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Best Safety-Adjusted Yield ETFs
Income ETFs ranked by Safety-Adjusted Yield — each fund's distribution rate multiplied by its Distribution Safety Score — so the funds offering the most durable income per unit of yield rise to the top, and fragile high-yielders fall away.
Updated September 2026 · 60 funds
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Our proprietary snapshot of this list — averages and standouts, computed from the funds below. Not investment advice.
Headline yield tells you what a fund pays; it says nothing about whether the payment will last. Safety-Adjusted Yield fixes that by weighting each fund's distribution rate by our Distribution Safety Score — so a durable 8% outranks a fragile 15%, and the number rewards income you can actually keep.
This page ranks the income-ETF universe by that single metric, filtered to funds yielding at least 4% that also clear a solid Safety Score. It's the view only Dividend Vision can build: the same funds everyone screens for yield, re-sorted by how durable that yield looks.
How this screen works
One proprietary metric does the ranking: Safety-Adjusted Yield.
- Metric: Safety-Adjusted Yield = distribution rate × (Distribution Safety Score ÷ 100). A 10% yield at a score of 80 scores 8.0%; a 20% yield at a score of 30 scores just 6.0%.
- Yield floor: at least 4%, to keep the list income-focused.
- Safety floor: a Distribution Safety Score of 60+, so the ranking showcases durable income rather than gambles.
- Rank: highest Safety-Adjusted Yield first.
Best Safety-Adjusted Yield ETFs
Ranked live from our data pipeline on every build — click any column header to re-sort, or open a ticker for the full analysis. We never hard-code the figures.
| Ticker | Fund | Safety-Adj. Yield | Yield | Distribution Safety Score™ ⓘ | Cadence | AUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NUGY | GraniteShares YieldBOOST Gold Miners ETF | 46.3% | 58.60% | 79 | Weekly | $6M |
| YBTY | GraniteShares YieldBOOST TopYielders ETF | 40.7% | 51.58% | 79 | Weekly | $2M |
| YBST | GraniteShares YieldBOOST Single Stock Universe ETF | 34.8% | 44.06% | 79 | Weekly | $1M |
| CHPY | YieldMax Semiconductor Portfolio Option Income ETF | 32.3% | 40.92% | 79 | Weekly | $1.2B |
| LIFT | LifeX 2028 Income Bucket ETF | 28.0% | 45.85% | 61 | Monthly | $2M |
| GPTY | YieldMax AI & Tech Portfolio Option Income ETF | 28.0% | 35.38% | 79 | Weekly | $132M |
| USOY | Defiance Oil Enhanced Options Income ETF | 27.6% | 45.31% | 61 | Weekly | $70M |
| EGGY | NestYield Dynamic Income ETF | 26.9% | 37.41% | 72 | Monthly | $158M |
| AIPI | REX AI Equity Premium Income ETF | 26.7% | 35.15% | 76 | Weekly | $434M |
| XRPM | Amplify XRP Risk-Managed Income ETF | 22.6% | 34.80% | 65 | Monthly | $12M |
| NEHI | NEOS Ethereum High Income ETF | 20.4% | 26.46% | 77 | Monthly | $100M |
| QDTY | YieldMax Nasdaq 100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF | 20.3% | 26.76% | 76 | Weekly | $39M |
| KSLV | Kurv Silver Enhanced Income ETF | 20.2% | 26.20% | 77 | Monthly | $118M |
| TDAX | TDAQ LIFT ETF | 19.6% | 24.79% | 79 | Weekly | $61M |
| FEPI | REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF | 19.1% | 25.14% | 76 | Weekly | $691M |
| SLVX | Nicholas Silver Income ETF | 19.0% | 24.04% | 79 | Weekly | $8M |
| XXV | Simplify Ancorato Target 25 Distribution ETF | 19.0% | 25.28% | 75 | Monthly | $51M |
| IGLD | FT Cboe Vest Gold Target Income ETF | 19.0% | 22.04% | 86 | Monthly | $599M |
| EGGS | Total Return Guard | 18.9% | 23.97% | 79 | Monthly | $58M |
| WDTE | Defiance S&P 500 Target 30 Weekly Distribution ETF | 18.5% | 29.82% | 62 | Weekly | $66M |
| MEMY | Tuttle Capital Meme Stock Income Blast ETF | 17.9% | 25.23% | 71 | Weekly | $1M |
| BCKT | LifeX 2030 Income Bucket ETF | 17.7% | 25.34% | 70 | Monthly | $2M |
| SLJY | Amplify Silver Miners Covered Call ETF | 17.7% | 22.42% | 79 | Monthly | $71M |
| XPAY | Roundhill S&P 500 Target 20 Managed Distribution ETF | 17.2% | 20.21% | 85 | Monthly | $168M |
| QQQT | Defiance Nasdaq-100 Target Income ETF | 17.0% | 20.29% | 84 | Monthly | $48M |
| SPYT | Defiance S&P 500 Income Target ETF | 17.0% | 20.23% | 84 | Monthly | $158M |
| CAS | Simplify China A Shares PLUS Income ETF | 16.6% | 23.33% | 71 | Monthly | $13M |
| SDTY | YieldMax S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF | 16.5% | 20.87% | 79 | Weekly | $41M |
