Which paid more, XLBI or XLVI?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XLBI paid 15.9% of its starting price in cash and XLVI paid 13.0%, so XLBI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, XLBI or XLVI?

With every distribution reinvested, XLBI returned +18.5% and XLVI +20.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, XLBI or XLVI?

XLBI and XLVI both charge 0.35% a year, so neither is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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XLBI vs XLVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XLBI paid 15.9% of its price in cash against XLVI’s 13.0%, though XLVI returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $9.4m on Nov 2, 2026 for State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF, and $38m on Nov 3, 2026 for State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF.

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At a glance

15.9%

XLBI cash paid, 1 year

13.0%

XLVI cash paid, 1 year

+18.5%

XLBI total return, 1 year

+20.7%

XLVI total return, 1 year

XLBI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 11 pts behind XLB

XLBI

+18.5%

XLB

+29.5%

11 pts behind XLB

XLBI over 1 year: paid 15.9%, price +1.6%, total +18.5%, XLB +29.5%, −11.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XLB

+29.5%

XLBI

+18.5%

15.9% of it arrived as cash

11 pts behind XLB

Total return, distributions reinvested

11 pts behind XLB

XLBI over 1 year: paid 15.9%, price +1.6%, total +18.5%, XLB +29.5%, −11.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XLB

+29.5%

XLBI

+18.5%

11 pts behind XLB

15.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. XLBI over 1 year: paid 15.9%, price +1.6%, total +18.5%, XLB +29.5%, −11.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XLVI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 12.2 pts behind XLV

XLVI

+20.7%

XLV

+32.9%

12.2 pts behind XLV

XLVI over 1 year: paid 13.0%, price +6.1%, total +20.7%, XLV +32.9%, −12.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XLV

+32.9%

XLVI

+20.7%

13.0% of it arrived as cash

12.2 pts behind XLV

Total return, distributions reinvested

12.2 pts behind XLV

XLVI over 1 year: paid 13.0%, price +6.1%, total +20.7%, XLV +32.9%, −12.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XLV

+32.9%

XLVI

+20.7%

12.2 pts behind XLV

13.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +32.9%. XLVI over 1 year: paid 13.0%, price +6.1%, total +20.7%, XLV +32.9%, −12.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +32.9%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.35% a year; their one-year returns differ by 2.2 points; XLVI is 3.9 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

XLBI vs XLVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	XLBI	XLVI
Paid and earned
Measure	XLBI	XLVI
Total return, 1 year	+18.5%	+20.7%
Price change, 1 year	rose 1.6%	rose 6.1%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	100% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	XLBI	XLVI
Benchmark	Materials, measured through XLB	Health care sector, measured through XLV
Against its benchmark, same days	behind by 11.0 pts	behind by 12.2 pts
Cost and size
Measure	XLBI	XLVI
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$9.8m	$38m
Holdings
Measure	XLBI	XLVI
Holdings in common	0%

