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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OVF paid 12.9% in cash and returned 18.2% in total, against 16.9% for ACWX.
Promise check: DeliveredOver the year to Nov 4, 2026, OVF paid 12.9% in cash and returned 18.2% in total, covering 141.1% of its payout.
OVF risk and return scorecard
vs ACWX · Oct 2019 to Oct 2026 · 368 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 · Aug 31, 2026What you earned
What it paid
13 distributions · latest Oct 28, 2026More on OVF
Every number below is on this page. Open what you need.Price and total return, 1 year
$30.27+2.7%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 | ACWX | Ahead or behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1M Oct 5 – Nov 4, 2026 | −1.8% | 0.8% | −2.7% | −2.3% | +0.5 pts |
| 3M Aug 5 – Nov 4, 2026 | −3.1% | 2.5% | −5.6% | −2.9% | −0.2 pts |
| 6M May 6 – Nov 4, 2026 | −1.0% | 5.1% | −6.0% | −0.6% | −0.4 pts |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | +13.0% | 9.3% | +3.5% | +12.5% | +0.5 pts |
| 1Y Nov 4, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | +18.2% | 12.9% | +4.6% | +16.9% | +1.3 pts |
| 3Y Nov 3, 2023 – Nov 4, 2026 | +76.6% | 29.1% | +41.7% | +70.6% | +6.0 pts |
| 5Y Nov 5, 2021 – Nov 4, 2026 | +51.3% | 30.7% | +10.4% | +49.1% | +2.2 pts |
| Since launch Oct 1, 2019 – Nov 4, 2026 | +80.6% | 41.9% | +21.8% | +97.8% | −17.2 pts |
| Since launch, annualised Oct 1, 2019 – Nov 4, 2026 | +8.7% | – | – | – | – |
Total returns, distributions reinvested.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.
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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
OVF paid 12.9% in cash over the year and returned 18.2% in total, more than it paid out.
Money in and out
Monthly data · as of Aug 31, 2026OVF: in the month to Aug 31, 2026, net $9.0m came in, by its SEC filing.
Sep 1, 2025 to Aug 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
Sep 1, 2023 to Aug 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
Sep 1, 2021 to Aug 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
monthly, from SEC filings
Computed by ETFIQ from the monthly sales and redemptions OVF files with the SEC on Form N-PORT.
How this is computed
ETFIQ reads no daily data for this fund, so its flows are monthly, and the latest month filed is Aug 2026. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for OVF, back to Mar 2020, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare OVF with other funds in the flows tool
Month by month, money in and money outSep 2023 to Aug 2026
OVF, money in and money out each month from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from OVF’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 21 and went out in 6.
Every bar is from OVF’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 21 and went out in 6.
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How this is computed
N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions.
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 SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of Aug 31, 2026. Updated when the fund files its next report.
OVF key stats
OVF return of capital and tax
Trading
as of Nov 4, 2026
OVF for holders outside the US
13 distributions for OVF, $0.1434 to $1.0327 a share and $0.2711 in the middle, Jul 3, 2025 to Oct 28, 2026. 1 further ex-date is expected with no amount the issuer has declared, so it is not drawn.
OVF pays monthly. The last distribution was $0.2622 a share, which went ex on Oct 28, 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 27, 2026; that date is an ETFIQ projection, not the issuer’s.
Expected distributions for OVF. 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 OVF. 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 OVF.
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: 141.1% · 76th pct, −272.3% to 2,333.3% across 167.
About OVF
How we measure
12 seats on OVF, as of Nov 4, 2026: 1 Mixed, 5 Challenges, 5 Not enough data, 1 Does not apply.
Questions people ask about OVF
- How much has OVF paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OVF paid 12.9% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price rose 4.6%.
- Is OVF ahead of ACWX?
- Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, OVF returned +18.2% against +16.9% for iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (ACWX), so a holder was ahead of it by 1.3 points.
- How often does OVF pay, and how much?
- OVF pays monthly. The latest distribution annualizes to 10.4% at its price on Nov 4, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the OVF distribution return of capital?
- Overlay Shares estimates 100% of the distribution paid Oct 29, 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 OVF next pay a distribution?
- OVF pays monthly. The last distribution went ex on Oct 28, 2026 at $0.2622 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 30 days the ex-date falls near Nov 27, 2026, which is an ETFIQ projection. Payment usually follows the ex-date by 2 days.
- What does OVF cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.83% a year.
- How much of OVF’s distribution is return of capital?
- Overlay Shares’s Rule 19a-1 notice estimates 100.0% of the distribution paid Oct 29, 2026 was return of capital. Across its notices for distributions paid Dec 24, 2025 to Oct 29, 2026, the estimate is 89.9%. The annual report for the fiscal year to Aug 31, 2025 puts it at 51.6% of distributions. Estimates come before the fund year closes and often change.
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