Which paid more, SIXH or YLDE?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SIXH paid 2.1% of its starting price in cash and YLDE paid 7.9%, so YLDE 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 YLDE?

With every distribution reinvested, SIXH returned +23.5% and YLDE +19.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, SIXH or YLDE?

SIXH charges 0.69% a year and YLDE charges 0.48%, so YLDE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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SIXH vs YLDE: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YLDE paid 7.9% 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 $186m on Nov 3, 2026 for Franklin ClearBridge Enhanced Income ETF.

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At a glance

2.1%

SIXH cash paid, 1 year

7.9%

YLDE cash paid, 1 year

+23.5%

SIXH total return, 1 year

+19.0%

YLDE 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.

YLDE · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.2 pts ahead of IWV

YLDE

+19.0%

IWV

+14.8%

4.2 pts ahead of IWV

YLDE over 1 year: paid 7.9%, price +10.5%, total +19.0%, IWV +14.8%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

IWV

+14.8%

YLDE

+19.0%

7.9% of it arrived as cash

4.2 pts ahead of IWV

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.2 pts ahead of IWV

YLDE over 1 year: paid 7.9%, price +10.5%, total +19.0%, IWV +14.8%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

IWV

+14.8%

YLDE

+19.0%

4.2 pts ahead of IWV

7.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +23.5%. YLDE over 1 year: paid 7.9%, price +10.5%, total +19.0%, IWV +14.8%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +23.5%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

YLDE costs 0.21 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.5 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

SIXH vs YLDE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	SIXH	YLDE
Paid and earned
Measure	SIXH	YLDE
Total return, 1 year	+23.5%	+19.0%
Price change, 1 year	rose 21.2%	rose 10.5%
Against its benchmark
Measure	SIXH	YLDE
Benchmark	its own holdings	iShares Russell 3000 ETF, measured through IWV
Cost and size
Measure	SIXH	YLDE
Expense ratio	0.69%	0.48%
Net assets, SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026 and YLDE as of Nov 3, 2026	$603m	$186m
Holdings
Measure	SIXH	YLDE
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 Score98.5SIXH91.9YLDE

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

YLDE 91.9

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

May 22, 2020 to Oct 30, 2026 · 336 weekly returns

SIXH YLDE

Return

Total return edge YLDE +106.0% +139.9%

Annualized edge YLDE +11.8% +14.5%

Price return edge YLDE +81.7% +98.5%

Risk

Volatility edge SIXH 9.5% 13.5%

Max drawdown edge SIXH −10.8% −19.4%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge SIXH (slight) 0.90 0.85

Sortino edge SIXH (slight) 1.37 1.29

Calmar edge SIXH 1.09 0.75

Reading

From May 2020 to Oct 2026, YLDE returned more: +139.9% to +106.0%. SIXH swung less: 9.5% to 13.5%. SIXH fell less at its worst: −10.8% to −19.4%.

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Risk and return: SIXH vs YLDE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	SIXH	YLDE	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+106.0%	+139.9%	YLDE	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+11.8%	+14.5%	YLDE	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+81.7%	+98.5%	YLDE	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	9.5%	13.5%	SIXH	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	6.3%	8.8%	SIXH	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−10.8%	−19.4%	SIXH	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.90	0.85	SIXH (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.37	1.29	SIXH (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	1.09	0.75	SIXH	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 336 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

16%

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

50%

0 half 100%

half

16% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SIXH YLDE

COMCAST CORPORATION 2.72% 2.19%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.54% 1.94%

NVIDIA CORPORATION 1.34% 2.97%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 1.26% 3.96%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.26% 1.59%

CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION 1.25% 1.32%

APPLE INC. 1.25% 1.86%

AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION 2.48% 1.25%

THE COCA-COLA COMPANY 1.24% 1.96%

ALPHABET INC. 1.16% 3.52%

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 1.16% 2.23%

THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY 2.46% 0.51%

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 YLDE

WILLIAMS COMPANIES INC (THE) 4.53%

NESTLE' SA/AG 2.88%

AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC 2.77%

APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT INC 2.72%

MICROSOFT CORP 2.61%

UNILEVER PLC 2.58%

PUBLIC STORAGE 2.53%

MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES INC 2.47%

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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 YLDE Franklin ClearBridge Enhanced Income ETF · Covered call on IWV, paying monthly

Issuer Exchange Traded Concepts Franklin

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) iShares Russell 3000 ETF (IWV)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 3.2% 6.3%

Expense ratio 0.69% 0.48%

Cash paid, 1 year 2.1% 7.9%

Price change, 1 year +21.2% +10.5%

Total return, 1 year +23.5% +19.0%

Benchmark return, 1 year +18.0% +14.8%

Ahead or behind +5.5 pts +4.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 67%

Age 6.5 years 9.5 years

Net assets, SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026 and YLDE as of Nov 3, 2026 $603m $186m

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 YLDE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	SIXH	YLDE	SIXH	YLDE	SIXH	YLDE
3 months	+6.0%	+3.2%	0.5%	1.6%	+1.8 pts	+3.6 pts
6 months	+10.3%	+8.6%	1.0%	4.0%	+3.5 pts	+3.7 pts
1 year	+23.5%	+19.0%	2.1%	7.9%	+5.5 pts	+4.2 pts
3 years	+47.6%	+61.5%	6.8%	18.0%	not measured	−19.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: SIXH May 2020 · YLDE May 2017	+104.1%	+197.5%	16.7%	44.5%	not measured	−52.9 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.

YLDE

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YLDE paid 7.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 10.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +19.0%. iShares Russell 3000 ETF (IWV) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.3%, paid monthly. Franklin estimates that 67% of the distribution paid Apr 6, 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 YLDE?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SIXH paid 2.1% of its starting price in cash and YLDE paid 7.9%, so YLDE 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 YLDE?: With every distribution reinvested, SIXH returned +23.5% and YLDE +19.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, SIXH or YLDE?: SIXH charges 0.69% a year and YLDE charges 0.48%, so YLDE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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iShares Russell 3000 ETF (IWV) →SIXH on its own →YLDE on its own →SIXH dividend history →SIXH holdings →YLDE dividend history →YLDE holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

SIXH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SIXH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Exchange Traded Concepts website ↗

YLDE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

YLDE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

YLDE 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Franklin website ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

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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