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VAIE vs WDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return

VAIE and WDTE both write options for income. Net assets on Oct 19, 2026: $67m for VegaShares US Equity Autocallable Income ETF and $72m for Defiance S&P 500 Weekly Distribution ETF.

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VAIE costs 0.29 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

VAIE vs WDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
VAIEWDTE
Expense ratio0.74%1.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 19, 2026$67m$72m
Total return, 1 yearnot published+15.6%
Benchmarknot publishedS&P 500, measured through SPY
Holdings in commonnot published
Price changefell 3.6% (since May 12, 2026)fell 14.8% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 16, 2026 payment
6.8%
VAIE cash paid, since launch, May 12, 2026
27.9%
WDTE cash paid, 1 year
+3.3%
VAIE total return, since launch, May 12, 2026
+15.6%
WDTE total return, 1 year

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VAIE · since launch to Oct 20, 2026Not measured
VAIE
+3.3%
none

Not measured

VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

VAIE

+3.3%

6.8% as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

VAIE

+3.3%

6.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

WDTE · 1 year to Oct 20, 2026About even with SPY
WDTE
+15.6%
SPY
+15.8%

About even with SPY

WDTE over 1 year: paid 27.9%, price −14.8%, total +15.6%, SPY +15.8%, −0.2 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

SPY

+15.8%

WDTE

+15.6%

27.9% of it arrived as cash

about even with SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with SPY

WDTE over 1 year: paid 27.9%, price −14.8%, total +15.6%, SPY +15.8%, −0.2 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

SPY

+15.8%

WDTE

+15.6%

27.9% as cash

about even with 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 −14.8%, total +15.6%, SPY +15.8%, −0.2 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

Performance, window by window

Performance, window by window: VAIE vs WDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowVAIEWDTEVAIEWDTEVAIEWDTE
3 months+2.5%+3.7%4.1%7.4%not measured+0.7 pts
6 months–+9.5%–14.8%–−0.3 pts
1 year–+15.6%–27.9%–−0.2 pts
3 years–+54.0%–79.9%–−35.3 pts
Since launch
Not the same days: VAIE May 2026 · WDTE Sep 2023
+3.3%+50.5%6.8%79.0%not measured−29.6 pts

Source: ETFIQ. – means no data for this window, usually because the fund is younger than it. Open this comparison in the app →

On the same fields

VAIE
VegaShares US Equity Autocallable Income ETF · Autocallable, paying weekly
WDTE
Defiance S&P 500 Weekly Distribution ETF · Option income on SPY, paying weekly
Issuer VegaShares Defiance
Strategy autocallable option income
Benchmark none S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays weekly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 16.8% 30.6%
Expense ratio 0.74% 1.03%
Cash paid, 1 year 6.8% (since launch, May 12, 2026) 27.9%
Price change, 1 year −3.6% (since launch, May 12, 2026) −14.8%
Total return, 1 year +3.3% (since launch, May 12, 2026) +15.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year not published +15.8%
Ahead or behind not available −0.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 100%
Age 161 days 3.1 years
Net assets, as of Oct 19, 2026 $67m $72m

As of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid is what the fund distributed over the window, as a share of its price at the start. Payout rate is its latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

About VAIE

Over the period from its first trade on May 12, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026, VAIE paid 6.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.3%. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 16.8%, paid weekly.

About WDTE

Over the year to Oct 20, 2026, WDTE paid 27.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 14.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +15.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 30.6%, paid weekly. Defiance estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 16, 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, VAIE or WDTE?
VAIE charges 0.74% a year and WDTE charges 1.03%, so VAIE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
VAIE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VAIE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗VegaShares page for VAIE ↗WDTE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗WDTE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗WDTE 19a-1 distribution notice ↗Defiance page for WDTE ↗

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How this is computed

Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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