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

Over the year IVVW paid 17.5% 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 iShares S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF.

9.5%DYLG cash paid, 1 year
17.5%IVVW cash paid, 1 year
+13.8%DYLG total return, 1 year
+17.2%IVVW total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: DYLG scores higher

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

DYLG 72.3IVVW 61.33.8, 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%9.5% cashabout even with DIA
IVVW0.6 pts ahead of SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%IVVW+17.2%17.5% of it arrived as cash0.6 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%IVVW+17.2%17.5% as cash0.6 pts ahead of SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DYLG and IVVW hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in DYLGOnly in IVVW
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 10.88%ISHARES CORE S&P ETF TRUST 100.84%
CATERPILLAR INC 9.35%USD CASH 0.66%
MICROSOFT CORP 5.70%BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.14%
AMGEN INC 4.46%OCT26 SPX C @ 7625.000000 -1.64%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 4.35%
TRAVELERS COS INC/THE 4.33%
VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES 4.25%
ALPHABET INC-CL A 4.04%

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 Sep 17, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

DYLG and IVVW over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
DYLGIVVWDYLGIVVWDYLGIVVW
3 months+1.9%+4.6%0.8%2.6%+1.5 pts+2.4 pts
6 months+13.0%+13.1%2.1%7.9%−0.9 pts−4.9 pts
1 year+13.8%+17.2%9.5%17.5%+0.3 pts+0.6 pts
3 years+47.0%not published30.8%not published−9.8 ptsnot published
Since launch+44.7%+38.9%30.7%39.7%−8.3 pts−14.9 pts
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DYLG and IVVW 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
IVVW
iShares S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerGlobal XiShares
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkDow Jones Industrial Average (DIA)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized3.1%7.6%
Expense ratio0.35%0.25%
Cash paid, 1 year9.5%17.5%
Price change, 1 year+3.5%−2.0%
Total return, 1 year+13.8%+17.2%
Benchmark return, 1 year+13.5%+16.6%
Ahead or behind+0.3 pts+0.6 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate59%not published
Age1150 days917 days
Net assets$6m$350m

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).

IVVW in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, IVVW paid 17.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.2%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.6 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.6%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, DYLG or IVVW?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, DYLG paid 9.5% of its starting price in cash and IVVW paid 17.5%, so IVVW 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 IVVW?
With every distribution reinvested, DYLG returned +13.8% and IVVW returned +17.2% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so IVVW returned more.
Which is cheaper, DYLG or IVVW?
DYLG charges 0.35% a year and IVVW charges 0.25%, so IVVW is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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DYLG against IVVW, 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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