Which paid more, SIXH or XPAY?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SIXH paid 2.1% of its starting price in cash and XPAY paid 19.7%, so XPAY 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 XPAY?

With every distribution reinvested, SIXH returned +23.5% and XPAY +14.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, SIXH or XPAY?

SIXH charges 0.69% a year and XPAY charges 0.49%, so XPAY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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SIXH vs XPAY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XPAY paid 19.7% 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 $187m on Nov 4, 2026 for Roundhill S&P 500 Target 20 Managed Distribution ETF.

SIXH on its own →XPAY on its own →

At a glance

2.1%

SIXH cash paid, 1 year

19.7%

XPAY cash paid, 1 year

+23.5%

SIXH total return, 1 year

+14.0%

XPAY 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.

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% 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 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.5 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

SIXH vs XPAY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	SIXH	XPAY
Paid and earned
Measure	SIXH	XPAY
Total return, 1 year	+23.5%	+14.0%
Price change, 1 year	rose 21.2%	fell 7.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate		100% of the Oct 15, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	SIXH	XPAY
Benchmark	its own holdings	Vanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Cost and size
Measure	SIXH	XPAY
Expense ratio	0.69%	0.49%
Net assets, SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026 and XPAY as of Nov 4, 2026	$603m	$187m
Holdings
Measure	SIXH	XPAY
Holdings in common	0%

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

IQ Income Score98.5SIXH43.4XPAY

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

SIXH 98.5

XPAY 43.4

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

Nov 8, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 103 weekly returns

SIXH XPAY

Return

Total return edge Tie +26.9% +27.3%

Annualized edge Tie +12.8% +12.9%

Price return edge SIXH +21.7% −14.6%

Risk

Volatility edge SIXH 8.8% 14.9%

Max drawdown edge SIXH −7.3% −17.1%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge SIXH 0.96 0.62

Sortino edge SIXH 1.36 0.93

Calmar edge SIXH 1.74 0.76

Reading

From Nov 2024 to Oct 2026, SIXH and XPAY returned about the same: +26.9% and +27.3%. SIXH swung less: 8.8% to 14.9%. SIXH fell less at its worst: −7.3% to −17.1%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: SIXH vs XPAY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	SIXH	XPAY	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+26.9%	+27.3%	Tie	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+12.8%	+12.9%	Tie	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+21.7%	−14.6%	SIXH	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	8.8%	14.9%	SIXH	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	6.2%	9.9%	SIXH	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−7.3%	−17.1%	SIXH	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.96	0.62	SIXH	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.36	0.93	SIXH	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	1.74	0.76	SIXH	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 103 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, SIXH and XPAY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SIXH XPAY

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%

PEPSICO, INC. 3.69%

Philip Morris International Inc. 3.60%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2.85%

QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 2.82%

Only in XPAY

SPY 12/10/2027 38.04 C 94.39%

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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 XPAY Roundhill S&P 500 Target 20 Managed Distribution ETF · Option income on VOO, paying monthly

Issuer Exchange Traded Concepts Roundhill

Strategy option income option income

Benchmark SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026) Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 3.2% 21.1%

Expense ratio 0.69% 0.49%

Cash paid, 1 year 2.1% 19.7%

Price change, 1 year +21.2% −7.2%

Total return, 1 year +23.5% +14.0%

Benchmark return, 1 year +18.0% +14.8%

Ahead or behind +5.5 pts −0.8 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 100%

Age 6.5 years 2.0 years

Net assets, SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026 and XPAY as of Nov 4, 2026 $603m $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: SIXH vs XPAY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	SIXH	XPAY	SIXH	XPAY	SIXH	XPAY
3 months	+6.0%	−0.3%	0.5%	5.0%	+1.8 pts	−0.2 pts
6 months	+10.3%	+4.9%	1.0%	10.0%	+3.5 pts	−0.1 pts
1 year	+23.5%	+14.0%	2.1%	19.7%	+5.5 pts	−0.9 pts
3 years	+47.6%	–	6.8%	–	not measured	–
Since launchNot the same days: SIXH May 2020 · XPAY Oct 2024	+104.1%	+35.6%	16.7%	39.0%	not measured	−2.6 pts

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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.

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, SIXH or XPAY?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SIXH paid 2.1% of its starting price in cash and XPAY paid 19.7%, so XPAY 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 XPAY?: With every distribution reinvested, SIXH returned +23.5% and XPAY +14.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, SIXH or XPAY?: SIXH charges 0.69% a year and XPAY charges 0.49%, so XPAY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

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Sources and dates

SIXH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SIXH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Exchange Traded Concepts website ↗

XPAY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XPAY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XPAY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Roundhill page for XPAY ↗

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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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