

SIXH cash paid, 1 year

11.4%

TCAL cash paid, 1 year

+23.5%

SIXH total return, 1 year

+11.2%

TCAL total return, 1 year

SIXH · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH

+23.5%

Own

+18.0%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

2.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

TCAL · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 3.4 pts behind its own stocks

TCAL

+11.2%

Own

+14.6%

3.4 pts behind its own stocks

TCAL over 1 year: paid 11.4%, price −1.2%, total +11.2%, its own stocks +14.6%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own stocks

+14.6%

TCAL

+11.2%

11.4% of it arrived as cash

3.4 pts behind its own stocks

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.4 pts behind its own stocks

TCAL over 1 year: paid 11.4%, price −1.2%, total +11.2%, its own stocks +14.6%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own stocks

+14.6%

TCAL

+11.2%

3.4 pts behind its own stocks

11.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. TCAL over 1 year: paid 11.4%, price −1.2%, total +11.2%, its own stocks +14.6%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

TCAL costs 0.35 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.3 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

SIXH vs TCAL: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	SIXH	TCAL
Paid and earned
Measure	SIXH	TCAL
Total return, 1 year	+23.5%	+11.2%
Price change, 1 year	rose 21.2%	fell 1.2%
Against its benchmark
Measure	SIXH	TCAL
Benchmark	its own holdings	its own stocks
Cost and size
Measure	SIXH	TCAL
Expense ratio	0.69%	0.34%
Net assets, SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026 and TCAL as of Nov 3, 2026	$603m	$324m
Holdings
Measure	SIXH	TCAL
Holdings in common	16%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · SIXH scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score98.5SIXH54.8TCAL

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

SIXH 98.5

TCAL 54.8

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

Risk and return

Apr 4, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 82 weekly returns

SIXH TCAL

Return

Total return edge SIXH +29.2% +15.2%

Annualized edge SIXH +17.7% +9.4%

Price return edge SIXH +25.2% −3.8%

Risk

Volatility edge SIXH 7.5% 8.5%

Max drawdown edge SIXH −3.4% −7.0%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge SIXH 1.69 0.64

Sortino edge SIXH 3.06 0.95

Calmar edge SIXH 5.13 1.34

Reading

From Apr 2025 to Oct 2026, SIXH returned more: +29.2% to +15.2%. SIXH swung less: 7.5% to 8.5%. SIXH fell less at its worst: −3.4% to −7.0%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: SIXH vs TCAL: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	SIXH	TCAL	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+29.2%	+15.2%	SIXH	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+17.7%	+9.4%	SIXH	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+25.2%	−3.8%	SIXH	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	7.5%	8.5%	SIXH	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	4.1%	5.7%	SIXH	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−3.4%	−7.0%	SIXH	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	1.69	0.64	SIXH	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	3.06	0.95	SIXH	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	5.13	1.34	SIXH	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 82 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

16%

By the books each fund has filed, SIXH and TCAL hold 16% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

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16% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SIXH TCAL

GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. 1.37% 1.49%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION 2.42% 1.21%

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1.18% 1.61%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 1.17% 1.55%

PEPSICO, INC. 3.69% 1.17%

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 1.16% 1.15%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1.21% 1.05%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.26% 1.02%

THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY 2.46% 0.97%

THE COCA-COLA COMPANY 1.24% 0.91%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.54% 0.87%

WALMART INC. 2.31% 0.78%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in SIXH

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 4.95%

Altria Group, Inc. 4.90%

AT&T INC. 4.08%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 3.92%

Philip Morris International Inc. 3.60%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2.85%

QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 2.82%

COMCAST CORPORATION 2.72%

Only in TCAL

DANAHER CORP 2.02%

WATERS CORP 1.99%

VERALTO CORP 1.89%

WASTE CONNECTIONS INC 1.82%

YUM BRANDS INC 1.73%

MCDONALD S CORP 1.71%

VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES 1.71%

LINDE PLC 1.65%

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Side by side

SIXH ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF · Option income on its own holdings, paying monthly TCAL T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Premium Income ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly

Issuer Exchange Traded Concepts T. Rowe Price

Strategy option income covered call

Benchmark SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026) TCAL's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 3.2% 13.0%

Expense ratio 0.69% 0.34%

Cash paid, 1 year 2.1% 11.4%

Price change, 1 year +21.2% −1.2%

Total return, 1 year +23.5% +11.2%

Benchmark return, 1 year +18.0% +14.6%

Ahead or behind +5.5 pts −3.4 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 6.5 years 1.6 years

Net assets, SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026 and TCAL as of Nov 3, 2026 $603m $324m

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: SIXH vs TCAL: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	SIXH	TCAL	SIXH	TCAL	SIXH	TCAL
3 months	+6.0%	+5.3%	0.5%	2.6%	+1.8 pts	−1.8 pts
6 months	+10.3%	+12.3%	1.0%	6.3%	+3.5 pts	−0.9 pts
1 year	+23.5%	+11.2%	2.1%	11.4%	+5.5 pts	−3.5 pts
3 years	+47.6%	–	6.8%	–	not measured	–
Since launchNot the same days: SIXH May 2020 · TCAL Mar 2025	+104.1%	+12.0%	16.7%	16.9%	not measured	not measured

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About each fund

SIXH

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SIXH paid 2.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 21.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +23.5%. SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026) returned +18.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 3.2%, paid monthly.

TCAL

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TCAL paid 11.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.2%. TCAL's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026) returned +14.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.0%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, SIXH or TCAL?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SIXH paid 2.1% of its starting price in cash and TCAL paid 11.4%, so TCAL paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, SIXH or TCAL?: With every distribution reinvested, SIXH returned +23.5% and TCAL +11.2% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, SIXH or TCAL?: SIXH charges 0.69% a year and TCAL charges 0.34%, so TCAL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

SIXH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SIXH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Exchange Traded Concepts website ↗

TCAL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

TCAL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

T. Rowe Price website ↗

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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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