HCOW Amplify COWS Covered Call ETF
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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, HCOW paid 11.9% in cash and returned 23.9% in total, against 36.1% for COWS.
Promise check: DeliveredOver the year to Nov 4, 2026, HCOW paid 11.9% in cash and returned 23.9% in total, covering 200.8% of its payout.
HCOW risk and return scorecard
vs COWS · Sep 2023 to Oct 2026 · 161 weekly returns · dividend-adjusted
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records; risk-free rate: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Bill Rates, 13-week coupon equivalent Method · Data
Money in and out
Net fund flows · Nov 3, 2026What you earned
What it paid
13 distributions · latest Oct 29, 2026More on HCOW
Every number below is on this page. Open what you need.Price and total return, 1 year
$25.98+1.5%1 day, priceClose, Nov 4, 2026
Total return adds every distribution, reinvested. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Price | COWS | Ahead or behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1M Oct 5 – Nov 4, 2026 | +9.6% | 0.9% | +8.7% | +13.6% | −4.0 pts |
| 3M Aug 5 – Nov 4, 2026 | +4.5% | 2.5% | +1.9% | +6.8% | −2.3 pts |
| 6M May 6 – Nov 4, 2026 | +14.3% | 5.7% | +8.1% | +20.1% | −5.8 pts |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | +18.1% | 9.5% | +7.4% | +27.5% | −9.4 pts |
| 1Y Nov 4, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | +23.9% | 11.9% | +10.5% | +36.1% | −12.2 pts |
| 3Y Nov 3, 2023 – Nov 4, 2026 | +44.0% | 30.3% | +6.8% | +82.3% | −38.3 pts |
| Since launch Sep 20, 2023 – Nov 4, 2026 | +43.1% | 30.5% | +5.3% | +80.6% | −37.5 pts |
| Since launch, annualised Sep 20, 2023 – Nov 4, 2026 | +12.1% | – | – | – | – |
Total returns, distributions reinvested.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.
How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed
HCOW paid 11.9% in cash over the year and returned 23.9% in total, more than it paid out.
Money in and out
Daily data · as of Nov 3, 2026HCOW: in the 22 trading days to Nov 3, 2026, net $798k came in, from 20 counts.
Nov 3, 2026
Jul 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
monthly, from SEC filings
HCOW, net flow each trading day over the 65 sessions from Aug 4, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026: money came in on 2 days and went out on 2 days, of the 20 days with daily data; the other 45 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 2 days, out on 2. 45 days missing.
HCOW, net flow each trading day over the 251 sessions from Nov 4, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026: money came in on 2 days and went out on 2 days, of the 20 days with daily data; the other 231 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 2 days, out on 2. 231 days missing.
HCOW, net flow each trading day over the 400 sessions from Apr 2, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026: money came in on 2 days and went out on 2 days, of the 20 days with daily data; the other 380 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 2 days, out on 2. 380 days missing.
Daily data starts Oct 6, 2026.
How this is computed
Computed by ETFIQ from Amplify’s daily data: each day’s change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s net asset value. Percentages are of net assets at the start of each window. Numbers are net: money in less money out. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for HCOW, back to Sep 2023, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare HCOW with other funds in the flows tool
Every trading day, last 3 months20 days
Most recent first.
Week by week, last year5 weeks
Net flow into HCOW each week, Oct 6, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, most recent first, each week named by its last trading day with data. Computed by ETFIQ.
Month by month, money in and money outSep 2023 to Nov 2026
HCOW, money in and money out each month from Sep 2023 to Oct 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Bars for Sep 2023 to Jun 2026 are from HCOW’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6), and for Oct 2026 ETFIQ’s sums of its days. Jul 2026 to Sep 2026 have no data. Nov 2026 is still in progress, so it is in the list and not drawn. Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 14 and went out in 6.
Bars for Sep 2023 to Jun 2026 are from HCOW’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6), and for Oct 2026 ETFIQ’s sums of its days. Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 14 and went out in 6.
Most recent first.
How this is computed
N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions. Months summed from daily data: money in adds the days money came in; money out adds the days it went out.
N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily data; the Source column names any missing day.
Source: ETFIQ, from the fund’s daily share counts and net asset values, and its SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of Nov 3, 2026. Last checked Nov 5, 2026.
HCOW key stats
HCOW return of capital and tax
Trading
as of Nov 4, 2026
Hard to trade: its holdings can absorb only about $530,000 a day.
HCOW for holders outside the US
13 distributions for HCOW, $0.2005 to $0.2546 a share and $0.2392 in the middle, Oct 30, 2025 to Oct 29, 2026. 1 further ex-date is expected with no amount the issuer has declared, so it is not drawn.
HCOW pays monthly. The last distribution was $0.2127 a share, which went ex on Oct 29, 2026, with payment about 2 days later. The next has not been declared. On its own cadence of about 30 days the ex-date falls near Nov 30, 2026; that date is an ETFIQ projection, not the issuer’s.
Expected distributions for HCOW. A projected row carries the fund’s own spacing forward from its last ex-date, at the last amount paid. Neither is an issuer statement. Source: ETFIQ.
Cash distributions per share for HCOW. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
Source: ETFIQ, from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
That is the share of the 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company sitting at or below HCOW.
One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. Where the fund sits in this set, not a rating. Do not average it with another category's score.
Total return as a share of the cash paid: 200.8% · 85th pct, −272.3% to 2,333.3% across 167.
HCOW top ten by weight, 33.0% of the fund, of its 72 equity positions, from the holdings published by its issuer for Nov 4, 2026. The options the fund writes are not positions of this kind and are not listed. Source: the issuer’s own daily file.
Source: Amplify’s daily holdings file. Updated each trading day. Last checked Nov 4, 2026.
About HCOW
How we measure
12 seats on HCOW, as of Nov 4, 2026: 2 Supports, 9 Challenges, 1 Not enough data.
Questions people ask about HCOW
- How much has HCOW paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, HCOW paid 11.9% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price rose 10.5%.
- Is HCOW ahead of COWS?
- Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, HCOW returned +23.9% against +36.1% for Cash flow dividend leaders (COWS), so a holder was behind it by 12.2 points.
- How often does HCOW pay, and how much?
- HCOW pays monthly. The latest distribution annualizes to 9.8% at its price on Nov 4, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the HCOW distribution return of capital?
- Amplify estimates 100% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was return of capital. That is a tax characterization from the fund's own 19a-1 notice, not a measure of erosion.
- When does HCOW next pay a distribution?
- HCOW pays monthly. The last distribution went ex on Oct 29, 2026 at $0.2127 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 30 days the ex-date falls near Nov 30, 2026, which is an ETFIQ projection. Payment usually follows the ex-date by 2 days.
- What does HCOW cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.65% a year.
- How much of HCOW’s distribution is return of capital?
- Amplify’s Rule 19a-1 notice estimates 100.0% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was return of capital. Across its notices for distributions paid Nov 28, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026, the estimate is 92.4%. The annual report for the fiscal year to Sep 30, 2025 puts it at 98.7% of distributions. Estimates come before the fund year closes and often change.
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