Which is cheaper, XVSP or YSPC?

XVSP charges 0.85% a year and YSPC charges 1.01%, so XVSP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

XVSP vs YSPC: Dividend Yield & Total Return

XVSP and YSPC both write options for income.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $4.5m for FT Vest SPCX & Target Income ETF and $42m for YieldMax SPCX Option Income Strategy ETF.

XVSP on its own →YSPC on its own →

At a glance

2.7%

XVSP cash paid, since launch, Aug 26, 2026

16.7%

YSPC cash paid, since launch, Jul 15, 2026

−2.2%

XVSP total return, since launch, Aug 26, 2026

−2.1%

YSPC total return, since launch, Jul 15, 2026

XVSP · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 About even with SPCX

XVSP

−2.2%

SPCX

−2.7%

About even with SPCX

XVSP since launch: paid 2.7%, price −4.6%, total −2.2%, SPCX −2.7%, +0.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPCX

−2.7%

XVSP

−2.2%

about even with SPCX

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with SPCX

XVSP since launch: paid 2.7%, price −4.6%, total −2.2%, SPCX −2.7%, +0.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPCX

−2.7%

XVSP

−2.2%

about even with SPCX

2.7% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. XVSP since launch: paid 2.7%, price −4.6%, total −2.2%, SPCX −2.7%, +0.5 pts. 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

XVSP costs 0.16 points a year less; YSPC is 9.3 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

XVSP vs YSPC: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	XVSP	YSPC
Paid and earned
Measure	XVSP	YSPC
Price change	fell 4.6% (since Aug 26, 2026)	fell 18.2% (since Jul 15, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	XVSP	YSPC
Benchmark	Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX)	Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX)
Cost and size
Measure	XVSP	YSPC
Expense ratio	0.85%	1.01%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$4.5m	$42m
Holdings
Measure	XVSP	YSPC
Holdings in common	0%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, XVSP and YSPC hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first XVSP YSPC

Only in one fund ↓

Only in XVSP

2027-01-21 S&P 500® Mini Index P 1,500.03 342.87%

2027-01-21 S&P 500® Mini Index C 500.03 122.35%

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (Class A) 50.05%

2027-01-21 S&P 500® Mini Index C 1,500.03 0.00%

2027-01-22 Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (Class A) C 1,327.41 0.00%

2027-01-21 S&P 500® Mini Index P 500.03 -0.49%

2026-11-06 Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (Class A) C 135 -0.52%

2027-01-22 Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (Class A) P 1,327.41 -416.73%

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

XVSP FT Vest SPCX & Target Income ETF · Option income on SPCX YSPC YieldMax SPCX Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on SPCX, paying weekly

Issuer First Trust YieldMax

Strategy option income synthetic covered call

Benchmark Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX) Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX)

Pays not established weekly

Payout rate, annualized 16.6% 60.1%

Expense ratio 0.85% 1.01%

Cash paid, 1 year 2.7% (since launch, Aug 26, 2026) 16.7% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)

Price change, 1 year −4.6% (since launch, Aug 26, 2026) −18.2% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)

Total return, 1 year −2.2% (since launch, Aug 26, 2026) −2.1% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year −2.7% (since launch, Aug 26, 2026) +0.5% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)

Ahead or behind +0.5 pts (since launch, Aug 26, 2026) −2.6 pts (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)

Return of capital, latest estimate 100% not published

Age 70 days 112 days

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $4.5m $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: XVSP vs YSPC: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	XVSP	YSPC	XVSP	YSPC	XVSP	YSPC
3 months	–	+11.7%	–	18.2%	–	−13.8 pts
Since launchNot the same days: XVSP Aug 2026 · YSPC Jul 2026	−2.2%	−2.1%	2.7%	16.7%	+0.4 pts	−2.5 pts

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Client brief

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

Alert

About each fund

XVSP

Over the period from its first trade on Aug 26, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, XVSP paid 2.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 4.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −2.2%. Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX) returned −2.7% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 16.6%, paid periodically. First Trust estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 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, XVSP or YSPC?: XVSP charges 0.85% a year and YSPC charges 1.01%, so XVSP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

XVSP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XVSP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XVSP 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for XVSP ↗

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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