Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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SOLM vs XBTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XBTY paid 40.3% of its price in cash against SOLM’s 19.1%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $2.0m for Amplify Solana 3% Monthly Option Income ETF and $8.8m for GraniteShares YieldBOOST Bitcoin ETF.

At a glance
19.1%
SOLM cash paid, 1 year
40.3%
XBTY cash paid, 1 year
−52.0%
SOLM total return, 1 year
−25.3%
XBTY total return, 1 year
SOLM · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 13.8 pts behind Solana
SOLM
−52.0%
Solana
−38.2%

13.8 pts behind Solana

SOLM over 1 year: paid 19.1%, price −66.6%, total −52.0%, Solana −38.2%, −13.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Solana

−38.2%

SOLM

−52.0%

13.8 pts behind Solana

Total return, distributions reinvested

13.8 pts behind Solana

SOLM over 1 year: paid 19.1%, price −66.6%, total −52.0%, Solana −38.2%, −13.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Solana

−38.2%

SOLM

−52.0%

13.8 pts behind Solana

19.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. SOLM over 1 year: paid 19.1%, price −66.6%, total −52.0%, Solana −38.2%, −13.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
XBTY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.8 pts behind Bitcoin
XBTY
−25.3%
Bitcoin
−20.5%

4.8 pts behind Bitcoin

XBTY over 1 year: paid 40.3%, price −62.5%, total −25.3%, Bitcoin −20.5%, −4.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Bitcoin

−20.5%

XBTY

−25.3%

4.8 pts behind Bitcoin

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.8 pts behind Bitcoin

XBTY over 1 year: paid 40.3%, price −62.5%, total −25.3%, Bitcoin −20.5%, −4.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Bitcoin

−20.5%

XBTY

−25.3%

4.8 pts behind Bitcoin

40.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XBTY over 1 year: paid 40.3%, price −62.5%, total −25.3%, Bitcoin −20.5%, −4.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SOLM costs 0.43 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 26.7 points; XBTY is 4.4 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

SOLM vs XBTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureSOLMXBTY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year−52.0%−25.3%
Price change, 1 yearfell 66.6%fell 62.5%
Return of capital, issuer estimate98% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment93% of the Sep 22, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkSolana (SOL-USD)Bitcoin (BTC-USD)
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.75%1.18%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$2.0m$8.8m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · XBTY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score0.3SOLM7.5XBTY

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

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

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, SOLM and XBTY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SOLM XBTY
Only in one fund ↓
Only in SOLM
Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio 12/31/2031 31.36%
Bitwise Solana Staking ETF 28.34%
BSOL 11/20/2026 11.05 C 19.11%
BSOL 11/20/2026 11.05 P -0.63%
BSOL 11/10/2026 13.72 C -1.72%
Only in XBTY
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Side by side

SOLM Amplify Solana 3% Monthly Option Income ETF · Option income on Solana, paying monthly XBTY GraniteShares YieldBOOST Bitcoin ETF · Synthetic covered call on Bitcoin, paying weekly
Strategy option income synthetic covered call
Benchmark Solana (SOL-USD) Bitcoin (BTC-USD)
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 40.6% 29.7%
Expense ratio 0.75% 1.18%
Cash paid, 1 year 19.1% 40.3%
Price change, 1 year −66.6% −62.5%
Total return, 1 year −52.0% −25.3%
Benchmark return, 1 year −38.2% −20.5%
Ahead or behind −13.8 pts −4.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 98% 93%
Age 1.0 years 1.5 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $2.0m $8.8m

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: SOLM vs XBTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowSOLMXBTYSOLMXBTYSOLMXBTY
3 months+5.5%+7.0%10.9%7.6%−21.8 pts−16.5 pts
6 months−19.9%−4.7%14.4%16.0%−26.1 pts−3.0 pts
1 year−52.0%−25.3%19.1%40.3%−13.8 pts−4.8 pts
Since launchNot the same days: SOLM Nov 2025 · XBTY May 2025−52.0%−33.6%19.1%60.8%−13.8 pts−9.9 pts

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About each fund
SOLM

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SOLM paid 19.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 66.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −52.0%. Solana (SOL-USD) returned −38.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 13.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 40.6%, paid monthly. Amplify estimates that 98% 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.

XBTY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XBTY paid 40.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 62.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −25.3%. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) returned −20.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 29.7%, paid weekly. GraniteShares estimates that 93% of the distribution paid Sep 22, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, SOLM or XBTY?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SOLM paid 19.1% of its starting price in cash and XBTY paid 40.3%, so XBTY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, SOLM or XBTY?
With every distribution reinvested, SOLM returned −52.0% and XBTY −25.3% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, SOLM or XBTY?
SOLM charges 0.75% a year and XBTY charges 1.18%, so SOLM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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