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

Over the year DYLG paid 9.5% of its price in cash against JEPI’s 8.1%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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

9.5%DYLG cash paid, 1 year
8.1%JEPI cash paid, 1 year
+13.8%DYLG total return, 1 year
+7.0%JEPI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: DYLG scores higher

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

DYLG 72.3JEPI 40.93.8, 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
JEPI9.5 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%JEPI+7.0%8.1% of it arrived as cash9.5 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%JEPI+7.0%9.5 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DYLG and JEPI hold 15% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions DYLG and JEPI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingDYLGJEPI
JOHNSON & JOHNSON3.12%1.68%
APPLE INC3.88%1.53%
NVIDIA CORP2.57%1.53%
AMAZON.COM INC2.93%1.48%
3M CO1.92%1.43%
AMERICAN EXPRESS CO3.60%1.40%
MICROSOFT CORP5.70%1.30%
MCDONALD'S CORP2.87%1.22%
WALT DISNEY CO/THE1.19%1.23%
WALMART INC1.23%0.92%
MERCK & CO. INC.1.70%0.81%
PROCTER & GAMBLE CO/THE1.69%0.41%
Only in each
Only in DYLGOnly in JEPI
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 10.88%AbbVie, Inc. 1.74%
CATERPILLAR INC 9.35%Howmet Aerospace, Inc. 1.70%
AMGEN INC 4.46%Eaton Corp. plc 1.64%
TRAVELERS COS INC/THE 4.33%Trane Technologies plc 1.62%
VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES 4.25%Lam Research Corp. 1.57%
ALPHABET INC-CL A 4.04%Ross Stores, Inc. 1.52%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 4.04%Alphabet, Inc. 1.52%
SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO/THE 3.71%NextEra Energy, Inc. 1.50%

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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

DYLG and JEPI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
DYLGJEPIDYLGJEPIDYLGJEPI
3 months+1.9%+2.3%0.8%2.0%+1.5 pts0.0 pts
6 months+13.0%+4.6%2.1%4.3%−0.9 pts−13.5 pts
1 year+13.8%+7.0%9.5%8.1%+0.3 pts−9.5 pts
3 years+47.0%+29.4%30.8%24.6%−9.8 pts−49.0 pts
Since launch+44.7%+92.6%30.7%60.9%−8.3 pts−89.9 pts
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DYLG and JEPI 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
JEPI
JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerGlobal XJPMorgan
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkDow Jones Industrial Average (DIA)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized3.1%7.9%
Expense ratio0.35%0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year9.5%8.1%
Price change, 1 year+3.5%−1.2%
Total return, 1 year+13.8%+7.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year+13.5%+16.6%
Ahead or behind+0.3 pts−9.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate59%not published
Age1150 days2311 days
Net assets$6m$45.3bn

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).

JEPI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, JEPI paid 8.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.0%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.9%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, DYLG or JEPI?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, DYLG paid 9.5% of its starting price in cash and JEPI paid 8.1%, so DYLG 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 JEPI?
With every distribution reinvested, DYLG returned +13.8% and JEPI returned +7.0% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so DYLG returned more.
Which is cheaper, DYLG or JEPI?
DYLG charges 0.35% a year and JEPI charges 0.35%, 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 JEPI, 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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