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

Over the year DYLG paid 9.5% of its price in cash against SCLZ’s 8.4%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Global X Dow 30 Covered Call & Growth ETF and Swan Enhanced Dividend Income ETF.

9.5%DYLG cash paid, 1 year
8.4%SCLZ cash paid, 1 year
+13.8%DYLG total return, 1 year
+13.2%SCLZ total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: DYLG scores higher

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

DYLG 72.3SCLZ 43.63.8, 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%about even with DIA
SCLZ14 pts behind SCHD · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SCHD+27.2%SCLZ+13.2%8.4% of it arrived as cash14 pts behind SCHDTotal return, distributions reinvestedSCHD+27.2%SCLZ+13.2%14 pts behind SCHD

What they hold in common

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

Positions DYLG and SCLZ both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingDYLGSCLZ
APPLE INC3.88%6.15%
MICROSOFT CORP5.70%3.71%
AMAZON.COM INC2.93%3.75%
NVIDIA CORP2.57%5.99%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON3.12%2.41%
CATERPILLAR INC9.35%1.84%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC1.26%3.01%
WALMART INC1.23%1.48%
CHEVRON CORP2.42%0.78%
MCDONALD'S CORP2.87%0.78%
AMGEN INC4.46%0.36%
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC2.38%0.32%
Only in each
Only in DYLGOnly in SCLZ
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 10.88%MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 7.89%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 4.35%ALPHABET INC 5.18%
TRAVELERS COS INC/THE 4.33%ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 5.14%
VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES 4.25%BROADCOM INC 4.71%
ALPHABET INC-CL A 4.04%ELI LILLY & COMPANY 3.86%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 4.04%JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 3.50%
SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO/THE 3.71%META PLATFORMS INC 3.34%
AMERICAN EXPRESS CO 3.60%BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 3.10%

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 SCLZ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
DYLGSCLZDYLGSCLZDYLGSCLZ
3 months+1.9%+2.9%0.8%2.1%+1.5 pts−3.6 pts
6 months+13.0%+14.2%2.1%3.8%−0.9 pts+1.6 pts
1 year+13.8%+13.2%9.5%8.4%+0.3 pts−14.0 pts
3 years+47.0%not published30.8%not published−9.8 ptsnot published
Since launch+44.7%+36.5%30.7%19.6%−8.3 pts−6.3 pts
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DYLG and SCLZ 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
SCLZ
Swan Enhanced Dividend Income ETF
Dividend stocks with call overlay on SCHD, paying monthly
IssuerGlobal XSwan
Strategycovered calldividend stocks with call overlay
BenchmarkDow Jones Industrial Average (DIA)US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized3.1%8.5%
Expense ratio0.35%0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year9.5%8.4%
Price change, 1 year+3.5%+4.1%
Total return, 1 year+13.8%+13.2%
Benchmark return, 1 year+13.5%+27.2%
Ahead or behind+0.3 pts−14.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate59%not published
Age1150 days934 days
Net assets$6m$20m

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).

SCLZ in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SCLZ paid 8.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.2%. US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy returned +27.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 14.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.5%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, DYLG or SCLZ?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, DYLG paid 9.5% of its starting price in cash and SCLZ paid 8.4%, 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 SCLZ?
With every distribution reinvested, DYLG returned +13.8% and SCLZ returned +13.2% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so DYLG returned more.
Which is cheaper, DYLG or SCLZ?
DYLG charges 0.35% a year and SCLZ charges 0.79%, 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 SCLZ, 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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