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

Over the year DYLG paid 9.5% of its price in cash against OVLH’s 0.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Global X Dow 30 Covered Call & Growth ETF and Overlay Shares Hedged Large Cap Equity ETF.

9.5%DYLG cash paid, 1 year
0.3%OVLH cash paid, 1 year
+13.8%DYLG total return, 1 year
+9.1%OVLH total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: DYLG scores higher

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

DYLG 72.3OVLH 61.53.8, 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%9.5% cashabout even with DIA
OVLH7.5 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%OVLH+9.1%7.5 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%OVLH+9.1%7.5 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in DYLGOnly in OVLH
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 10.88%Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.00%
CATERPILLAR INC 9.35%
MICROSOFT CORP 5.70%
AMGEN INC 4.46%
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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

DYLG and OVLH over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
DYLGOVLHDYLGOVLHDYLGOVLH
3 months+1.9%+0.5%0.8%0.0%+1.5 pts−1.7 pts
6 months+13.0%+11.0%2.1%0.0%−0.9 pts−7.0 pts
1 year+13.8%+9.1%9.5%0.3%+0.3 pts−7.5 pts
3 years+47.0%+54.7%30.8%1.7%−9.8 pts−23.7 pts
Since launch+44.7%+73.7%30.7%3.1%−8.3 pts−45.2 pts
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DYLG and OVLH 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
OVLH
Overlay Shares Hedged Large Cap Equity ETF
Put-selling overlay, hedged on SPY, paying annual
IssuerGlobal XOverlay Shares
Strategycovered callput-selling overlay, hedged
BenchmarkDow Jones Industrial Average (DIA)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlyannual
Payout rate, annualized3.1%0.3%
Expense ratio0.35%not published
Cash paid, 1 year9.5%0.3%
Price change, 1 year+3.5%+8.8%
Total return, 1 year+13.8%+9.1%
Benchmark return, 1 year+13.5%+16.6%
Ahead or behind+0.3 pts−7.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate59%not published
Age1150 days2072 days
Net assets$6m$116m

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).

OVLH in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OVLH paid 0.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.3%, paid annual.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, DYLG or OVLH?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, DYLG paid 9.5% of its starting price in cash and OVLH paid 0.3%, 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 OVLH?
With every distribution reinvested, DYLG returned +13.8% and OVLH returned +9.1% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so DYLG returned more.

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DYLG against OVLH, 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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