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TCAL vs VOOY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Net assets: $324m on Nov 3, 2026 for T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Premium Income ETF, beside XFUNDS Large Cap Income ETF.

At a glance
11.4%
TCAL cash paid, 1 year
1.5%
VOOY cash paid, since launch, Sep 2, 2026
+11.2%
TCAL total return, 1 year
+0.3%
VOOY total return, since launch, Sep 2, 2026
TCAL · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 3.4 pts behind its own stocks
TCAL
+11.2%
Own
+14.6%

3.4 pts behind its own stocks

TCAL over 1 year: paid 11.4%, price −1.2%, total +11.2%, its own stocks +14.6%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own stocks

+14.6%

TCAL

+11.2%

11.4% of it arrived as cash

3.4 pts behind its own stocks

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.4 pts behind its own stocks

TCAL over 1 year: paid 11.4%, price −1.2%, total +11.2%, its own stocks +14.6%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own stocks

+14.6%

TCAL

+11.2%

11.4% as cash

11.4% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. TCAL over 1 year: paid 11.4%, price −1.2%, total +11.2%, its own stocks +14.6%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
VOOY · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured
VOOY
+0.3%
none

Not measured

VOOY since launch: paid 1.5%, price −1.2%, total +0.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOOY

+0.3%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

VOOY since launch: paid 1.5%, price −1.2%, total +0.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOOY

+0.3%

1.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. VOOY since launch: paid 1.5%, price −1.2%, total +0.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

TCAL costs 0.41 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

TCAL vs VOOY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureTCALVOOY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+11.2%not published
Price changefell 1.2% (1 year)fell 1.2% (since Sep 2, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate26% of the Oct 7, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Benchmarkits own stocksnot published
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.34%0.75%
Net assets$324mnot read by ETFIQ
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published

Method

Side by side

TCAL T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Premium Income ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly VOOY XFUNDS Large Cap Income ETF · Option income
Strategy covered call option income
Benchmark TCAL's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026) none
Pays monthly not established
Payout rate, annualized 13.0% 9.1%
Expense ratio 0.34% 0.75%
Cash paid, 1 year 11.4% 1.5% (since launch, Sep 2, 2026)
Price change, 1 year −1.2% −1.2% (since launch, Sep 2, 2026)
Total return, 1 year +11.2% +0.3% (since launch, Sep 2, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.6% not published
Ahead or behind −3.4 pts not available
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 26%
Age 1.6 years 63 days
Net assets $324m not read by ETFIQ

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: TCAL vs VOOY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowTCALVOOYTCALVOOYTCALVOOY
3 months+5.3%–2.6%–−1.8 pts–
6 months+12.3%–6.3%–−0.9 pts–
1 year+11.2%–11.4%–−3.5 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: TCAL Mar 2025 · VOOY Sep 2026+12.0%+0.3%16.9%1.5%not measurednot measured

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About each fund
TCAL

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TCAL paid 11.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.2%. TCAL's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026) returned +14.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.0%, paid monthly.

VOOY

Over the period from its first trade on Sep 2, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, VOOY paid 1.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.3%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.1%, paid periodically. XFUNDS estimates that 26% of the distribution paid Oct 7, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, TCAL or VOOY?
TCAL charges 0.34% a year and VOOY charges 0.75%, so TCAL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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