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ISPY vs RYLD
ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF and Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF, side by side on the income desk.
Open the live comparison on ETFIQ| ISPY ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF | RYLD Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | ProShares | Global X |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | Russell 2000 (IWM) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualised | 5.8% | 12.2% |
| Expense ratio | not published | 0.60% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 5.7% | 12.4% |
| Price change, 1 year | +10.8% | +7.3% |
| Total return, 1 year | +16.9% | +21.0% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +20.0% | +26.4% |
| Ahead or behind | −3.1 pts | −5.4 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | 100% |
| Age | 989 days | 2692 days |
ISPY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, ISPY paid 5.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 10.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +20.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.1 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 5.8%, paid monthly.
RYLD in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, RYLD paid 12.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 7.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +21.0%. Russell 2000 (IWM) returned +26.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.4 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 12.2%, 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).
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, ISPY or RYLD?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, ISPY paid 5.7% of its starting price in cash and RYLD paid 12.4%, so RYLD paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
- Which returned more once distributions are counted, ISPY or RYLD?
- With every distribution reinvested, ISPY returned +16.9% and RYLD returned +21.0% over the year to Sep 4, 2026, so RYLD returned more.
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