Which paid more, XBTY or YBTC?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XBTY paid 40.3% of its starting price in cash and YBTC paid 28.3%, so XBTY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, XBTY or YBTC?

With every distribution reinvested, XBTY returned −25.3% and YBTC −23.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, XBTY or YBTC?

XBTY charges 1.18% a year and YBTC charges 0.95%, so YBTC is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

XBTY vs YBTC: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XBTY paid 40.3% of its price in cash against YBTC’s 28.3%, though YBTC returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $8.8m on Nov 3, 2026 for GraniteShares YieldBOOST Bitcoin ETF, and $136m on Nov 4, 2026 for Roundhill Bitcoin Covered Call Strategy ETF.

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At a glance

40.3%

XBTY cash paid, 1 year

28.3%

YBTC cash paid, 1 year

−25.3%

XBTY total return, 1 year

−23.7%

YBTC total return, 1 year

XBTY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.8 pts behind Bitcoin

XBTY

−25.3%

Bitcoin

−20.5%

4.8 pts behind Bitcoin

XBTY over 1 year: paid 40.3%, price −62.5%, total −25.3%, Bitcoin −20.5%, −4.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Bitcoin

−20.5%

XBTY

−25.3%

4.8 pts behind Bitcoin

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.8 pts behind Bitcoin

XBTY over 1 year: paid 40.3%, price −62.5%, total −25.3%, Bitcoin −20.5%, −4.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Bitcoin

−20.5%

XBTY

−25.3%

4.8 pts behind Bitcoin

40.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. XBTY over 1 year: paid 40.3%, price −62.5%, total −25.3%, Bitcoin −20.5%, −4.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YBTC · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 3.2 pts behind Bitcoin

YBTC

−23.7%

Bitcoin

−20.5%

3.2 pts behind Bitcoin

YBTC over 1 year: paid 28.3%, price −50.3%, total −23.7%, Bitcoin −20.5%, −3.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Bitcoin

−20.5%

YBTC

−23.7%

3.2 pts behind Bitcoin

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.2 pts behind Bitcoin

YBTC over 1 year: paid 28.3%, price −50.3%, total −23.7%, Bitcoin −20.5%, −3.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Bitcoin

−20.5%

YBTC

−23.7%

3.2 pts behind Bitcoin

28.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YBTC over 1 year: paid 28.3%, price −50.3%, total −23.7%, Bitcoin −20.5%, −3.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

YBTC costs 0.23 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.6 points; YBTC is 15.1 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

XBTY vs YBTC: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	XBTY	YBTC
Paid and earned
Measure	XBTY	YBTC
Total return, 1 year	−25.3%	−23.7%
Price change, 1 year	fell 62.5%	fell 50.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	93% of the Sep 22, 2026 payment	100% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	XBTY	YBTC
Benchmark	Bitcoin (BTC-USD)	Bitcoin (BTC-USD)
Cost and size
Measure	XBTY	YBTC
Expense ratio	1.18%	0.95%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$8.8m	$133m
Holdings
Measure	XBTY	YBTC
Holdings in common	0%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · XBTY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score7.5XBTY5.1YBTC

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

XBTY 7.5

YBTC 5.1

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

Risk and return

May 23, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 75 weekly returns

XBTY YBTC

Return

Total return edge YBTC −37.6% −32.2%

Annualized edge YBTC −27.9% −23.6%

Price return edge YBTC −79.7% −63.2%

Risk

Volatility edge XBTY 22.9% 34.0%

Max drawdown edge Tie −48.6% −48.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge YBTC −1.48 −0.73

Sortino edge YBTC −1.64 −0.86

Calmar edge YBTC −0.57 −0.49

Reading

From May 2025 to Oct 2026, YBTC returned more: −32.2% to −37.6%. XBTY swung less: 22.9% to 34.0%. XBTY and YBTC fell about the same at their worst: −48.6% and −48.3%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: XBTY vs YBTC: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	XBTY	YBTC	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	−37.6%	−32.2%	YBTC	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	−27.9%	−23.6%	YBTC	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−79.7%	−63.2%	YBTC	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	22.9%	34.0%	XBTY	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	20.6%	28.7%	XBTY	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−48.6%	−48.3%	Tie	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	−1.48	−0.73	YBTC	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	−1.64	−0.86	YBTC	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	−0.57	−0.49	YBTC	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 75 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

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

50%

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first XBTY YBTC

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Only in XBTY

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IBIT 11/20/2026 46.03 C 2.42%

IBIT 11/06/2026 45.65 C -0.92%

IBIT 11/20/2026 46.03 P -3.58%

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Side by side

XBTY GraniteShares YieldBOOST Bitcoin ETF · Synthetic covered call on Bitcoin, paying weekly YBTC Roundhill Bitcoin Covered Call Strategy ETF · Covered call on Bitcoin, paying weekly

Issuer GraniteShares Roundhill

Strategy synthetic covered call covered call

Benchmark Bitcoin (BTC-USD) Bitcoin (BTC-USD)

Pays weekly weekly

Payout rate, annualized 29.7% 35.9%

Expense ratio 1.18% 0.95%

Cash paid, 1 year 40.3% 28.3%

Price change, 1 year −62.5% −50.3%

Total return, 1 year −25.3% −23.7%

Benchmark return, 1 year −20.5% −20.5%

Ahead or behind −4.8 pts −3.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 93% 100%

Age 1.5 years 2.8 years

Net assets, XBTY as of Nov 3, 2026 and YBTC as of Nov 4, 2026 $8.8m $136m

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: XBTY vs YBTC: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	XBTY	YBTC	XBTY	YBTC	XBTY	YBTC
3 months	+7.0%	+9.0%	7.6%	7.7%	−16.5 pts	−14.5 pts
6 months	−4.7%	−8.6%	16.0%	12.7%	−3.0 pts	−6.9 pts
1 year	−25.3%	−23.7%	40.3%	28.3%	−4.8 pts	−3.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: XBTY May 2025 · YBTC Jan 2024	−33.6%	+29.3%	60.8%	103.1%	−9.9 pts	−67.4 pts

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Client brief

No client brief for this pair: the two funds' holdings are dated 127 days apart.

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About each fund

XBTY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XBTY paid 40.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 62.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −25.3%. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) returned −20.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 29.7%, paid weekly. GraniteShares estimates that 93% of the distribution paid Sep 22, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

YBTC

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YBTC paid 28.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 50.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −23.7%. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) returned −20.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 35.9%, paid weekly. Roundhill 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, XBTY or YBTC?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XBTY paid 40.3% of its starting price in cash and YBTC paid 28.3%, so XBTY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, XBTY or YBTC?: With every distribution reinvested, XBTY returned −25.3% and YBTC −23.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, XBTY or YBTC?: XBTY charges 1.18% a year and YBTC charges 0.95%, so YBTC is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

XBTY on its own →YBTC on its own →XBTY dividend history →YBTC dividend history →YBTC holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

XBTY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XBTY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XBTY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

GraniteShares page for XBTY ↗

YBTC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

YBTC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

YBTC 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Roundhill page for YBTC ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

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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