Which paid more, XPAY or YYY?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XPAY paid 19.7% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.4%, so XPAY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, XPAY or YYY?

With every distribution reinvested, XPAY returned +14.0% and YYY +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, XPAY or YYY?

XPAY charges 0.49% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so XPAY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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XPAY vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XPAY paid 19.7% of its price in cash against YYY’s 12.4%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $187m on Nov 4, 2026 for Roundhill S&P 500 Target 20 Managed Distribution ETF, and $674m on Nov 3, 2026 for Amplify CEF High Income ETF.

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At a glance

19.7%

XPAY cash paid, 1 year

12.4%

YYY cash paid, 1 year

+14.0%

XPAY total return, 1 year

+1.9%

YYY total return, 1 year

XPAY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.8 pts behind VOO

XPAY

+14.0%

VOO

+14.8%

0.8 pts behind VOO

XPAY over 1 year: paid 19.7%, price −7.2%, total +14.0%, VOO +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

XPAY

+14.0%

19.7% of it arrived as cash

0.8 pts behind VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.8 pts behind VOO

XPAY over 1 year: paid 19.7%, price −7.2%, total +14.0%, VOO +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

XPAY

+14.0%

19.7% as cash

0.8 pts behind VOO

19.7% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. XPAY over 1 year: paid 19.7%, price −7.2%, total +14.0%, VOO +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YYY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

YYY

+1.9%

none

Not measured

YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YYY

+1.9%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YYY

+1.9%

12.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XPAY costs 2.74 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.1 points; YYY is 3.7 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

XPAY vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	XPAY	YYY
Paid and earned
Measure	XPAY	YYY
Total return, 1 year	+14.0%	+1.9%
Price change, 1 year	fell 7.2%	fell 10.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	100% of the Oct 15, 2026 payment	18% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	XPAY	YYY
Benchmark	Vanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO	its own holdings
Cost and size
Measure	XPAY	YYY
Expense ratio	0.49%	3.23%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$183m	$674m
Holdings
Measure	XPAY	YYY
Holdings in common	0%

Method

Risk and return

Nov 8, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 103 weekly returns

XPAY YYY

Return

Total return edge XPAY +27.3% +8.4%

Annualized edge XPAY +12.9% +4.1%

Price return edge XPAY (slight) −14.6% −15.6%

Risk

Volatility edge YYY 14.9% 11.2%

Max drawdown edge YYY −17.1% −10.4%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge XPAY 0.62 0.06

Sortino edge XPAY 0.93 0.08

Calmar edge XPAY 0.76 0.40

Reading

From Nov 2024 to Oct 2026, XPAY returned more: +27.3% to +8.4%. YYY swung less: 11.2% to 14.9%. YYY fell less at its worst: −10.4% to −17.1%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: XPAY vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	XPAY	YYY	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+27.3%	+8.4%	XPAY	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+12.9%	+4.1%	XPAY	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−14.6%	−15.6%	XPAY (slight)	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	14.9%	11.2%	YYY	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	9.9%	8.6%	YYY	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−17.1%	−10.4%	YYY	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.62	0.06	XPAY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.93	0.08	XPAY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.76	0.40	XPAY	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 103 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

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

50%

0 half 100%

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first XPAY YYY

Only in one fund ↓

Only in XPAY

SPY 12/10/2027 38.04 C 94.39%

Only in YYY

abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund 3.64%

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 3.31%

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund/Closed-end Fund 3.31%

BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust 3.30%

PIMCO High Income Fund 3.06%

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp 3.04%

Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund 2.70%

abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund 2.66%

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Side by side

XPAY Roundhill S&P 500 Target 20 Managed Distribution ETF · Option income on VOO, paying monthly YYY Amplify CEF High Income ETF · Income from closed-end funds on its own holdings, paying monthly

Issuer Roundhill Amplify

Strategy option income income from closed-end funds

Benchmark Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) YYY's own holdings (from its holdings of Nov 3, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 21.1% 13.8%

Expense ratio 0.49% 3.23%

Cash paid, 1 year 19.7% 12.4%

Price change, 1 year −7.2% −10.3%

Total return, 1 year +14.0% +1.9%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% not published

Ahead or behind −0.8 pts not available

Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 18%

Age 2.0 years 14.4 years

Net assets, XPAY as of Nov 4, 2026 and YYY as of Nov 3, 2026 $187m $674m

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: XPAY vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	XPAY	YYY	XPAY	YYY	XPAY	YYY
3 months	−0.3%	−4.9%	5.0%	3.2%	−0.2 pts	not measured
6 months	+4.9%	−4.1%	10.0%	6.2%	−0.1 pts	not measured
1 year	+14.0%	+1.9%	19.7%	12.4%	−0.9 pts	not measured
3 years	–	+35.2%	–	38.6%	–	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: XPAY Oct 2024 · YYY Jun 2012	+35.6%	+114.4%	39.0%	113.6%	−2.6 pts	not measured

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XPAY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XPAY paid 19.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 7.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.0%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 21.1%, paid monthly. Roundhill estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 15, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

YYY

No 1-year comparison: a quarter's holdings filing is missing from the year.

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YYY paid 12.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +1.9%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.8%, paid monthly. Amplify estimates that 18% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, XPAY or YYY?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XPAY paid 19.7% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.4%, so XPAY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, XPAY or YYY?: With every distribution reinvested, XPAY returned +14.0% and YYY +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, XPAY or YYY?: XPAY charges 0.49% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so XPAY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →XPAY on its own →YYY on its own →XPAY dividend history →XPAY holdings →YYY dividend history →YYY holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

XPAY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XPAY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XPAY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Roundhill page for XPAY ↗

YYY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

YYY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

YYY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Amplify page for YYY ↗

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How this is computed

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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