| XQQI | NEOS Boosted Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF | 16.4% | 20.72% | 79 | Monthly | $314M |
| QDTE | Roundhill Innovation-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF | 15.6% | 25.11% | 62 | Weekly | $945M |
| SVOL | Simplify Volatility Premium ETF | 14.3% | 20.17% | 71 | Monthly | $526M |
| CAIQ | Calamos Nasdaq Autocallable Income ETF | 14.2% | 17.99% | 79 | Monthly | $339M |
| TDAQ | TappAlpha Innovation 100 Growth & Daily Income ETF | 13.8% | 17.47% | 79 | Monthly | $329M |
| KQQQ | Kurv Technology Titans Select ETF | 13.8% | 14.67% | 94 | Monthly | $125M |
| PAYH | TrueShares S&P Autocallable High Income ETF | 13.6% | 17.19% | 79 | Monthly | $29M |
| XSPI | NEOS Boosted S&P 500 High Income ETF | 13.3% | 16.88% | 79 | Monthly | $113M |
| KGLD | Kurv Gold Enhanced Income ETF | 13.2% | 14.86% | 89 | Monthly | $152M |
| XDTE | Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF | 13.2% | 19.94% | 66 | Weekly | $338M |
| BPRE | Bluerock Private Real Estate Fund | 13.1% | 13.80% | 95 | Monthly | — |
| XLEI | Energy Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF | 12.6% | 15.91% | 79 | Monthly | $73M |
| SURI | Simplify Propel Opportunities ETF | 12.5% | 13.40% | 93 | Quarterly | $89M |
| ISBG | IncomeSTKd 1X Bitcoin & 1X Gold Premium ETF | 12.5% | 17.79% | 70 | Weekly | $8M |
| JEPQ | JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF | 12.3% | 13.72% | 90 | Monthly | $41.9B |
| IWMI | NEOS Russell 2000 High Income ETF | 12.3% | 14.69% | 84 | Monthly | $1.2B |
| XLKI | Technology Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF | 12.3% | 15.61% | 79 | Monthly | $16M |
| QQQI | NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF | 12.0% | 14.31% | 84 | Monthly | $14.1B |
| DRKY | VistaShares Target 15 DRUKMacro Distribution ETF | 11.9% | 15.08% | 79 | Monthly | $18M |
| SIOO | VistaShares Target 15™ S&P 100 Distribution ETF | 11.9% | 15.05% | 79 | Monthly | $20M |
| OMAH | VistaShares Target 15 Berkshire Select Income ETF | 11.8% | 14.99% | 79 | Monthly | $1.1B |
| FTQI | First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF | 11.8% | 12.04% | 98 | Monthly | $961M |
| FSSL | FS Specialty Lending Fund | 11.5% | 15.14% | 76 | Monthly | — |
| QUSA | VistaShares Target 15 USA Quality Income ETF | 11.3% | 15.12% | 75 | Monthly | $22M |
| MLPD | Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered Call ETF | 11.2% | 12.00% | 93 | Monthly | $28M |
| MLPI | NEOS MLP & Energy Infrastructure High Income ETF | 11.1% | 14.06% | 79 | Monthly | $46M |
| CAIE | Calamos Autocallable Income ETF | 11.0% | 13.92% | 79 | Monthly | $1.3B |
| TSPY | SPY Growth & Daily Income ETF | 11.0% | 13.87% | 79 | Monthly | $321M |
| SPYI | NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF | 10.8% | 12.05% | 90 | Monthly | $11.7B |
| TSYX | TSPY LIFT ETF | 10.8% | 15.48% | 70 | Weekly | $17M |
| LDDR | Stone Ridge 2035 Term Income ETF | 10.6% | 13.11% | 81 | Monthly | $42M |
| TLTP | Amplify Bloomberg U.S. Treasury 12% Premium Income ETF | 10.4% | 13.22% | 79 | Monthly | $26M |
Screened and ranked from our own data. Not investment advice.
Frequently asked questions
What is Safety-Adjusted Yield?
It's a fund's distribution rate multiplied by its Distribution Safety Score (out of 100). A durable 8% yield (score 90) scores 7.2%; a shaky 20% yield (score 30) scores just 6.0%. It rewards income that looks likely to last. 60 ETFs make this list.
Why not just rank by yield?
Because the highest yields are often the least durable — the market prices in the risk of a cut. Safety-Adjusted Yield discounts fragile payouts, so the ranking surfaces the best income you can realistically keep, not just the biggest headline number.
Why the 60+ Safety Score floor?
Without a floor, the metric still tilts toward extreme high-yielders. Requiring a solid Safety Score keeps this list focused on durable income; the riskiest high-yielders live on our Potential Yield Traps page instead.
Is this the same as the DV Scorecard's "best pick"?
Yes — the Scorecard's "Best Safety-Adjusted Yield" tile uses the identical formula. This page simply ranks the whole qualifying universe by it.
How often is it updated?
Yields and Safety Scores refresh on every build, so the Safety-Adjusted Yield ranking re-computes automatically.
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