Data as of Sep 4, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
QYLD vs SPY
Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF and SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, QYLD and SPY hold 40% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | QYLD | SPY |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | 8.56% | 7.52% |
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 5.34% | 4.30% |
| ALPHABET INC. | 3.95% | 3.25% |
| BROADCOM INC. | 3.49% | 2.77% |
| ALPHABET INC. | 3.66% | 2.59% |
| MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 2.83% | 2.02% |
| META PLATFORMS, INC. | 3.18% | 1.92% |
| TESLA, INC. | 3.36% | 1.84% |
| INTEL CORPORATION | 2.30% | 1.02% |
| LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION | 1.57% | 0.84% |
| WALMART INC. | 3.14% | 0.77% |
| CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | 1.76% | 0.72% |
| Only in QYLD | Only in SPY |
|---|---|
| APPLE INC. 7.03% | Apple, Inc. 6.59% |
| AMAZON.COM, INC. 5.02% | Amazon.com, Inc. 3.62% |
| ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 2.81% | Eli Lilly & Co. 1.47% |
| APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 1.52% | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 1.47% |
| LINDE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1.13% | Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. 1.42% |
| ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 0.96% | JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.36% |
| AMGEN INC. 0.91% | Johnson & Johnson 0.95% |
| SHOPIFY INC. 0.72% | Applied Materials, Inc. 0.89% |
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings as filed for Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.
| QYLD Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF | SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Income desk | Core fund |
| Issuer | Global X | State Street |
| What it is | covered call, vs QQQ | S&P 500, book from IVV |
| Total return, 1 year | +23.5% | +20.0% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +25.6% | +20.0% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | −2.1 pts | +0.0 pts |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 12.7% | not an income fund |
| Expense ratio | 0.60% | not published |
| Holdings | n/a | 504 |
QYLD in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, QYLD paid 12.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +23.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +25.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.1 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 11.9%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Aug 27, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterisation rather than a measure of erosion).
SPY in plain words
SPY is a index equity fund tracking S&P 500, book from IVV. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 it returned +20.0% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500 and +25.6% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 504 positions, with the top ten at 36.4%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, QYLD or SPY?
- In the year to Sep 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QYLD returned +23.5% and SPY returned +20.0%, so QYLD returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Are QYLD and SPY the same kind of fund?
- No. QYLD is an option-income ETF and SPY is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.
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