IWMY · Defiance R2000 Weekly Distribution ETF
Over the past year IWMY paid 31.6% in cash and still finished 12.3 points behind IWM.
What a holder got
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, IWMY returned +14.1% with distributions reinvested and Russell 2000 (IWM) returned +26.4%, so a holder came out behind it by 12.3 points. The lighter segment is the 31.6% that arrived as cash rather than as price.
Period by period
| Window | Cash paid | Price | Total return | IWM | Ahead or behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 months | 7.6% | −3.6% | +3.9% | +5.3% | −1.5 pts |
| 6 months | 15.4% | −1.5% | +14.4% | +18.5% | −4.1 pts |
| 1 year | 31.6% | −20.0% | +14.1% | +26.4% | −12.3 pts |
| Since launch | 91.4% | −69.7% | +46.2% | +85.5% | −39.3 pts |
In plain words
With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.1%. Russell 2000 (IWM) returned +26.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 12.3 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 29.8%, paid weekly. Defiance estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Sep 4, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterisation rather than a measure of erosion).
| Strategy | option income |
|---|---|
| Benchmark | Russell 2000 (IWM) |
| Pays | weekly |
| Latest payout, annualised (ETFIQ) | 29.8% |
| Expense ratio (prospectus XBRL) | 1.05% |
| Cash paid, trailing 12 months (ETFIQ) | 39.5% |
| Launched | Oct 31, 2023 |
| Return of capital, latest distribution (Defiance 19a-1 estimate) | 100.0% |
Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation from exchange prices and cash distributions (Tiingo end-of-day), total return with distributions reinvested. Return of capital is the issuer’s estimate. How this desk computes every figure
Questions people ask
- How much has IWMY paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, IWMY paid 31.6% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 20.0%.
- Is IWMY ahead of IWM?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, IWMY returned +14.1% against +26.4% for Russell 2000 (IWM), so a holder was behind it by 12.3 points.
- How often does IWMY pay, and how much?
- IWMY pays weekly. The latest distribution annualises to 29.8% at its price on Sep 4, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the IWMY distribution return of capital?
- Defiance estimates 100% of the distribution paid Sep 4, 2026 was return of capital. That is a tax characterisation from the fund's own 19a-1 notice, not a measure of erosion.
- What does IWMY cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 1.05% a year.
The words on this page
- Total return
- What a holder actually ended up with: price change plus every distribution, reinvested. The only figure that answers whether you came out ahead.
- Cash paid
- Distributions over the window as a share of what the fund cost at the start. A measure of cash delivered, not of return: a fund can pay a great deal and still lose money.
- Ahead or behind
- The fund’s total return minus the benchmark’s over exactly the same days, in percentage points. Both sides reinvest.
- Return of capital
- The issuer’s own estimate, in a Rule 19a-1 notice, of how much of a distribution was your own money returned. An estimate and a tax characterisation, not a measure of erosion.
- Covered call
- Selling call options on shares the fund holds. It collects a premium and gives up the gains above the strike, which is why these funds pay well and lag a rising market.
Every term this desk uses, defined in full on the income desk vocabulary page.
Where these figures came from
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