Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
SOXY vs XLUI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SOXY paid 17.1% of its price in cash against XLUI’s 14.1%, and returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $61m for YieldMax Target 12 Semiconductor Option Income ETF and $69m for State Street Utilities Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF.
28.7 pts ahead of SPY
SOXY over 1 year: paid 17.1%, price +26.0%, total +43.5%, SPY +14.8%, +28.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPY
+14.8%
SOXY
+43.5%
17.1% of it arrived as cash
28.7 pts ahead of SPY
Total return, distributions reinvested
28.7 pts ahead of SPY
SOXY over 1 year: paid 17.1%, price +26.0%, total +43.5%, SPY +14.8%, +28.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPY
+14.8%
SOXY
+43.5%
28.7 pts ahead of SPY
17.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. SOXY over 1 year: paid 17.1%, price +26.0%, total +43.5%, SPY +14.8%, +28.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.4.6 pts ahead of XLU
XLUI over 1 year: paid 14.1%, price −8.9%, total +5.6%, XLU +1.0%, +4.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
XLU
+1.0%
XLUI
+5.6%
4.6 pts ahead of XLU
Total return, distributions reinvested
4.6 pts ahead of XLU
XLUI over 1 year: paid 14.1%, price −8.9%, total +5.6%, XLU +1.0%, +4.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
XLU
+1.0%
XLUI
+5.6%
4.6 pts ahead of XLU
14.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XLUI over 1 year: paid 14.1%, price −8.9%, total +5.6%, XLU +1.0%, +4.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
XLUI costs 0.71 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 37.9 points; XLUI is 1.1 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | SOXY | XLUI |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +43.5% | +5.6% |
| Price change, 1 year | rose 26.0% | fell 8.9% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 100% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | S&P 500, measured through SPY | Utilities sector, measured through XLU |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 1.06% | 0.35% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $61m | $69m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
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
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 →
Risk and return
Aug 8, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 64 weekly returnsEach against its own benchmark: SOXY against SPY, Dec 13, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026; XLUI against XLU, Aug 8, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026.
From Aug 2025 to Oct 2026, SOXY returned more: +75.0% to +6.5%. XLUI swung less: 12.1% to 33.0%. XLUI fell less at its worst: −11.9% to −26.1%.
Full scorecard
19 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | SOXY | XLUI | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | ||||
| Total return | +75.0% | +6.5% | SOXY | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. |
| Annualized | +57.6% | +5.3% | SOXY | Total return as a yearly rate. |
| Price return | +52.2% | −10.2% | SOXY | Price change alone, distributions left out. |
| Risk | ||||
| Volatility | 33.0% | 12.1% | XLUI | Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier. |
| Downside deviation | 20.7% | 8.8% | XLUI | Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate. |
| Max drawdown | −26.1% | −11.9% | XLUI | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. |
| Upside capture | 287.5% | 66.5% | Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose. | |
| Downside capture | 128.6% | 79.2% | Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better. | |
| Beta | 1.64 | 0.71 | Not an edge | How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves. |
| R squared | 0.56 | 0.92 | Not an edge | Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains. |
| Risk-adjusted | ||||
| Sharpe | 1.43 | 0.17 | SOXY | Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility. |
| Sortino | 2.28 | 0.23 | SOXY | Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation. |
| Treynor | 0.228 | 0.029 | Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta. | |
| Calmar | 2.21 | 0.44 | SOXY | Annualized return divided by the max drawdown. |
| Against the benchmark | ||||
| Benchmark | SPY | XLU | The ETF each fund is measured against. | |
| Alpha | +20.7% a year | +1.3% a year | Not significant | Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts. |
| Alpha t-stat | 1.29 | 0.43 | Not an edge | How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance. |
| Alpha range | −11.3% to +52.7% | −4.9% to +7.6% | Includes zero | The 95% range for the yearly alpha. |
| Information ratio | 1.14 | 0.18 | Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error. | |
| Tracking error | 23.9% | 6.0% | Not an edge | How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized. |
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 64 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, SOXY and XLUI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
half
0% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | SOXY | XLUI | SOXY | XLUI | SOXY | XLUI |
| 3 months | −14.3% | +1.2% | 2.9% | 3.9% | −14.1 pts | +0.5 pts |
| 6 months | −9.9% | −0.9% | 6.3% | 6.8% | −14.9 pts | +2.4 pts |
| 1 year | +43.5% | +5.6% | 17.1% | 14.1% | +28.7 pts | +4.6 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: SOXY Dec 2024 · XLUI Jul 2025 | +90.3% | +8.1% | 30.4% | 17.5% | +60.4 pts | +2.1 pts |
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SOXY
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SOXY paid 17.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 26.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +43.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 28.7 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.3%, paid monthly.
XLUI
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XLUI paid 14.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.6%. Utilities sector (XLU) returned +1.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.6 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.9%, paid monthly. State Street estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.
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