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

Over the year QYLG paid 17.4% 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 Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF.

9.5%DYLG cash paid, 1 year
17.4%QYLG cash paid, 1 year
+13.8%DYLG total return, 1 year
+22.2%QYLG total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: DYLG scores higher

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

DYLG 72.3QYLG 71.13.8, 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%about even with DIA
QYLGAbout even with QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%QYLG+22.2%17.4% of it arrived as cashabout even with QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%QYLG+22.2%17.4% as cashabout even with QQQ

What they hold in common

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

Positions DYLG and QYLG both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingDYLGQYLG
MICROSOFT CORP5.70%5.77%
APPLE INC3.88%7.73%
ALPHABET INC-CL A4.04%3.23%
AMAZON.COM INC2.93%4.31%
NVIDIA CORP2.57%8.44%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC1.26%1.88%
WALMART INC1.23%2.25%
AMGEN INC4.46%0.91%
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC2.38%0.28%
CASH0.27%0.53%
OTHER PAYABLE & RECEIVABLES-0.15%-0.44%
Only in each
Only in DYLGOnly in QYLG
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 10.88%MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 4.99%
CATERPILLAR INC 9.35%ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 3.97%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 4.35%META PLATFORMS INC 3.11%
TRAVELERS COS INC/THE 4.33%TESLA INC 3.01%
VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES 4.25%ALPHABET INC-CL C 3.00%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 4.04%SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN-CL A 2.85%
SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO/THE 3.71%BROADCOM INC 2.67%
AMERICAN EXPRESS CO 3.60%INTEL CORP 2.48%

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.

Performance, window by window

DYLG and QYLG over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
DYLGQYLGDYLGQYLGDYLGQYLG
3 months+1.9%−0.1%0.8%2.1%+1.5 pts+2.4 pts
6 months+13.0%+19.6%2.1%4.6%−0.9 pts−4.7 pts
1 year+13.8%+22.2%9.5%17.4%+0.3 pts+0.5 pts
3 years+47.0%+76.2%30.8%51.1%−9.8 pts−22.0 pts
Since launch+44.7%+122.0%30.7%75.3%−8.3 pts−52.0 pts
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DYLG and QYLG 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
QYLG
Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerGlobal XGlobal X
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkDow Jones Industrial Average (DIA)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized3.1%6.8%
Expense ratio0.35%0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year9.5%17.4%
Price change, 1 year+3.5%+2.4%
Total return, 1 year+13.8%+22.2%
Benchmark return, 1 year+13.5%+21.8%
Ahead or behind+0.3 pts+0.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate59%96%
Age1150 days2187 days
Net assets$6m$175m

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).

QYLG in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QYLG paid 17.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +22.2%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.8%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 96% 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).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, DYLG or QYLG?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, DYLG paid 9.5% of its starting price in cash and QYLG paid 17.4%, so QYLG 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 QYLG?
With every distribution reinvested, DYLG returned +13.8% and QYLG returned +22.2% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so QYLG returned more.
Which is cheaper, DYLG or QYLG?
DYLG charges 0.35% a year and QYLG charges 0.35%, so DYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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DYLG against QYLG, 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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