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DIVO vs QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLG paid 16.7% of its price in cash against DIVO’s 6.8%, though DIVO returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $8.0bn on Nov 3, 2026 for Amplify CWP Enhanced Dividend Income ETF, and $183m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF.

At a glance
6.8%
DIVO cash paid, 1 year
16.7%
QYLG cash paid, 1 year
+15.2%
DIVO total return, 1 year
+14.4%
QYLG total return, 1 year
DIVO · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with SPY
DIVO
+15.2%
SPY
+14.8%

About even with SPY

DIVO over 1 year: paid 6.8%, price +7.9%, total +15.2%, SPY +14.8%, +0.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

DIVO

+15.2%

6.8% of it arrived as cash

about even with SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with SPY

DIVO over 1 year: paid 6.8%, price +7.9%, total +15.2%, SPY +14.8%, +0.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

DIVO

+15.2%

about even with SPY

6.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. DIVO over 1 year: paid 6.8%, price +7.9%, total +15.2%, SPY +14.8%, +0.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
QYLG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.1 pts ahead of QQQ
QYLG
+14.4%
QQQ
+12.3%

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLG

+14.4%

16.7% of it arrived as cash

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLG

+14.4%

16.7% as cash

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

16.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QYLG costs 0.21 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.8 points; DIVO is far larger, $8.0bn against $183m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DIVO vs QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDIVOQYLG
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+15.2%+14.4%
Price change, 1 yearrose 7.9%fell 3.9%
Return of capital, issuer estimate88% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment93% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYNasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.56%0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026$8.0bn$183m
Holdings
Holdings in common19%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · DIVO scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score89.5DIVO49.4QYLG

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

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Method

Risk and return

Oct 2, 2020 to Oct 30, 2026 · 317 weekly returns
DIVO QYLG
Return
Total return edge Tie +113.2% +111.1%
Annualized edge Tie +13.2% +13.0%
Price return edge DIVO +55.5% +4.8%
Risk
Volatility edge DIVO 11.9% 16.4%
Max drawdown edge DIVO −13.1% −29.9%
Downside capture 76.1% 84.8%
Beta 0.73 0.76
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge DIVO 0.83 0.63
Sortino edge DIVO 1.28 0.94
Treynor 0.139 0.136
Calmar edge DIVO 1.01 0.44
Against the benchmark
Alpha +0.9% a year −0.8% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.47 −0.60
Information ratio −0.33 −0.72
Tracking error 7.5% 6.1%

Each against its own benchmark: DIVO against SPY, Dec 23, 2016 to Oct 30, 2026; QYLG against QQQ, Oct 2, 2020 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Oct 2020 to Oct 2026, DIVO and QYLG returned about the same: +113.2% and +111.1%. DIVO swung less: 11.9% to 16.4%. DIVO fell less at its worst: −13.1% to −29.9%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: DIVO vs QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDIVOQYLGEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+113.2%+111.1%TiePrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+13.2%+13.0%TieTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+55.5%+4.8%DIVOPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility11.9%16.4%DIVOSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation7.7%11.0%DIVOLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−13.1%−29.9%DIVODeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture62.8%63.8%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture76.1%84.8%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.730.76Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.820.96Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.830.63DIVOReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.280.94DIVOReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1390.136Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.010.44DIVOAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYQQQThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+0.9% a year−0.8% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.47−0.60Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−2.8% to +4.6%−3.6% to +1.9%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.33−0.72Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error7.5%6.1%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 317 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

19%

By the books each fund has filed, DIVO and QYLG hold 19% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

19% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DIVO QYLG
Microsoft Corp 6.15% 5.78%
Apple Inc 5.07% 7.59%
NVIDIA Corp 3.67% 8.13%
Alphabet Inc 2.64% 3.47%
Amgen Inc 5.81% 0.96%
Booking Holdings Inc 1.10% 0.69%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in DIVO
Visa Inc 5.64%
Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio 12/31/2031 5.35%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 5.08%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc 4.99%
American Express Co 4.23%
Caterpillar Inc 4.22%
Amplify Samsung SOFR ETF 4.10%
State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF 3.87%
Only in QYLG
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.89%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4.29%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.59%
ALPHABET INC. 3.25%
BROADCOM INC. 3.09%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 2.76%
TESLA, INC. 2.60%
WALMART INC. 2.50%
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Side by side

DIVO Amplify CWP Enhanced Dividend Income ETF · Dividend stocks with call overlay on SPY, paying monthly QYLG Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
Strategy dividend stocks with call overlay covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 4.8% 7.1%
Expense ratio 0.56% 0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year 6.8% 16.7%
Price change, 1 year +7.9% −3.9%
Total return, 1 year +15.2% +14.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +12.3%
Ahead or behind +0.4 pts +2.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 88% 93%
Age 9.9 years 6.1 years
Net assets, DIVO as of Nov 3, 2026 and QYLG as of Oct 12, 2026 $8.0bn $183m

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: DIVO vs QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowDIVOQYLGDIVOQYLGDIVOQYLG
3 months+1.5%−0.8%1.2%1.6%+1.6 pts+2.6 pts
6 months+7.7%+2.5%2.5%4.0%+2.7 pts+2.8 pts
1 year+15.2%+14.4%6.8%16.7%+0.4 pts+2.1 pts
3 years+61.8%+72.0%19.8%52.1%−21.1 pts−19.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: DIVO Dec 2016 · QYLG Sep 2020+226.1%+116.2%73.9%76.4%−71.7 pts−46.8 pts

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About each fund
DIVO

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DIVO paid 6.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 7.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.2%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 4.8%, paid monthly. Amplify estimates that 88% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

QYLG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLG paid 16.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.4%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.1%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 93% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, DIVO or QYLG?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DIVO paid 6.8% of its starting price in cash and QYLG paid 16.7%, so QYLG paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, DIVO or QYLG?
With every distribution reinvested, DIVO returned +15.2% and QYLG +14.4% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, DIVO or QYLG?
DIVO charges 0.56% a year and QYLG charges 0.35%, so QYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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