{"url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-single-stock-income-etf","section":"learn","title":"What is a single-stock income ETF? | ETFIQ","description":"105 income ETFs write options on single stocks, and the median GraniteShares fund has 95% of its latest payout labelled return of capital.","as_of":"Nov 4, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-single-stock-income-etf#article","headline":"What is a single-stock income ETF?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, 105 income ETFs write options on single stocks, and the median GraniteShares fund has 95% of its latest payout labelled return of capital.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-single-stock-income-etf","mainEntityOfPage":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-single-stock-income-etf","dateModified":"2026-11-04","datePublished":"2026-11-04","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ETFIQ Research","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ETFIQ Research","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"about":"What is a single-stock income ETF?","inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-single-stock-income-etf#questions","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Why are single-stock income yields so high?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The options give up much of the stock\u2019s upside in return for cash now. The cash is high, and the gain is capped."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"What is return of capital?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The part of a payment that is not income or realized gains. It lowers your cost basis."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"How do I compare these funds?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Use total return over the same window, and the gap to the stock itself."}}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"ETFIQ","item":"https://etfiq.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Learn","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"What is a single-stock income ETF?","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-single-stock-income-etf"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"What is a single-stock income ETF?","description":"105 income ETFs write options on single stocks, and the median GraniteShares fund has 95% of its latest payout labelled return of capital.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-single-stock-income-etf","dateModified":"2026-11-04","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".lede",".faq"]},"publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"}}],"characters":2147,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / Learn / What is a single-stock income ETF? \n \n What is a single-stock income ETF?\n Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.\n As of Nov 4, 2026, 105 income ETFs write options on single stocks, and the median GraniteShares fund has 95% of its latest payout labelled return of capital.\n \n In plain words\n A single-stock income ETF earns cash by writing options, such as covered calls, on one company\u2019s shares and pays out the option income. Its result depends on that one stock, so swings can be large.\n 105 of 353 read funds write on single stocks, and among GraniteShares funds the median latest estimate is 95% return of capital. That is a tax label for where a payment came from; it does not by itself say the fund lost value. Compare cash paid with the price change over the same dates, shown on each fund page.\n Questions\n Why are single-stock income yields so high? The options give up much of the stock\u2019s upside in return for cash now. The cash is high, and the gain is capped.\n What is return of capital? The part of a payment that is not income or realized gains. It lowers your cost basis.\n How do I compare these funds? Use total return over the same window, and the gap to the stock itself.\n Where to next\n Return of capital Income ETFs Compare two ETFs What is the difference between price return and total return? What is a Section 1256 ETF? How high can an income ETF yield go? All ETF explainers How ETFIQ computes these numbers \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, What is a single-stock income ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-single-stock-income-etf Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, What is a single-stock income ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-single-stock-income-etf APA ETFIQ. (Nov 4, 2026). What is a single-stock income ETF?. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-single-stock-income-etf Markdown [What is a single-stock income ETF? 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