Which is cheaper, DDDD or XYLG?

DDDD charges 1.01% a year and XYLG charges 0.35%, so XYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

DDDD vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

DDDD and XYLG both write options for income.

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Net assets: $7.8m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax U.S. Stocks Target Double Distribution ETF, and $72m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF.

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At a glance

3.4%

DDDD cash paid, since launch, Mar 12, 2026

12.7%

XYLG cash paid, 1 year

+17.1%

DDDD total return, since launch, Mar 12, 2026

+15.6%

XYLG total return, 1 year

DDDD · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 3.3 pts behind SCHD

DDDD

+17.1%

SCHD

+20.4%

3.3 pts behind SCHD

DDDD since launch: paid 3.4%, price +13.4%, total +17.1%, SCHD +20.4%, −3.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SCHD

+20.4%

DDDD

+17.1%

3.4% as cash

3.3 pts behind SCHD

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.3 pts behind SCHD

DDDD since launch: paid 3.4%, price +13.4%, total +17.1%, SCHD +20.4%, −3.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SCHD

+20.4%

DDDD

+17.1%

3.3 pts behind SCHD

3.4% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. DDDD since launch: paid 3.4%, price +13.4%, total +17.1%, SCHD +20.4%, −3.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XYLG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.8 pts ahead of SPY

XYLG

+15.6%

SPY

+14.8%

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

XYLG over 1 year: paid 12.7%, price +1.5%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLG

+15.6%

12.7% of it arrived as cash

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

XYLG over 1 year: paid 12.7%, price +1.5%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLG

+15.6%

12.7% cash

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

12.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +20.4%. XYLG over 1 year: paid 12.7%, price +1.5%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +20.4%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XYLG costs 0.66 points a year less; XYLG is 9.9 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DDDD vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	DDDD	XYLG
Paid and earned
Measure	DDDD	XYLG
Total return, 1 year	not published	+15.6%
Price change	rose 13.4% (since Mar 12, 2026)	rose 1.5% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	76% of the Oct 2, 2026 payment	80% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	DDDD	XYLG
Benchmark	US dividend stocks, measured through SCHD	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	DDDD	XYLG
Expense ratio	1.01%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$7.3m	$72m
Holdings
Measure	DDDD	XYLG
Holdings in common	8%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DDDD and XYLG hold 8% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

8% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DDDD XYLG

UnitedHealth Group Inc 3.91% 0.59%

Chevron Corp 3.94% 0.58%

Coca-Cola Co 4.18% 0.53%

Procter & Gamble Co 4.37% 0.53%

Home Depot Inc 4.29% 0.52%

Merck & Co Inc 3.82% 0.50%

Texas Instruments Inc 4.70% 0.39%

Amgen Inc 4.16% 0.33%

Verizon Communications Inc 3.57% 0.31%

PepsiCo Inc 3.90% 0.30%

Abbott Laboratories 4.02% 0.28%

QUALCOMM Inc 3.92% 0.24%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in DDDD

ONEOK Inc 1.32%

HD US 11/20/26 C315 0.48%

ACN US 11/20/26 C235 0.43%

East West Bancorp Inc 0.43%

HF Sinclair Corp 0.38%

Fidelity National Financial Inc 0.26%

LMT US 11/20/26 C530 0.26%

Watsco Inc 0.26%

Only in XYLG

NVIDIA CORPORATION 7.60%

APPLE INC. 7.09%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.39%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.15%

ALPHABET INC. 3.26%

BROADCOM INC. 2.88%

ALPHABET INC. 2.63%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.91%

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Side by side

DDDD YieldMax U.S. Stocks Target Double Distribution ETF · Synthetic covered call on SCHD XYLG Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer YieldMax Global X

Strategy synthetic covered call covered call

Benchmark US dividend stocks (SCHD) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays not established monthly

Payout rate, annualized 18.3% 4.4%

Expense ratio 1.01% 0.35%

Cash paid, 1 year 3.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) 12.7%

Price change, 1 year +13.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +1.5%

Total return, 1 year +17.1% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +15.6%

Benchmark return, 1 year +20.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +14.8%

Ahead or behind −3.3 pts (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +0.8 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 76% 80%

Age 237 days 6.1 years

Net assets, DDDD as of Nov 3, 2026 and XYLG as of Oct 12, 2026 $7.8m $72m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

Window by window

Window by window: DDDD vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	DDDD	XYLG	DDDD	XYLG	DDDD	XYLG
3 months	+7.5%	+1.4%	1.6%	1.1%	−1.0 pts	+1.5 pts
6 months	+13.6%	+6.7%	3.3%	2.5%	−2.6 pts	+1.7 pts
1 year	–	+15.6%	–	12.7%	–	+0.8 pts
3 years	–	+65.6%	–	44.3%	–	−17.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: DDDD Mar 2026 · XYLG Sep 2020	+17.1%	+116.0%	3.4%	69.8%	−3.3 pts	−38.4 pts

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About each fund

DDDD

Over the period from its first trade on Mar 12, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, DDDD paid 3.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 13.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.1%. US dividend stocks (SCHD) returned +20.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.3 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 18.3%, paid periodically. YieldMax estimates that 76% of the distribution paid Oct 2, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

XYLG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLG paid 12.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 4.4%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 80% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, DDDD or XYLG?: DDDD charges 1.01% a year and XYLG charges 0.35%, so XYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

US dividend stocks (SCHD) →S&P 500 (SPY) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →DDDD on its own →XYLG on its own →DDDD dividend history →DDDD holdings →XYLG dividend history →XYLG holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

DDDD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DDDD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

DDDD 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

YieldMax page for DDDD ↗

XYLG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XYLG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XYLG 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for XYLG ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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