Ranked by what you care about.
The same 22 funds, sorted five ways. Each list says what it measures and, more usefully, what it leaves out.
Highest yield
Ranked by trailing distribution yield — the last twelve months of actual payments against the current price.
Leading: SDAY at 17.65%
Total returnHighest total return
Ranked by total return since inception, with every distribution reinvested at the closing price on its pay date.
Leading: HTA at 480.1%
FeeLowest management fee
Ranked by management fee — the annual cost of holding, charged whether the fund gains or loses.
Leading: HUTL at 0.50%
AssetsLargest by assets
Ranked by fund size. Bigger funds usually trade at tighter spreads and are less likely to be wound up.
Leading: HMAX at $2.59B
Return of capitalMost return of capital
Ranked by the share of the last published tax year returned as capital rather than paid as taxable income.
Leading: HYLD at 100%
YieldCovered call ETFs
Funds that sell call options against the shares they hold and pay out the premium — the reason these yields are so much higher than the market.
Leading: UMAX at 14.48%
Per monthMonthly dividend ETFs
Funds paying every month rather than quarterly — ranked by the cash each unit currently pays.
Leading: AMAX at $0.2850
LeveragedLeveraged covered call ETFs
Funds that borrow to hold more covered-call exposure than the cash put in — the highest yields on the list, and the largest drawdowns.
Leading: HYLD at 11.54%
LeverageLeveraged dividend ETFs
Every fund on the list that borrows to hold more exposure than the capital put into it.
Leading: SDAY at 17.65%
As at 2026-08-10. These rank the 22 funds covered here, not every fund on the market — issuers are added one at a time after their published data has been verified. See who runs these funds.
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