Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
SPYI vs WDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, WDTE paid 27.9% of its price in cash against SPYI’s 12.1% and the two finished level on total return.
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Net assets: $12.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF, and $69m on Nov 3, 2026 for Defiance S&P 500 Weekly Distribution ETF.
0.8 pts behind SPY
SPYI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +1.1%, total +14.0%, SPY +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPY
+14.8%
SPYI
+14.0%
12.1% of it arrived as cash
0.8 pts behind SPY
Total return, distributions reinvested
0.8 pts behind SPY
SPYI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +1.1%, total +14.0%, SPY +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPY
+14.8%
SPYI
+14.0%
12.1% as cash
0.8 pts behind SPY
12.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. SPYI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +1.1%, total +14.0%, SPY +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.0.7 pts behind SPY
WDTE over 1 year: paid 27.9%, price −15.9%, total +14.1%, SPY +14.8%, −0.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPY
+14.8%
WDTE
+14.1%
27.9% of it arrived as cash
0.7 pts behind SPY
Total return, distributions reinvested
0.7 pts behind SPY
WDTE over 1 year: paid 27.9%, price −15.9%, total +14.1%, SPY +14.8%, −0.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPY
+14.8%
WDTE
+14.1%
27.9% as cash
0.7 pts behind SPY
27.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. WDTE over 1 year: paid 27.9%, price −15.9%, total +14.1%, SPY +14.8%, −0.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
SPYI costs 0.35 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.1 points; SPYI is far larger, $12.7bn against $71m.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | SPYI | WDTE |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +14.0% | +14.1% |
| Price change, 1 year | rose 1.1% | fell 15.9% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 99% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment | 100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | S&P 500, measured through SPY | S&P 500, measured through SPY |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.68% | 1.03% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 28, 2026 | $12.7bn | $71m |
| 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 →
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, SPYI and WDTE 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 | SPYI | WDTE | SPYI | WDTE | SPYI | WDTE |
| 3 months | +1.1% | −0.4% | 2.9% | 7.3% | +1.3 pts | −0.2 pts |
| 6 months | +5.8% | +4.6% | 6.0% | 14.4% | +0.7 pts | −0.4 pts |
| 1 year | +14.0% | +14.1% | 12.1% | 27.9% | −0.8 pts | −0.7 pts |
| 3 years | +62.0% | +50.8% | 39.3% | 78.5% | −20.9 pts | −32.1 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: SPYI Aug 2022 · WDTE Sep 2023 | +78.5% | +49.2% | 51.3% | 79.5% | −25.2 pts | −30.4 pts |
SPYI
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SPYI paid 12.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.0%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.5%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Oct 23, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
WDTE
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, WDTE paid 27.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 15.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.7 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 30.3%, paid weekly. Defiance estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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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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