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DOGG vs XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLD paid 10.7% of its price in cash against DOGG’s 9.7%, though DOGG returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $96m on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest DJIA Dogs 10 Target Income ETF, and $3.4bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF.

At a glance
9.7%
DOGG cash paid, 1 year
10.7%
XYLD cash paid, 1 year
+26.9%
DOGG total return, 1 year
+15.9%
XYLD total return, 1 year
DOGG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 12 pts ahead of DIA
DOGG
+26.9%
DIA
+14.9%

12 pts ahead of DIA

DOGG over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price +16.1%, total +26.9%, DIA +14.9%, +12.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

DIA

+14.9%

DOGG

+26.9%

9.7% of it arrived as cash

12 pts ahead of DIA

Total return, distributions reinvested

12 pts ahead of DIA

DOGG over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price +16.1%, total +26.9%, DIA +14.9%, +12.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

DIA

+14.9%

DOGG

+26.9%

12 pts ahead of DIA

9.7% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. DOGG over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price +16.1%, total +26.9%, DIA +14.9%, +12.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
XYLD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.1 pts ahead of SPY
XYLD
+15.9%
SPY
+14.8%

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price +4.4%, total +15.9%, SPY +14.8%, +1.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLD

+15.9%

10.7% of it arrived as cash

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price +4.4%, total +15.9%, SPY +14.8%, +1.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLD

+15.9%

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

10.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +26.9%. XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price +4.4%, total +15.9%, SPY +14.8%, +1.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +26.9%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XYLD costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.0 points; XYLD is far larger, $3.4bn against $87m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DOGG vs XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDOGGXYLD
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+26.9%+15.9%
Price change, 1 yearrose 16.1%rose 4.4%
Return of capital, issuer estimate0% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment93% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkDow Jones Industrial Average, measured through DIAS&P 500, measured through SPY
Against its benchmark, same daysahead by 12.0 ptsahead by 1.1 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.75%0.60%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026$87m$3.4bn
Holdings
Holdings in common4%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · DOGG scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score94.9DOGG77.5XYLD

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

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

What they share

4%

By the books each fund has filed, DOGG and XYLD hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

4% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DOGG XYLD
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated 4.91% 0.59%
Chevron Corporation 4.91% 0.58%
The Coca-Cola Company 5.13% 0.53%
The Procter & Gamble Company 5.08% 0.53%
The Home Depot, Inc. 5.09% 0.52%
Merck & Co., Inc. 4.97% 0.51%
Amgen Inc. 5.05% 0.33%
Verizon Communications Inc. 5.19% 0.30%
McDonald's Corporation 5.12% 0.30%
NIKE, Inc. (Class B) 5.01% 0.08%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in DOGG
2027-01-26 UnitedHealth Group Incorporated C 429.16 0.19%
2027-01-26 Amgen Inc. C 511.45 0.11%
2027-01-26 Merck & Co., Inc. C 161.07 0.11%
2027-01-26 Chevron Corporation C 260.24 0.05%
2027-01-26 The Coca-Cola Company C 110.03 0.02%
2026-11-06 Chevron Corporation C 235 0.00%
2026-11-06 Merck & Co., Inc. C 150 0.00%
2027-01-26 McDonald's Corporation C 470.43 0.00%
Only in XYLD
NVIDIA CORPORATION 7.64%
APPLE INC. 7.13%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.42%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.18%
ALPHABET INC. 3.28%
BROADCOM INC. 2.90%
ALPHABET INC. 2.65%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.92%
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Side by side

DOGG FT Vest DJIA Dogs 10 Target Income ETF · Option income on DIA, paying monthly XYLD Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
Strategy option income covered call
Benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 8.4% 9.1%
Expense ratio 0.75% 0.60%
Cash paid, 1 year 9.7% 10.7%
Price change, 1 year +16.1% +4.4%
Total return, 1 year +26.9% +15.9%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.9% +14.8%
Ahead or behind +12.0 pts +1.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 0% 93%
Age 3.5 years 13.4 years
Net assets, DOGG as of Nov 3, 2026 and XYLD as of Oct 12, 2026 $96m $3.4bn

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: DOGG vs XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowDOGGXYLDDOGGXYLDDOGGXYLD
3 months+7.3%+2.4%2.2%2.2%+8.8 pts+2.6 pts
6 months+13.7%+7.9%4.5%5.1%+6.2 pts+2.9 pts
1 year+26.9%+15.9%9.7%10.7%+12.1 pts+1.1 pts
3 years+55.7%+48.4%28.9%34.0%−8.5 pts−34.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: DOGG Apr 2023 · XYLD Jun 2013+57.4%+194.8%32.5%114.5%−9.6 pts−316.0 pts

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About each fund
DOGG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DOGG paid 9.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 16.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +26.9%. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) returned +14.9% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 12.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.4%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 0% 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.

XYLD

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLD paid 10.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.1%, 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, DOGG or XYLD?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DOGG paid 9.7% of its starting price in cash and XYLD paid 10.7%, so XYLD paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, DOGG or XYLD?
With every distribution reinvested, DOGG returned +26.9% and XYLD +15.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, DOGG or XYLD?
DOGG charges 0.75% a year and XYLD charges 0.60%, so XYLD 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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