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EGGY vs XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, EGGY paid 30.4% of its price in cash against XYLD’s 10.7%, though XYLD returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $158m on Aug 31, 2026 for NestYield Dynamic Income ETF, and $3.4bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF.

At a glance
30.4%
EGGY cash paid, 1 year
10.7%
XYLD cash paid, 1 year
−12.6%
EGGY total return, 1 year
+15.9%
XYLD total return, 1 year
EGGY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 27.4 pts behind SPY
EGGY
−12.6%
SPY
+14.8%

27.4 pts behind SPY

EGGY over 1 year: paid 30.4%, price −37.9%, total −12.6%, SPY +14.8%, −27.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

EGGY

−12.6%

27.4 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

27.4 pts behind SPY

EGGY over 1 year: paid 30.4%, price −37.9%, total −12.6%, SPY +14.8%, −27.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

EGGY

−12.6%

27.4 pts behind SPY

30.4% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. EGGY over 1 year: paid 30.4%, price −37.9%, total −12.6%, SPY +14.8%, −27.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
XYLD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.1 pts ahead of SPY
XYLD
+15.9%
SPY
+14.8%

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price +4.4%, total +15.9%, SPY +14.8%, +1.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLD

+15.9%

10.7% of it arrived as cash

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price +4.4%, total +15.9%, SPY +14.8%, +1.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLD

+15.9%

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

10.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price +4.4%, total +15.9%, SPY +14.8%, +1.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XYLD costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 28.5 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

EGGY vs XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureEGGYXYLD
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year−12.6%+15.9%
Price change, 1 yearfell 37.9%rose 4.4%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment93% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.92%0.60%
Net assets, EGGY as of Aug 31, 2026 and XYLD as of Oct 12, 2026$158m$3.4bn
Holdings
Holdings in common7%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · XYLD scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score11.7EGGY77.5XYLD

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

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Method

Risk and return

Jan 3, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 95 weekly returns · each against SPY
EGGY XYLD
Return
Total return edge XYLD +12.9% +18.7%
Annualized edge XYLD +6.9% +9.8%
Price return edge XYLD −35.3% −2.3%
Risk
Volatility edge XYLD 30.8% 9.6%
Max drawdown edge XYLD −32.5% −14.0%
Downside capture 144.2% 54.4%
Beta 1.33 0.55
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge XYLD 0.24 0.61
Sortino edge XYLD 0.32 0.81
Treynor 0.056 0.106
Calmar edge XYLD 0.21 0.70
Against the benchmark
Alpha −7.9% a year −0.5% a year
Alpha t-stat −0.45 −0.14
Information ratio −0.17 −0.69
Tracking error 23.9% 8.4%
Reading

From Jan 2025 to Oct 2026, XYLD returned more: +18.7% to +12.9%. XYLD swung less: 9.6% to 30.8%. XYLD fell less at its worst: −14.0% to −32.5%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: EGGY vs XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureEGGYXYLDSPYEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+12.9%+18.7%XYLDPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+6.9%+9.8%XYLDTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return−35.3%−2.3%XYLDPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility30.8%9.6%XYLDSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation23.3%7.2%XYLDLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−32.5%−14.0%XYLDDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture183.0%40.5%100.0%EGGYShare of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture144.2%54.4%100.0%XYLDShare of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta1.330.551.00XYLD lowerHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.420.741.00Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.240.61XYLDReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino0.320.81XYLDReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.0560.1060.116XYLDReturn above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.210.70XYLDAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYSPYSPYThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−7.9% a year−0.5% a year0.0%Not significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−0.45−0.14Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−42.6% to +26.8%−7.8% to +6.7%Both include zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.17−0.69EGGYReturn against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error23.9%8.4%0.0%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 95 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

7%

By the books each fund has filed, EGGY and XYLD hold 7% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

7% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EGGY XYLD
Alphabet Inc 4.80% 3.28%
Micron Technology Inc 4.29% 1.46%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 4.62% 1.22%
Western Digital Corp 4.13% 0.29%
Sandisk Corp 5.14% 0.28%
Vertiv Holdings Co 5.24% 0.15%
Teradyne Inc 1.86% 0.09%
Lumentum Holdings Inc 8.38% 0.09%
Ciena Corp 2.82% 0.09%
Coherent Corp 5.11% 0.08%
Vistra Corp 4.09% 0.08%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in EGGY
Seagate Technology Holdings PL 13.26%
Bloom Energy Corp 8.93%
SK hynix Inc 5.56%
Astera Labs Inc 3.46%
Eli Lilly & Co 2.87%
Celestica Inc 2.82%
CoreWeave Inc 2.29%
Credo Technology Group Holding 1.12%
Only in XYLD
NVIDIA CORPORATION 7.64%
APPLE INC. 7.13%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.42%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.18%
BROADCOM INC. 2.90%
ALPHABET INC. 2.65%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.92%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.48%
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Side by side

EGGY NestYield Dynamic Income ETF · Option income on SPY, paying monthly XYLD Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
Strategy option income covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 49.4% 9.1%
Expense ratio 0.92% 0.60%
Cash paid, 1 year 30.4% 10.7%
Price change, 1 year −37.9% +4.4%
Total return, 1 year −12.6% +15.9%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −27.4 pts +1.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 93%
Age 1.9 years 13.4 years
Net assets, EGGY as of Aug 31, 2026 and XYLD as of Oct 12, 2026 $158m $3.4bn

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

Window by window

Window by window: EGGY vs XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowEGGYXYLDEGGYXYLDEGGYXYLD
3 months−22.8%+2.4%8.7%2.2%−22.6 pts+2.6 pts
6 months−27.0%+7.9%15.7%5.1%−32.0 pts+2.9 pts
1 year−12.6%+15.9%30.4%10.7%−27.4 pts+1.1 pts
3 years–+48.4%–34.0%–−34.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: EGGY Dec 2024 · XYLD Jun 2013+6.8%+194.8%50.5%114.5%−24.6 pts−316.0 pts

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About each fund
EGGY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, EGGY paid 30.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 37.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −12.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 27.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 49.4%, paid monthly. Nest Egg estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

XYLD

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLD paid 10.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.1%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 93% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, EGGY or XYLD?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, EGGY paid 30.4% of its starting price in cash and XYLD paid 10.7%, so EGGY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, EGGY or XYLD?
With every distribution reinvested, EGGY returned −12.6% and XYLD +15.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, EGGY or XYLD?
EGGY charges 0.92% a year and XYLD charges 0.60%, so XYLD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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