Which paid more, DJIA or YMAG?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DJIA paid 10.1% of its starting price in cash and YMAG paid 33.4%, so YMAG 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 YMAG?

With every distribution reinvested, DJIA returned +13.9% and YMAG +5.8% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, DJIA or YMAG?

DJIA charges 0.60% a year and YMAG charges 1.34%, so DJIA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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DJIA vs YMAG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YMAG paid 33.4% of its price in cash against DJIA’s 10.1%, though DJIA 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 $268m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs.

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At a glance

10.1%

DJIA cash paid, 1 year

33.4%

YMAG cash paid, 1 year

+13.9%

DJIA total return, 1 year

+5.8%

YMAG 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%

10.1% as cash

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.

YMAG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings

YMAG

+5.8%

Own

+4.6%

1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings

YMAG over 1 year: paid 33.4%, price −29.4%, total +5.8%, its own holdings +4.6%, +1.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+4.6%

YMAG

+5.8%

33.4% of it arrived as cash

1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings

YMAG over 1 year: paid 33.4%, price −29.4%, total +5.8%, its own holdings +4.6%, +1.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+4.6%

YMAG

+5.8%

1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings

33.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YMAG over 1 year: paid 33.4%, price −29.4%, total +5.8%, its own holdings +4.6%, +1.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

DJIA costs 0.74 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.1 points; YMAG is 1.6 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DJIA vs YMAG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	DJIA	YMAG
Paid and earned
Measure	DJIA	YMAG
Total return, 1 year	+13.9%	+5.8%
Price change, 1 year	rose 2.9%	fell 29.4%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	70% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment	11% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	DJIA	YMAG
Benchmark	Dow Jones Industrial Average, measured through DIA	its own holdings
Against its benchmark, same days	behind by 1.0 pts	ahead by 1.2 pts
Cost and size
Measure	DJIA	YMAG
Expense ratio	0.60%	1.34%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$191m	$297m
Holdings
Measure	DJIA	YMAG
Holdings in common	0%

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

IQ Income Score74.6DJIA23.1YMAG

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

YMAG 23.1

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

Feb 9, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 142 weekly returns

DJIA YMAG

Return

Total return edge YMAG +32.8% +59.6%

Annualized edge YMAG +10.9% +18.7%

Price return edge DJIA +0.4% −48.9%

Risk

Volatility edge DJIA 9.1% 19.5%

Max drawdown edge DJIA −10.8% −23.7%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge YMAG (slight) 0.71 0.75

Sortino edge YMAG 0.98 1.13

Calmar edge DJIA 1.01 0.79

Reading

From Feb 2024 to Oct 2026, YMAG returned more: +59.6% to +32.8%. DJIA swung less: 9.1% to 19.5%. DJIA fell less at its worst: −10.8% to −23.7%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: DJIA vs YMAG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	DJIA	YMAG	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+32.8%	+59.6%	YMAG	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+10.9%	+18.7%	YMAG	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+0.4%	−48.9%	DJIA	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	9.1%	19.5%	DJIA	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	6.6%	13.0%	DJIA	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−10.8%	−23.7%	DJIA	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.71	0.75	YMAG (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.98	1.13	YMAG	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	1.01	0.79	DJIA	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 142 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DJIA and YMAG hold 0% 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

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DJIA YMAG

Only in one fund ↓

Only in DJIA

THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. 11.67%

CATERPILLAR INC. 9.34%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.33%

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 4.75%

AMGEN INC. 4.42%

The Travelers Companies, Inc. 4.29%

VISA INC. 4.20%

ALPHABET INC. 4.08%

Only in YMAG

YieldMax MSFT Option Income Strategy ETF 15.10%

YieldMax AAPL Option Income Strategy ETF 15.04%

YieldMax Amzn Option Income ETF 14.92%

YieldMax Tsla Option Income ETF 14.83%

YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF 13.66%

YieldMax Meta Option Income Strategy ETF 13.26%

YieldMax GOOGL Option Income Strategy ETF 12.23%

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Side by side

DJIA Global X Dow 30 Covered Call ETF · Covered call on DIA, paying monthly YMAG YieldMax Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs · Synthetic covered call on its own holdings, paying weekly

Issuer Global X YieldMax

Strategy covered call synthetic covered call

Benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) YMAG's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026)

Pays monthly weekly

Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 31.4%

Expense ratio 0.60% 1.34%

Cash paid, 1 year 10.1% 33.4%

Price change, 1 year +2.9% −29.4%

Total return, 1 year +13.9% +5.8%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.9% +4.6%

Ahead or behind −1.0 pts +1.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 70% 11%

Age 4.7 years 2.8 years

Net assets, DJIA as of Oct 12, 2026 and YMAG as of Nov 3, 2026 $191m $268m

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 YMAG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	DJIA	YMAG	DJIA	YMAG	DJIA	YMAG
3 months	+1.4%	+3.3%	1.7%	9.1%	+2.8 pts	+0.3 pts
6 months	+8.7%	+1.9%	3.7%	18.1%	+1.2 pts	−0.2 pts
1 year	+13.9%	+5.8%	10.1%	33.4%	−1.0 pts	+1.2 pts
3 years	+41.7%	–	30.4%	–	−22.4 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: DJIA Feb 2022 · YMAG Jan 2024	+46.0%	+70.3%	40.8%	91.7%	−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.

YMAG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YMAG paid 33.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 29.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. YMAG's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026) returned +4.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 31.4%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 11% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, DJIA or YMAG?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DJIA paid 10.1% of its starting price in cash and YMAG paid 33.4%, so YMAG 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 YMAG?: With every distribution reinvested, DJIA returned +13.9% and YMAG +5.8% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, DJIA or YMAG?: DJIA charges 0.60% a year and YMAG charges 1.34%, so DJIA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) →DJIA on its own →YMAG on its own →DJIA dividend history →DJIA holdings →YMAG dividend history →YMAG holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

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 ↗

YMAG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

YMAG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

YMAG 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

YieldMax page for YMAG ↗

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How this is computed

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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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