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TSPY vs ULTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, ULTY paid 46.0% of its price in cash against TSPY’s 14.0%, though TSPY returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $311m on Jun 30, 2026 for TappAlpha S&P 500 Growth & Daily Income ETF, and $576m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF.

At a glance
14.0%
TSPY cash paid, 1 year
46.0%
ULTY cash paid, 1 year
+13.3%
TSPY total return, 1 year
−12.4%
ULTY total return, 1 year
TSPY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.5 pts behind VOO
TSPY
+13.3%
VOO
+14.8%

1.5 pts behind VOO

TSPY over 1 year: paid 14.0%, price −1.6%, total +13.3%, VOO +14.8%, −1.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

TSPY

+13.3%

14.0% of it arrived as cash

1.5 pts behind VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.5 pts behind VOO

TSPY over 1 year: paid 14.0%, price −1.6%, total +13.3%, VOO +14.8%, −1.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

TSPY

+13.3%

1.5 pts behind VOO

14.0% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. TSPY over 1 year: paid 14.0%, price −1.6%, total +13.3%, VOO +14.8%, −1.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
ULTY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.4 pts ahead of its own holdings
ULTY
−12.4%
Own
−16.8%

4.4 pts ahead of its own holdings

ULTY over 1 year: paid 46.0%, price −55.5%, total −12.4%, its own holdings −16.8%, +4.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

−16.8%

ULTY

−12.4%

4.4 pts ahead of its own holdings

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.4 pts ahead of its own holdings

ULTY over 1 year: paid 46.0%, price −55.5%, total −12.4%, its own holdings −16.8%, +4.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

−16.8%

ULTY

−12.4%

46.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. ULTY over 1 year: paid 46.0%, price −55.5%, total −12.4%, its own holdings −16.8%, +4.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

TSPY costs 0.62 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 25.7 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

TSPY vs ULTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureTSPYULTY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+13.3%−12.4%
Price change, 1 yearfell 1.6%fell 55.5%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Nov 4, 2026 payment100% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOOits own holdings
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.68%1.30%
Net assets, TSPY as of Jun 30, 2026 and ULTY as of Nov 3, 2026$311m$576m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · TSPY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score53.6TSPY12.9ULTY

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

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

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 →

Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, TSPY and ULTY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first TSPY ULTY
Only in one fund ↓
Only in TSPY
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.57%
Only in ULTY
Analog Devices Inc 5.67%
Alphabet Inc 5.03%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 4.83%
MercadoLibre Inc 4.75%
Shopify Inc 4.74%
Space Exploration Technologies Corp 4.68%
VanEck Gold Miners ETF 4.60%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 4.02%
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Side by side

TSPY TappAlpha S&P 500 Growth & Daily Income ETF · Option income on VOO, paying monthly ULTY YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on its own holdings, paying weekly
Strategy option income synthetic covered call
Benchmark Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) ULTY's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026)
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 14.3% 60.9%
Expense ratio 0.68% 1.30%
Cash paid, 1 year 14.0% 46.0%
Price change, 1 year −1.6% −55.5%
Total return, 1 year +13.3% −12.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% −16.8%
Ahead or behind −1.5 pts +4.4 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 100%
Age 2.2 years 2.7 years
Net assets, TSPY as of Jun 30, 2026 and ULTY as of Nov 3, 2026 $311m $576m

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: TSPY vs ULTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowTSPYULTYTSPYULTYTSPYULTY
3 months+0.7%−8.3%3.5%14.3%+0.8 pts+3.4 pts
6 months+5.2%−9.9%7.0%26.6%+0.2 pts+1.6 pts
1 year+13.3%−12.4%14.0%46.0%−1.5 pts+4.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: TSPY Aug 2024 · ULTY Feb 2024+38.7%−1.9%31.2%87.9%−3.7 ptsnot measured

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About each fund
TSPY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TSPY paid 14.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.3%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.3%, paid monthly. TappAlpha estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Nov 4, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

ULTY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, ULTY paid 46.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 55.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −12.4%. ULTY's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026) returned −16.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 60.9%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, TSPY or ULTY?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TSPY paid 14.0% of its starting price in cash and ULTY paid 46.0%, so ULTY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, TSPY or ULTY?
With every distribution reinvested, TSPY returned +13.3% and ULTY −12.4% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, TSPY or ULTY?
TSPY charges 0.68% a year and ULTY charges 1.30%, so TSPY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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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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