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CHPY vs TYLG: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year CHPY paid 49.3% of its price in cash against TYLG’s 10.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.

YieldMax(R) Semiconductor Portfolio Option Income ETF and Global X Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF.

49.3%CHPY cash paid, 1 year
10.3%TYLG cash paid, 1 year
+83.7%CHPY total return, 1 year
+32.9%TYLG total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: CHPY scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

CHPY 92.5TYLG 71.93.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

CHPY2.3 pts ahead of SMH · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SMH+81.3%CHPY+83.7%49.3% of it arrived as cash2.3 pts ahead of SMHTotal return, distributions reinvestedSMH+81.3%CHPY+83.7%49.3% cash2.3 pts ahead of SMH
TYLG5.2 pts behind XLK · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
XLK+38.0%TYLG+32.9%5.2 pts behind XLKTotal return, distributions reinvestedXLK+38.0%TYLG+32.9%5.2 pts behind XLK

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CHPY and TYLG hold 20% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions CHPY and TYLG both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingCHPYTYLG
NVIDIA Corp6.59%7.30%
Broadcom Inc6.82%2.30%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc4.30%2.24%
Micron Technology Inc3.81%2.06%
Intel Corp5.12%1.48%
Lam Research Corp4.95%0.99%
Applied Materials Inc3.17%0.96%
Texas Instruments Inc3.36%0.67%
KLA Corp3.83%0.63%
Marvell Technology Inc5.75%0.58%
QUALCOMM Inc3.17%0.52%
Analog Devices Inc3.44%0.50%
Only in each
Only in CHPYOnly in TYLG
ARM Holdings PLC 4.63%STATE STREET TECHNOLOGY SELECT SECTOR SP 54.45%
ASML Holding NV 3.94%APPLE INC 6.66%
ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd 3.65%MICROSOFT CORP 4.98%
STMicroelectronics NV 3.63%CISCO SYSTEMS INC 1.18%
TSMC 3.54%PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC-A 1.12%
United Microelectronics Corp 2.99%PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC 0.81%
Lattice Semiconductor Corp 2.85%CASH 0.73%
ACM Research Inc 2.54%SANDISK CORP 0.71%

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 dated Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

CHPY and TYLG over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
CHPYTYLGCHPYTYLGCHPYTYLG
3 months−15.2%+2.0%8.8%2.4%−2.0 pts+2.9 pts
6 months+48.5%+29.6%27.5%5.7%−0.5 pts−10.8 pts
1 year+83.7%+32.9%49.3%10.3%+2.3 pts−5.2 pts
3 yearsnot published+95.0%not published34.2%not published−33.0 pts
Since launch+164.7%+141.1%79.7%45.8%−29.2 pts−51.3 pts
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CHPY and TYLG on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
CHPY
YieldMax(R) Semiconductor Portfolio Option Income ETF
Synthetic covered call on SMH, paying weekly
TYLG
Global X Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF
Covered call on XLK, paying monthly
IssuerYieldMaxGlobal X
Strategysynthetic covered callcovered call
BenchmarkSemiconductors (SMH)Technology sector (XLK)
Paysweeklymonthly
Payout rate, annualized57.5%7.8%
Expense ratio1.03%0.60%
Cash paid, 1 year49.3%10.3%
Price change, 1 year+20.6%+20.6%
Total return, 1 year+83.7%+32.9%
Benchmark return, 1 year+81.3%+38.0%
Ahead or behind+2.3 pts−5.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate100%100%
Age533 days1396 days
Net assets$1.2bn$15m

CHPY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, CHPY paid 49.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 20.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +83.7%. Semiconductors (SMH) returned +81.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 57.5%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Sep 17, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

TYLG in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, TYLG paid 10.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 20.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +32.9%. Technology sector (XLK) returned +38.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.8%, 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 characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, CHPY or TYLG?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, CHPY paid 49.3% of its starting price in cash and TYLG paid 10.3%, so CHPY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, CHPY or TYLG?
With every distribution reinvested, CHPY returned +83.7% and TYLG returned +32.9% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so CHPY returned more.
Which is cheaper, CHPY or TYLG?
CHPY charges 1.03% a year and TYLG charges 0.60%, so TYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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CHPY against TYLG, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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