Which is cheaper, XSHP or YSPC?

XSHP charges 0.99% a year and YSPC charges 1.01%, so XSHP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

XSHP vs YSPC: Dividend Yield & Total Return

XSHP and YSPC both write options for income.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $11m for Kurv SpaceX Enhanced Income ETF and $42m for YieldMax SPCX Option Income Strategy ETF.

XSHP on its own →YSPC on its own →

At a glance

11.3%

XSHP cash paid, since launch, Jun 17, 2026

16.7%

YSPC cash paid, since launch, Jul 15, 2026

−21.1%

XSHP total return, since launch, Jun 17, 2026

−2.1%

YSPC total return, since launch, Jul 15, 2026

XSHP · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

XSHP

−21.1%

none

Not measured

XSHP since launch: paid 11.3%, price −32.7%, total −21.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XSHP

−21.1%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

XSHP since launch: paid 11.3%, price −32.7%, total −21.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XSHP

−21.1%

11.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. XSHP since launch: paid 11.3%, price −32.7%, total −21.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YSPC · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 2.6 pts behind SPCX

YSPC

−2.1%

SPCX

+0.5%

2.6 pts behind SPCX

YSPC since launch: paid 16.7%, price −18.2%, total −2.1%, SPCX +0.5%, −2.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPCX

+0.5%

YSPC

−2.1%

2.6 pts behind SPCX

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.6 pts behind SPCX

YSPC since launch: paid 16.7%, price −18.2%, total −2.1%, SPCX +0.5%, −2.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPCX

+0.5%

YSPC

−2.1%

2.6 pts behind SPCX

16.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YSPC since launch: paid 16.7%, price −18.2%, total −2.1%, SPCX +0.5%, −2.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XSHP costs 0.02 points a year less; YSPC is 3.8 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

XSHP vs YSPC: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	XSHP	YSPC
Paid and earned
Measure	XSHP	YSPC
Price change	fell 32.7% (since Jun 17, 2026)	fell 18.2% (since Jul 15, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	92% of the Oct 8, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	XSHP	YSPC
Benchmark	not published	Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX)
Cost and size
Measure	XSHP	YSPC
Expense ratio	0.99%	1.01%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$11m	$42m
Holdings
Measure	XSHP	YSPC
Holdings in common	0%

Method

Risk and return

Jul 24, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026 · 14 weekly returns

XSHP YSPC

Return

Total return edge XSHP +27.7% +10.7%

Price return edge XSHP +16.3% −7.5%

Risk

Max drawdown edge YSPC (slight) −15.4% −13.9%

Reading

From Jul 2026 to Oct 2026, XSHP returned more: +27.7% to +10.7%. YSPC fell slightly less at its worst: −13.9% to −15.4%.

Full scorecard

3 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: XSHP vs YSPC: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	XSHP	YSPC	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+27.7%	+10.7%	XSHP	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Price return	+16.3%	−7.5%	XSHP	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Max drawdown	−15.4%	−13.9%	YSPC (slight)	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 14 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, XSHP and YSPC hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first XSHP YSPC

Only in one fund ↓

Only in XSHP

Only in YSPC

United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 29.45%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 13.87%

SPCX 11/20/2026 165.01 C 0.32%

SPCX US 11/06/26 C145 0.13%

SPCX US 11/06/26 C146 0.11%

SPCX US 11/06/26 C141 -0.11%

SPCX US 11/06/26 C140 -0.72%

SPCX 11/20/2026 165.01 P -21.73%

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Side by side

XSHP Kurv SpaceX Enhanced Income ETF · Covered call, paying monthly YSPC YieldMax SPCX Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on SPCX, paying weekly

Issuer Kurv YieldMax

Strategy covered call synthetic covered call

Benchmark none Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX)

Pays monthly weekly

Payout rate, annualized 33.7% 60.1%

Expense ratio 0.99% 1.01%

Cash paid, 1 year 11.3% (since launch, Jun 17, 2026) 16.7% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)

Price change, 1 year −32.7% (since launch, Jun 17, 2026) −18.2% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)

Total return, 1 year −21.1% (since launch, Jun 17, 2026) −2.1% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year not published +0.5% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)

Ahead or behind not available −2.6 pts (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)

Return of capital, latest estimate 92% not published

Age 140 days 112 days

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $11m $42m

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: XSHP vs YSPC: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	XSHP	YSPC	XSHP	YSPC	XSHP	YSPC
3 months	+31.3%	+11.7%	11.2%	18.2%	not measured	−13.8 pts
Since launchNot the same days: XSHP Jun 2026 · YSPC Jul 2026	−21.1%	−2.1%	11.3%	16.7%	not measured	−2.5 pts

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Client brief

No client brief for this pair: ETFIQ prints no one-year total return for XSHP or YSPC.

Alert

About each fund

XSHP

Over the period from its first trade on Jun 17, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, XSHP paid 11.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 32.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −21.1%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 33.7%, paid monthly. Kurv estimates that 92% of the distribution paid Oct 8, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

YSPC

Over the period from its first trade on Jul 15, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, YSPC paid 16.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 18.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −2.1%. Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX) returned +0.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.6 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 60.1%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, XSHP or YSPC?: XSHP charges 0.99% a year and YSPC charges 1.01%, so XSHP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →XSHP on its own →YSPC on its own →XSHP dividend history →YSPC dividend history →YSPC holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

XSHP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XSHP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XSHP 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Kurv page for XSHP ↗

YSPC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

YSPC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

YSPC 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

YieldMax page for YSPC ↗

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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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