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XLVI vs YRAM: which paid, and which earned it?

XLVI and YRAM both write options for income.

State Street(R) Health Care Select Sector SPDR(R) Premium Income ETF and YieldMax Memory and Storage Portfolio Option Income ETF.

13.0%XLVI cash paid, 1 year
1.6%YRAM cash paid, 1 year
+17.9%XLVI total return, 1 year
+6.1%YRAM total return, 1 year
XLVI6.7 pts behind XLV · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
XLV+24.6%XLVI+17.9%13.0% of it arrived as cash6.7 pts behind XLVTotal return, distributions reinvestedXLV+24.6%XLVI+17.9%6.7 pts behind XLV
YRAM3 pts ahead of SMH · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SMH+3.1%YRAM+6.1%3 pts ahead of SMHTotal return, distributions reinvestedSMH+3.1%YRAM+6.1%3 pts ahead of SMH

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, XLVI and YRAM hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in XLVIOnly in YRAM
STATE STREET HEALTH CARE SELEC 100.46%First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/2031 43.96%
SSI US GOV MONEY MARKET CLASS 0.40%Micron Technology Inc 17.72%
STATE STREET HEALTH CARE SELEC OCT26 173 CALL -0.02%Sandisk Corp 7.60%
STATE STREET HEALTH CARE SELEC OCT26 170 CALL -0.04%Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 6.80%
STATE STREET HEALTH CARE SELEC OCT26 172 CALL -0.80%Western Digital Corp 6.44%
DRAM 10/16/2026 55.01 C 5.07%
Silicon Motion Technology Corp 3.55%
SKHY 10/16/2026 155.01 C 3.38%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 18, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

XLVI and YRAM over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
XLVIYRAMXLVIYRAMXLVIYRAM
3 months+6.9%not published3.1%not published−6.3 ptsnot published
6 months+12.2%not published6.4%not published−4.6 ptsnot published
1 year+17.9%not published13.0%not published−6.7 ptsnot published
Since launch+21.1%+6.1%14.7%1.6%−6.5 pts+3.0 pts
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XLVI and YRAM on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
XLVI
State Street(R) Health Care Select Sector SPDR(R) Premium Income ETF
Covered call on XLV, paying monthly
YRAM
YieldMax Memory and Storage Portfolio Option Income ETF
Synthetic covered call on SMH
IssuerState StreetYieldMax
Strategycovered callsynthetic covered call
BenchmarkHealth care sector (XLV)Semiconductors (SMH), used as the proxy
Paysmonthlynot established
Payout rate, annualized13.1%8.8%
Expense ratio0.35%not published
Cash paid, 1 year13.0%1.6% (since launch on Aug 25, 2026)
Price change, 1 year+4.0%+4.5%
Total return, 1 year+17.9%+6.1% (since launch on Aug 25, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+24.6%+3.1%
Ahead or behind−6.7 pts+3.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published97%
Age415 days24 days
Net assets$27m$5m

XLVI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, XLVI paid 13.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.9%. Health care sector (XLV) returned +24.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.7 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.1%, paid monthly.

YRAM in plain words

Over the period since launch on Aug 25, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, YRAM paid 1.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.1%. Semiconductors (SMH), used as the proxy returned +3.1% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 3.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.8%, paid periodically. YieldMax estimates that 97% of the distribution paid Sep 17, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

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Where these figures came from

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XLVI against YRAM, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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