Data as of .
SPIN vs YLDE: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year YLDE paid 7.6% of its price in cash against SPIN’s 5.2%, though SPIN returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: SPIN scores higher
Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?
A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, SPIN and YLDE hold 29% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | SPIN | YLDE |
|---|---|---|
| ALPHABET INC CL A | 5.65% | 3.60% |
| NVIDIA CORP | 9.87% | 3.03% |
| MICROSOFT CORP | 7.06% | 2.67% |
| BROADCOM INC | 3.23% | 2.25% |
| JPMORGAN CHASE + CO | 2.09% | 2.51% |
| EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP | 2.07% | 4.05% |
| APPLE INC | 6.03% | 1.91% |
| META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A | 3.14% | 1.63% |
| VISA INC CLASS A SHARES | 1.47% | 1.83% |
| HOME DEPOT INC | 1.23% | 1.39% |
| JOHNSON + JOHNSON | 1.02% | 1.99% |
| LINDE PLC | 0.95% | 1.56% |
| Only in SPIN | Only in YLDE |
|---|---|
| AMAZON.COM INC 4.87% | WILLIAMS COMPANIES INC (THE) 4.63% |
| MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.91% | NESTLE' SA/AG 2.94% |
| ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 2.61% | AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC 2.83% |
| ELI LILLY + CO 2.00% | APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT INC 2.78% |
| APPLIED MATERIALS INC 1.52% | UNILEVER PLC 2.64% |
| AMPHENOL CORP CL A 1.28% | PUBLIC STORAGE 2.59% |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP 1.25% | OTIS WORLDWIDE CORP 2.49% |
| EMERSON ELECTRIC CO 1.20% | UNION PACIFIC CORP 2.45% |
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPIN | YLDE | SPIN | YLDE | SPIN | YLDE | |
| 3 months | +3.7% | +2.5% | 0.8% | 2.3% | +1.4 pts | +0.3 pts |
| 6 months | +12.3% | +8.4% | 3.2% | 4.1% | −5.8 pts | −9.6 pts |
| 1 year | +11.3% | +10.5% | 5.2% | 7.6% | −5.2 pts | −6.0 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +51.1% | not published | 16.8% | not published | −27.3 pts |
| Since launch | +28.5% | +181.4% | 15.2% | 42.1% | −13.7 pts | −86.6 pts |
| SPIN State Street(R) US Equity Premium Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | YLDE Franklin ClearBridge Enhanced Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | State Street | Franklin |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 2.7% | 7.0% |
| Expense ratio | 0.25% | 0.48% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 5.2% | 7.6% |
| Price change, 1 year | +5.8% | +2.6% |
| Total return, 1 year | +11.3% | +10.5% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | −5.2 pts | −6.0 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 743 days | 3405 days |
| Net assets | $48m | $170m |
SPIN in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SPIN paid 5.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 2.7%, paid monthly.
YLDE in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, YLDE paid 7.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.0%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, SPIN or YLDE?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SPIN paid 5.2% of its starting price in cash and YLDE paid 7.6%, 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, SPIN or YLDE?
- With every distribution reinvested, SPIN returned +11.3% and YLDE returned +10.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so SPIN returned more.
- Which is cheaper, SPIN or YLDE?
- SPIN charges 0.25% a year and YLDE charges 0.48%, so SPIN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, SPIN against YLDE, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/spin-vs-ylde Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.