Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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TPAY vs XPAY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Net assets on Nov 4, 2026: $2.1m for Roundhill S&P 500 Target 10 Managed Distribution ETF and $187m for Roundhill S&P 500 Target 20 Managed Distribution ETF.

At a glance
6.6%
TPAY cash paid, since launch, Feb 18, 2026
19.7%
XPAY cash paid, 1 year
+11.6%
TPAY total return, since launch, Feb 18, 2026
+14.0%
XPAY total return, 1 year
TPAY · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 1 pt behind VOO
TPAY
+11.6%
VOO
+12.6%

1 pt behind VOO

TPAY since launch: paid 6.6%, price +4.6%, total +11.6%, VOO +12.6%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+12.6%

TPAY

+11.6%

6.6% of it arrived as cash

1 pt behind VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

1 pt behind VOO

TPAY since launch: paid 6.6%, price +4.6%, total +11.6%, VOO +12.6%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+12.6%

TPAY

+11.6%

1 pt behind VOO

6.6% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. TPAY since launch: paid 6.6%, price +4.6%, total +11.6%, VOO +12.6%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
XPAY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.8 pts behind VOO
XPAY
+14.0%
VOO
+14.8%

0.8 pts behind VOO

XPAY over 1 year: paid 19.7%, price −7.2%, total +14.0%, VOO +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

XPAY

+14.0%

19.7% of it arrived as cash

0.8 pts behind VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.8 pts behind VOO

XPAY over 1 year: paid 19.7%, price −7.2%, total +14.0%, VOO +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

XPAY

+14.0%

19.7% as cash

0.8 pts behind VOO

19.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XPAY over 1 year: paid 19.7%, price −7.2%, total +14.0%, VOO +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.49% a year; XPAY is far larger, $187m against $2.1m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

TPAY vs XPAY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureTPAYXPAY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 yearnot published+14.0%
Price changerose 4.6% (since Feb 18, 2026)fell 7.2% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 15, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOOVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Against its benchmark, same daysbehind by 1.0 ptsbehind by 0.8 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.49%0.49%
Net assets$2.1m$187m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%

Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, TPAY and XPAY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first TPAY XPAY
Only in one fund ↓
Only in TPAY
SPY 03/12/2027 33.67 C 44.68%
SPY 04/16/2027 33.18 C 44.62%
SPYM 03/12/2027 3.33 C 6.11%
Only in XPAY
SPY 12/10/2027 38.04 C 94.39%
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Side by side

TPAY Roundhill S&P 500 Target 10 Managed Distribution ETF · Option income on VOO, paying monthly XPAY Roundhill S&P 500 Target 20 Managed Distribution ETF · Option income on VOO, paying monthly
Strategy option income option income
Benchmark Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 9.5% 21.1%
Expense ratio 0.49% 0.49%
Cash paid, 1 year 6.6% (since launch, Feb 18, 2026) 19.7%
Price change, 1 year +4.6% (since launch, Feb 18, 2026) −7.2%
Total return, 1 year +11.6% (since launch, Feb 18, 2026) +14.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year +12.6% (since launch, Feb 18, 2026) +14.8%
Ahead or behind −1.0 pts (since launch, Feb 18, 2026) −0.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 100%
Age 259 days 2.0 years
Net assets $2.1m $187m

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: TPAY vs XPAY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowTPAYXPAYTPAYXPAYTPAYXPAY
3 months−0.8%−0.3%2.3%5.0%−0.7 pts−0.2 pts
6 months+4.2%+4.9%4.7%10.0%−0.8 pts−0.1 pts
1 year–+14.0%–19.7%–−0.9 pts
Since launchNot the same days: TPAY Feb 2026 · XPAY Oct 2024+11.6%+35.6%6.6%39.0%−1.1 pts−2.6 pts

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About each fund
TPAY

Over the period from its first trade on Feb 18, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, TPAY paid 6.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.6%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +12.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.5%, paid monthly. Roundhill estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 15, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

XPAY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XPAY paid 19.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 7.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.0%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) 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 21.1%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

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