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DYLG vs FEPI: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year FEPI paid 23.4% of its price in cash against DYLG’s 9.5%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Global X Dow 30 Covered Call & Growth ETF and REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF.

9.5%DYLG cash paid, 1 year
23.4%FEPI cash paid, 1 year
+13.8%DYLG total return, 1 year
+15.7%FEPI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: DYLG scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

DYLG 72.3FEPI 33.53.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

DYLGAbout even with DIA · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
DIA+13.5%DYLG+13.8%9.5% of it arrived as cashabout even with DIATotal return, distributions reinvestedDIA+13.5%DYLG+13.8%about even with DIA
FEPI6.1 pts behind QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%FEPI+15.7%23.4% of it arrived as cash6.1 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%FEPI+15.7%23.4% as cash6.1 pts behind QQQ

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DYLG and FEPI hold 7% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions DYLG and FEPI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingDYLGFEPI
APPLE INC3.88%5.14%
AMAZON.COM INC2.93%5.21%
Only in each
Only in DYLGOnly in FEPI
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 10.88%ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 9.98%
CATERPILLAR INC 9.35%MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 8.91%
MICROSOFT CORP 5.70%ALPHABET INC. 8.83%
AMGEN INC 4.46%BROADCOM INC. 8.05%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 4.35%NVIDIA CORPORATION 7.76%
TRAVELERS COS INC/THE 4.33%TESLA, INC. 7.47%
VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES 4.25%INTEL CORPORATION 5.24%
ALPHABET INC-CL A 4.04%MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.19%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

DYLG and FEPI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
DYLGFEPIDYLGFEPIDYLGFEPI
3 months+1.9%+2.9%0.8%6.0%+1.5 pts+5.4 pts
6 months+13.0%+17.2%2.1%12.8%−0.9 pts−7.1 pts
1 year+13.8%+15.7%9.5%23.4%+0.3 pts−6.1 pts
3 years+47.0%not published30.8%not published−9.8 ptsnot published
Since launch+44.7%+69.0%30.7%66.8%−8.3 pts−28.5 pts
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DYLG and FEPI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
DYLG
Global X Dow 30 Covered Call & Growth ETF
Covered call on DIA, paying monthly
FEPI
REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying weekly
IssuerGlobal XREX
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkDow Jones Industrial Average (DIA)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy
Paysmonthlyweekly
Payout rate, annualized3.1%24.9%
Expense ratio0.35%0.65%
Cash paid, 1 year9.5%23.4%
Price change, 1 year+3.5%−10.0%
Total return, 1 year+13.8%+15.7%
Benchmark return, 1 year+13.5%+21.8%
Ahead or behind+0.3 pts−6.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate59%not published
Age1150 days1073 days
Net assets$6m$713m

DYLG in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, DYLG paid 9.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.8%. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) returned +13.5% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 3.1%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 59% of the distribution paid Aug 27, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

FEPI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FEPI paid 23.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 24.9%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, DYLG or FEPI?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, DYLG paid 9.5% of its starting price in cash and FEPI paid 23.4%, so FEPI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, DYLG or FEPI?
With every distribution reinvested, DYLG returned +13.8% and FEPI returned +15.7% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so FEPI returned more.
Which is cheaper, DYLG or FEPI?
DYLG charges 0.35% a year and FEPI charges 0.65%, so DYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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DYLG against FEPI, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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