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

IQ Income Score69.2XLBI79.3XLVI

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

XLBI 69.2

XLVI 79.3

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

Aug 8, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 64 weekly returns

XLBI XLVI

Return

Total return edge XLVI +16.2% +32.2%

Annualized edge XLVI +13.0% +25.5%

Price return edge XLVI −2.7% +13.5%

Risk

Volatility edge XLVI 12.5% 10.8%

Max drawdown edge XLVI −10.6% −8.1%

Downside capture 78.2% 70.5%

Beta 0.72 0.60

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge XLVI 0.74 1.80

Sortino edge XLVI 1.01 2.93

Treynor 0.128 0.325

Calmar edge XLVI 1.22 3.13

Against the benchmark

Alpha −0.7% a year +2.8% a year

Alpha t-stat −0.19 0.75

Information ratio −0.75 −1.07

Tracking error 6.1% 7.8%

Each against its own benchmark: XLBI against XLB, Aug 8, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026; XLVI against XLV, Aug 8, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Aug 2025 to Oct 2026, XLVI returned more: +32.2% to +16.2%. XLVI swung less: 10.8% to 12.5%. XLVI fell less at its worst: −8.1% to −10.6%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: XLBI vs XLVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	XLBI	XLVI	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+16.2%	+32.2%	XLVI	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+13.0%	+25.5%	XLVI	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−2.7%	+13.5%	XLVI	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	12.5%	10.8%	XLVI	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	9.1%	6.7%	XLVI	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−10.6%	−8.1%	XLVI	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	61.0%	56.2%		Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	78.2%	70.5%		Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	0.72	0.60	Not an edge	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.90	0.86	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.74	1.80	XLVI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.01	2.93	XLVI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.128	0.325		Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	1.22	3.13	XLVI	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	XLB	XLV		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	−0.7% a year	+2.8% a year	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	−0.19	0.75	Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−7.9% to +6.6%	−4.6% to +10.2%	Includes zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	−0.75	−1.07		Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	6.1%	7.8%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 64 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, XLBI and XLVI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first XLBI XLVI

Only in one fund ↓

Only in XLBI

STATE STREET MATERIALS SELECT 103.82%

STATE STREET MATERIALS SELECT NOV26 55 CALL -0.03%

STATE STREET MATERIALS SELECT NOV26 53 CALL -0.19%

STATE STREET MATERIALS SELECT NOV26 51 CALL -3.71%

Only in XLVI

STATE STREET HEALTH CARE SELEC 103.76%

STATE STREET HEALTH CARE SELEC NOV26 183 CALL -0.03%

STATE STREET HEALTH CARE SELEC NOV26 189 CALL -0.04%

STATE STREET HEALTH CARE SELEC NOV26 181 CALL -0.04%

STATE STREET HEALTH CARE SELEC NOV26 185 CALL -0.17%

STATE STREET HEALTH CARE SELEC NOV26 175 CALL -0.19%

STATE STREET HEALTH CARE SELEC NOV26 179 CALL -3.29%

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Side by side

XLBI State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF · Covered call on XLB, paying monthly XLVI State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF · Covered call on XLV, paying monthly

Issuer State Street State Street

Strategy covered call covered call

Benchmark Materials (XLB) Health care sector (XLV)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 17.2% 14.0%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.35%

Cash paid, 1 year 15.9% 13.0%

Price change, 1 year +1.6% +6.1%

Total return, 1 year +18.5% +20.7%

Benchmark return, 1 year +29.5% +32.9%

Ahead or behind −11.0 pts −12.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 100%

Age 1.3 years 1.3 years

Net assets, XLBI as of Nov 2, 2026 and XLVI as of Nov 3, 2026 $9.4m $38m

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: XLBI vs XLVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	XLBI	XLVI	XLBI	XLVI	XLBI	XLVI
3 months	+0.8%	+6.8%	3.6%	3.5%	−2.0 pts	−9.2 pts
6 months	+3.4%	+18.1%	6.7%	6.5%	−0.3 pts	−13.4 pts
1 year	+18.5%	+20.7%	15.9%	13.0%	−11.0 pts	−12.2 pts
Since launchXLBI Jul 2025 · XLVI Jul 2025	+16.4%	+29.9%	18.9%	17.2%	−7.7 pts	−14.4 pts

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About each fund

XLBI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XLBI paid 15.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.5%. Materials (XLB) returned +29.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 11.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 17.2%, paid monthly. State Street estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

XLVI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XLVI paid 13.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +20.7%. Health care sector (XLV) returned +32.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 12.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.0%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, XLBI or XLVI?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XLBI paid 15.9% of its starting price in cash and XLVI paid 13.0%, so XLBI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, XLBI or XLVI?: With every distribution reinvested, XLBI returned +18.5% and XLVI +20.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, XLBI or XLVI?: XLBI and XLVI both charge 0.35% a year, so neither is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

Materials (XLB) →Health care sector (XLV) →XLBI on its own →XLVI on its own →XLBI dividend history →XLBI holdings →XLVI dividend history →XLVI holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

XLBI and XLVI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLBI and XLVI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XLBI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

State Street website ↗

XLVI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

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How this is computed

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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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