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

Over the year PBP paid 11.8% 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 Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF.

9.5%DYLG cash paid, 1 year
11.8%PBP cash paid, 1 year
+13.8%DYLG total return, 1 year
+18.5%PBP total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: PBP scores higher

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

DYLG 72.3PBP 80.63.8, 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
PBP1.9 pts ahead of SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%PBP+18.5%11.8% of it arrived as cash1.9 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%PBP+18.5%11.8% cash1.9 pts ahead of SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DYLG and PBP hold 29% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions DYLG and PBP both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingDYLGPBP
MICROSOFT CORP5.70%5.57%
APPLE INC3.88%7.50%
ALPHABET INC-CL A4.04%3.11%
AMAZON.COM INC2.93%3.77%
NVIDIA CORP2.57%8.18%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO4.04%1.42%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON3.12%0.99%
VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES4.25%0.93%
WALMART INC1.23%0.71%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC1.26%0.66%
CHEVRON CORP2.42%0.59%
CATERPILLAR INC9.35%0.56%
Only in each
Only in DYLGOnly in PBP
CASH 0.27%Broadcom Inc 2.57%
OTHER PAYABLE & RECEIVABLES -0.15%Alphabet Inc 2.47%
DJX US 10/16/26 C520 -0.56%Meta Platforms Inc 2.22%
Micron Technology Inc 1.74%
Tesla Inc 1.56%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.42%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 1.39%
Eli Lilly & Co 1.38%

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 18, 2026 and Sep 19, 2026.

Performance, window by window

DYLG and PBP over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
DYLGPBPDYLGPBPDYLGPBP
3 months+1.9%+5.0%0.8%2.8%+1.5 pts+2.7 pts
6 months+13.0%+13.0%2.1%5.7%−0.9 pts−5.0 pts
1 year+13.8%+18.5%9.5%11.8%+0.3 pts+1.9 pts
3 years+47.0%+46.1%30.8%31.8%−9.8 pts−32.3 pts
Since launch+44.7%+199.0%30.7%101.2%−8.3 pts−604.5 pts
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DYLG and PBP 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
PBP
Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerGlobal XInvesco
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkDow Jones Industrial Average (DIA)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized3.1%11.3%
Expense ratio0.35%0.29%
Cash paid, 1 year9.5%11.8%
Price change, 1 year+3.5%+5.5%
Total return, 1 year+13.8%+18.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+13.5%+16.6%
Ahead or behind+0.3 pts+1.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate59%not published
Age1150 days6101 days
Net assets$6m$386m

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).

PBP in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, PBP paid 11.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.3%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, DYLG or PBP?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, DYLG paid 9.5% of its starting price in cash and PBP paid 11.8%, so PBP 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 PBP?
With every distribution reinvested, DYLG returned +13.8% and PBP returned +18.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so PBP returned more.
Which is cheaper, DYLG or PBP?
DYLG charges 0.35% a year and PBP charges 0.29%, so PBP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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DYLG against PBP, 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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