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ISPY vs XYLD
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, ISPY and XYLD hold 68% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | ISPY | XYLD |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp. | 7.07% | 7.85% |
| Microsoft Corp. | 4.60% | 4.90% |
| Alphabet, Inc. | 3.05% | 3.63% |
| Broadcom, Inc. | 2.92% | 3.20% |
| Alphabet, Inc. | 2.42% | 2.89% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | 1.91% | 2.17% |
| Tesla, Inc. | 1.69% | 1.74% |
| Eli Lilly & Co. | 1.21% | 1.20% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 1.11% | 1.37% |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 1.50% | 0.94% |
| Exxon Mobil Corp. | 0.84% | 1.04% |
| Visa, Inc. | 0.76% | 0.90% |
| Only in ISPY | Only in XYLD |
|---|---|
| ProShares GENIUS Money Market ETF 10.56% | APPLE INC. 6.45% |
| Apple, Inc. 6.31% | AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.19% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. 3.64% | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.41% |
| Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. 1.20% | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0.94% |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 1.16% | BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 0.57% |
| Applied Materials, Inc. 0.49% | APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0.51% |
| Bank of America Corp. 0.47% | RTX CORPORATION 0.38% |
| RTX Corp. 0.33% | 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 May 31, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISPY | XYLD | ISPY | XYLD | ISPY | XYLD | |
| 3 months | +3.6% | +5.7% | 1.5% | 2.6% | −1.1 pts | +0.2 pts |
| 6 months | +11.8% | +9.5% | 3.5% | 5.5% | −3.3 pts | −5.5 pts |
| 1 year | +16.9% | +18.6% | 5.7% | 11.1% | −3.1 pts | −4.1 pts |
| 3 years | n/a | +43.7% | n/a | 33.0% | n/a | −33.1 pts |
| Since launch | +54.6% | +191.1% | 25.8% | 112.9% | −14.8 pts | −137.7 pts |
| ISPY ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF | XYLD Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | ProShares | Global X |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | All-country world (ACWI) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualised | 5.8% | 9.0% |
| Expense ratio | not published | 0.60% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 5.7% | 11.1% |
| Price change, 1 year | +10.8% | +6.5% |
| Total return, 1 year | +16.9% | +18.6% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +20.0% | +22.7% |
| Ahead or behind | −3.1 pts | −4.1 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | 93% |
| Age | 989 days | 4820 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.
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 paid more, ISPY or XYLD?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, ISPY paid 5.7% of its starting price in cash and XYLD paid 11.1%, so XYLD 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 XYLD?
- With every distribution reinvested, ISPY returned +16.9% and XYLD returned +18.6% over the year to Sep 4, 2026, so XYLD returned more.
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Where these figures came from
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