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

Over the year DYLG paid 9.5% of its price in cash against SIXH’s 2.0%, though SIXH returned more with it reinvested.

Global X Dow 30 Covered Call & Growth ETF and ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.

9.5%DYLG cash paid, 1 year
2.0%SIXH cash paid, 1 year
+13.8%DYLG total return, 1 year
+16.3%SIXH total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: SIXH scores higher

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

DYLG 72.3SIXH 81.83.8, 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
SIXHAbout even with SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%SIXH+16.3%2.0% cashabout even with SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%SIXH+16.3%about even with SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DYLG and SIXH hold 9% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions DYLG and SIXH both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingDYLGSIXH
JOHNSON & JOHNSON3.12%2.47%
APPLE INC3.88%1.45%
MERCK & CO. INC.1.70%1.37%
AMAZON.COM INC2.93%1.29%
CATERPILLAR INC9.35%1.24%
WALMART INC1.23%1.11%
Only in each
Only in DYLGOnly in SIXH
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 10.88%Altria Group, Inc. 4.83%
MICROSOFT CORP 5.70%Philip Morris International Inc. 4.07%
AMGEN INC 4.46%VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 3.77%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 4.35%SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 3.74%
TRAVELERS COS INC/THE 4.33%AT&T INC. 3.59%
VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES 4.25%QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 3.53%
ALPHABET INC-CL A 4.04%Pepsico, Inc. 3.44%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 4.04%LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 3.11%

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 SIXH over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
DYLGSIXHDYLGSIXHDYLGSIXH
3 months+1.9%+4.5%0.8%0.5%+1.5 pts+2.2 pts
6 months+13.0%+7.4%2.1%0.9%−0.9 pts−10.6 pts
1 year+13.8%+16.3%9.5%2.0%+0.3 pts−0.3 pts
3 years+47.0%+43.8%30.8%6.6%−9.8 pts−34.6 pts
Since launch+44.7%+96.3%30.7%16.0%−8.3 pts−88.5 pts
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DYLG and SIXH 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
SIXH
ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerGlobal XExchange Traded Concepts
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkDow Jones Industrial Average (DIA)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized3.1%0.4%
Expense ratio0.35%0.69%
Cash paid, 1 year9.5%2.0%
Price change, 1 year+3.5%+14.1%
Total return, 1 year+13.8%+16.3%
Benchmark return, 1 year+13.5%+16.6%
Ahead or behind+0.3 pts−0.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate59%not published
Age1150 days2321 days
Net assets$6m$543m

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).

SIXH in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SIXH paid 2.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 14.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.3%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.4%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, DYLG or SIXH?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, DYLG paid 9.5% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.0%, 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 SIXH?
With every distribution reinvested, DYLG returned +13.8% and SIXH returned +16.3% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so SIXH returned more.
Which is cheaper, DYLG or SIXH?
DYLG charges 0.35% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, 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 SIXH, 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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