Data as of Sep 4, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
SPY vs XYLD
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust and Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, SPY and XYLD hold 72% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | SPY | XYLD |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp. | 7.52% | 7.85% |
| Microsoft Corp. | 4.30% | 4.90% |
| Alphabet, Inc. | 3.25% | 3.63% |
| Broadcom, Inc. | 2.77% | 3.20% |
| Alphabet, Inc. | 2.59% | 2.89% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | 1.92% | 2.17% |
| Tesla, Inc. | 1.84% | 1.74% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 1.36% | 1.37% |
| Eli Lilly & Co. | 1.47% | 1.20% |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 2.02% | 0.94% |
| Johnson & Johnson | 0.95% | 0.90% |
| Visa, Inc. | 0.88% | 0.90% |
| Only in SPY | Only in XYLD |
|---|---|
| Apple, Inc. 6.59% | APPLE INC. 6.45% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. 3.62% | AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.19% |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 1.47% | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.41% |
| Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. 1.42% | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0.94% |
| Applied Materials, Inc. 0.89% | BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 0.57% |
| Bank of America Corp. 0.58% | APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0.51% |
| Marvell Technology, Inc. 0.41% | RTX CORPORATION 0.38% |
| RTX Corp. 0.40% | LINDE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.38% |
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.
| SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | XYLD Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Core fund | Income desk |
| Issuer | State Street | Global X |
| What it is | S&P 500, book from IVV | covered call, vs ACWI |
| Total return, 1 year | +20.0% | +18.6% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +20.0% | +22.7% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | +0.0 pts | −4.1 pts |
| Cash paid, 1 year | not an income fund | 11.1% |
| Expense ratio | not published | 0.60% |
| Holdings | 504 | n/a |
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%.
XYLD in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, XYLD paid 11.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.6%. All-country world (ACWI) returned +22.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.1 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 9.0%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 93% 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).
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, SPY or XYLD?
- In the year to Sep 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPY returned +20.0% and XYLD returned +18.6%, so SPY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Are SPY and XYLD the same kind of fund?
- No. SPY is an index ETF and XYLD is an option-income 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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