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SPIN vs YYY: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year YYY paid 12.1% of its price in cash against SPIN’s 5.2%, though SPIN returned more with it reinvested.

State Street(R) US Equity Premium Income ETF and Amplify CEF High Income ETF.

5.2%SPIN cash paid, 1 year
12.1%YYY cash paid, 1 year
+11.3%SPIN total return, 1 year
+3.4%YYY total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: SPIN scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

SPIN 61.9YYY 22.33.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

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

SPIN5.2 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%SPIN+11.3%5.2% of it arrived as cash5.2 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%SPIN+11.3%5.2 pts behind SPY
YYY13.2 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%YYY+3.4%12.1% as cash13.2 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%YYY+3.4%13.2 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SPIN and YYY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in SPINOnly in YYY
NVIDIA CORP 9.87%abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund 3.61%
MICROSOFT CORP 7.06%BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust 3.33%
APPLE INC 6.03%Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp 3.32%
ALPHABET INC CL A 5.65%Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund/Closed-end Fund 3.30%
AMAZON.COM INC 4.87%PIMCO High Income Fund 3.04%
BROADCOM INC 3.23%Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 2.98%
META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 3.14%Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund 2.66%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.91%Western Asset Diversified Income Fund 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 Sep 18, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

SPIN and YYY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
SPINYYYSPINYYYSPINYYY
3 months+3.7%−2.5%0.8%3.1%+1.4 pts−4.8 pts
6 months+12.3%+4.7%3.2%6.5%−5.8 pts−13.3 pts
1 year+11.3%+3.4%5.2%12.1%−5.2 pts−13.2 pts
3 yearsnot published+37.1%not published37.7%not published−41.3 pts
Since launch+28.5%+117.8%15.2%112.4%−13.7 pts−519.1 pts
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SPIN and YYY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
SPIN
State Street(R) US Equity Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
YYY
Amplify CEF High Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerState StreetAmplify
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY), used as the proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized2.7%13.3%
Expense ratio0.25%3.23%
Cash paid, 1 year5.2%12.1%
Price change, 1 year+5.8%−8.8%
Total return, 1 year+11.3%+3.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−5.2 pts−13.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age743 days5211 days
Net assets$48m$702m

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.

YYY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, YYY paid 12.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.4%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as the proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 13.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.3%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, SPIN or YYY?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SPIN paid 5.2% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.1%, so YYY 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 YYY?
With every distribution reinvested, SPIN returned +11.3% and YYY returned +3.4% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so SPIN returned more.
Which is cheaper, SPIN or YYY?
SPIN charges 0.25% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so SPIN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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SPIN against YYY, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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