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

DYLG and HEMI both write options for income.

Global X Dow 30 Covered Call & Growth ETF and Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF.

9.5%DYLG cash paid, 1 year
6.0%HEMI cash paid, 1 year
+13.8%DYLG total return, 1 year
+11.2%HEMI total return, 1 year
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%9.5% as cashabout even with DIA
HEMI3.4 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+14.7%HEMI+11.2%6.0% of it arrived as cash3.4 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+14.7%HEMI+11.2%3.4 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DYLG and HEMI hold 22% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions DYLG and HEMI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingDYLGHEMI
MICROSOFT CORP5.70%5.72%
APPLE INC3.88%5.86%
AMAZON.COM INC2.93%5.73%
NVIDIA CORP2.57%9.11%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO4.04%2.42%
WALMART INC1.23%1.70%
MERCK & CO. INC.1.70%1.15%
BOEING CO/THE2.29%0.96%
SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO/THE3.71%0.39%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC1.26%0.29%
Only in each
Only in DYLGOnly in HEMI
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 10.88%Alphabet Inc 7.69%
CATERPILLAR INC 9.35%Broadcom Inc 4.02%
AMGEN INC 4.46%Meta Platforms Inc 2.66%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 4.35%Eli Lilly & Co 2.13%
TRAVELERS COS INC/THE 4.33%Mastercard Inc 2.04%
VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES 4.25%Advanced Micro Devices Inc 1.89%
ALPHABET INC-CL A 4.04%Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 1.71%
AMERICAN EXPRESS CO 3.60%KLA Corp 1.39%

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 HEMI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
DYLGHEMIDYLGHEMIDYLGHEMI
3 months+1.9%+0.8%0.8%2.2%+1.5 pts−1.5 pts
6 months+13.0%+13.6%2.1%4.9%−0.9 pts−4.5 pts
1 year+13.8%not published9.5%not published+0.3 ptsnot published
3 years+47.0%not published30.8%not published−9.8 ptsnot published
Since launch+44.7%+11.2%30.7%6.0%−8.3 pts−3.4 pts
Open the live comparison on ETFIQ
DYLG and HEMI 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
HEMI
Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerGlobal XHartford
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkDow Jones Industrial Average (DIA)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized3.1%9.1%
Expense ratio0.35%0.49%
Cash paid, 1 year9.5%6.0% (since launch on Dec 17, 2025)
Price change, 1 year+3.5%+4.9%
Total return, 1 year+13.8%+11.2% (since launch on Dec 17, 2025)
Benchmark return, 1 year+13.5%+14.7%
Ahead or behind+0.3 pts−3.4 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate59%not published
Age1150 days275 days
Net assets$6m$33m

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).

HEMI in plain words

Over the period since launch on Dec 17, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, HEMI paid 6.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.2%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.4 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.1%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, DYLG or HEMI?
DYLG charges 0.35% a year and HEMI charges 0.49%, 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 HEMI, 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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