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DUBS vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLG paid 12.7% of its price in cash against DUBS’s 2.3%, though DUBS returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $398m on Jul 31, 2026 for Aptus Large Cap Enhanced Yield ETF, and $72m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF.

DUBS on its own →XYLG on its own →
At a glance
2.3%
DUBS cash paid, 1 year
12.7%
XYLG cash paid, 1 year
+18.6%
DUBS total return, 1 year
+15.6%
XYLG total return, 1 year
DUBS · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 3.8 pts ahead of SPY
DUBS
+18.6%
SPY
+14.8%

3.8 pts ahead of SPY

DUBS over 1 year: paid 2.3%, price +16.0%, total +18.6%, SPY +14.8%, +3.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

DUBS

+18.6%

2.3% cash

3.8 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.8 pts ahead of SPY

DUBS over 1 year: paid 2.3%, price +16.0%, total +18.6%, SPY +14.8%, +3.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

DUBS

+18.6%

3.8 pts ahead of SPY

2.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. DUBS over 1 year: paid 2.3%, price +16.0%, total +18.6%, SPY +14.8%, +3.8 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% as cash

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

12.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +18.6%. 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 +18.6%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XYLG costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.0 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DUBS vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDUBSXYLG
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+18.6%+15.6%
Price change, 1 yearrose 16.0%rose 1.5%
Return of capital, issuer estimate71% of the Sep 30, 2026 payment80% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.40%0.35%
Net assets, DUBS as of Jul 31, 2026 and XYLG as of Oct 12, 2026$398m$72m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · DUBS scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score97.9DUBS70.4XYLG

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

0%

By the books each fund has filed, DUBS and XYLG hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DUBS XYLG
Only in one fund ↓
Only in DUBS
State Street SPDR Portfolio S& 73.21%
BNY Mellon US Large Cap Core E 24.71%
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

DUBS Aptus Large Cap Enhanced Yield ETF · Option income on SPY, paying quarterly XYLG Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
Issuer Aptus Global X
Strategy option income covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays quarterly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 2.2% 4.4%
Expense ratio 0.40% 0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year 2.3% 12.7%
Price change, 1 year +16.0% +1.5%
Total return, 1 year +18.6% +15.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind +3.8 pts +0.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 71% 80%
Age 3.4 years 6.1 years
Net assets, DUBS as of Jul 31, 2026 and XYLG as of Oct 12, 2026 $398m $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: DUBS vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowDUBSXYLGDUBSXYLGDUBSXYLG
3 months+0.6%+1.4%0.6%1.1%+0.7 pts+1.5 pts
6 months+6.7%+6.7%1.1%2.5%+1.7 pts+1.7 pts
1 year+18.6%+15.6%2.3%12.7%+3.8 pts+0.8 pts
3 years+85.1%+65.6%9.9%44.3%+2.2 pts−17.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: DUBS Jun 2023 · XYLG Sep 2020+86.4%+116.0%10.2%69.8%+3.2 pts−38.4 pts

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About each fund
DUBS

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DUBS paid 2.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 16.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 3.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 2.2%, paid quarterly. Aptus estimates that 71% of the distribution paid Sep 30, 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 paid more, DUBS or XYLG?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DUBS paid 2.3% of its starting price in cash and XYLG paid 12.7%, so XYLG paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, DUBS or XYLG?
With every distribution reinvested, DUBS returned +18.6% and XYLG +15.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, DUBS or XYLG?
DUBS charges 0.40% a year and XYLG charges 0.35%, so XYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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S&P 500 (SPY) →DUBS on its own →XYLG on its own →DUBS dividend history →DUBS holdings →XYLG dividend history →XYLG holdings →Method →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
DUBS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
DUBS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
DUBS 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
Aptus website ↗
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

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

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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