Which paid more, DJIA or SIXH?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DJIA paid 10.1% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.1%, so DJIA paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, DJIA or SIXH?

With every distribution reinvested, DJIA returned +13.9% and SIXH +23.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, DJIA or SIXH?

DJIA charges 0.60% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so DJIA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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DJIA vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DJIA paid 10.1% of its price in cash against SIXH’s 2.1%, though SIXH returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $191m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Dow 30 Covered Call ETF, and $603m on Aug 31, 2026 for ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.

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At a glance

10.1%

DJIA cash paid, 1 year

2.1%

SIXH cash paid, 1 year

+13.9%

DJIA total return, 1 year

+23.5%

SIXH total return, 1 year

DJIA · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1 pt behind DIA

DJIA

+13.9%

DIA

+14.9%

1 pt behind DIA

DJIA over 1 year: paid 10.1%, price +2.9%, total +13.9%, DIA +14.9%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

DIA

+14.9%

DJIA

+13.9%

10.1% of it arrived as cash

1 pt behind DIA

Total return, distributions reinvested

1 pt behind DIA

DJIA over 1 year: paid 10.1%, price +2.9%, total +13.9%, DIA +14.9%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

DIA

+14.9%

DJIA

+13.9%

1 pt behind DIA

10.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. DJIA over 1 year: paid 10.1%, price +2.9%, total +13.9%, DIA +14.9%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SIXH · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH

+23.5%

Own

+18.0%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

2.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +23.5%. SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +23.5%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

DJIA costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.6 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DJIA vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	DJIA	SIXH
Paid and earned
Measure	DJIA	SIXH
Total return, 1 year	+13.9%	+23.5%
Price change, 1 year	rose 2.9%	rose 21.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	70% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	DJIA	SIXH
Benchmark	Dow Jones Industrial Average, measured through DIA	its own holdings
Against its benchmark, same days	behind by 1.0 pts	ahead by 5.5 pts
Cost and size
Measure	DJIA	SIXH
Expense ratio	0.60%	0.69%
Net assets, DJIA as of Oct 12, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026	$191m	$603m
Holdings
Measure	DJIA	SIXH
Holdings in common	16%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · SIXH scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score74.6DJIA98.5SIXH

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

DJIA 74.6

SIXH 98.5

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

Risk and return

Mar 4, 2022 to Oct 30, 2026 · 243 weekly returns

DJIA SIXH

Return

Total return edge SIXH +42.6% +65.7%

Annualized edge SIXH +7.9% +11.4%

Price return edge SIXH −8.3% +50.5%

Risk

Volatility edge Tie 10.1% 9.9%

Max drawdown edge SIXH −16.2% −10.8%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge SIXH 0.39 0.72

Sortino edge SIXH 0.53 1.08

Calmar edge SIXH 0.49 1.05

Reading

From Mar 2022 to Oct 2026, SIXH returned more: +65.7% to +42.6%. DJIA and SIXH swung about the same: 10.1% and 9.9%. SIXH fell less at its worst: −10.8% to −16.2%.

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Risk and return: DJIA vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	DJIA	SIXH	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+42.6%	+65.7%	SIXH	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+7.9%	+11.4%	SIXH	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−8.3%	+50.5%	SIXH	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	10.1%	9.9%	Tie	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	7.4%	6.6%	SIXH	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−16.2%	−10.8%	SIXH	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.39	0.72	SIXH	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.53	1.08	SIXH	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.49	1.05	SIXH	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 243 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

16%

By the books each fund has filed, DJIA and SIXH hold 16% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

16% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DJIA SIXH

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.94% 2.54%

THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY 1.66% 2.46%

MERCK & CO., INC. 1.49% 1.39%

NVIDIA CORPORATION 2.30% 1.34%

WALMART INC. 1.27% 2.31%

APPLE INC. 3.54% 1.25%

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY 3.85% 1.20%

CATERPILLAR INC. 9.34% 1.20%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.11% 1.17%

ALPHABET INC. 4.08% 1.16%

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 1.33% 1.16%

THE COCA-COLA COMPANY 1.00% 1.24%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in DJIA

THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. 11.67%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.33%

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 4.75%

AMGEN INC. 4.42%

The Travelers Companies, Inc. 4.29%

VISA INC. 4.20%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 4.03%

THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY 3.91%

Only in SIXH

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 4.95%

Altria Group, Inc. 4.90%

AT&T INC. 4.08%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 3.92%

PEPSICO, INC. 3.69%

Philip Morris International Inc. 3.60%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2.85%

QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 2.82%

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Side by side

DJIA Global X Dow 30 Covered Call ETF · Covered call on DIA, paying monthly SIXH ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF · Option income on its own holdings, paying monthly

Issuer Global X Exchange Traded Concepts

Strategy covered call option income

Benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 3.2%

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.69%

Cash paid, 1 year 10.1% 2.1%

Price change, 1 year +2.9% +21.2%

Total return, 1 year +13.9% +23.5%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.9% +18.0%

Ahead or behind −1.0 pts +5.5 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 70% not published

Age 4.7 years 6.5 years

Net assets, DJIA as of Oct 12, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026 $191m $603m

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: DJIA vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	DJIA	SIXH	DJIA	SIXH	DJIA	SIXH
3 months	+1.4%	+6.0%	1.7%	0.5%	+2.8 pts	+1.8 pts
6 months	+8.7%	+10.3%	3.7%	1.0%	+1.2 pts	+3.5 pts
1 year	+13.9%	+23.5%	10.1%	2.1%	−1.0 pts	+5.5 pts
3 years	+41.7%	+47.6%	30.4%	6.8%	−22.4 pts	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: DJIA Feb 2022 · SIXH May 2020	+46.0%	+104.1%	40.8%	16.7%	−27.9 pts	not measured

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About each fund

DJIA

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DJIA paid 10.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.9%. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) returned +14.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.2%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 70% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

SIXH

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SIXH paid 2.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 21.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +23.5%. SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026) returned +18.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 3.2%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, DJIA or SIXH?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DJIA paid 10.1% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.1%, so DJIA paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, DJIA or SIXH?: With every distribution reinvested, DJIA returned +13.9% and SIXH +23.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, DJIA or SIXH?: DJIA charges 0.60% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so DJIA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

DJIA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DJIA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

DJIA 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for DJIA ↗

SIXH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SIXH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Exchange Traded Concepts website ↗

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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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