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EGGY vs XYLG: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year EGGY paid 28.1% of its price in cash against XYLG’s 13.2%, though XYLG returned more with it reinvested.

NestYield Dynamic Income ETF and Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF.

28.1%EGGY cash paid, 1 year
13.2%XYLG cash paid, 1 year
+15.3%EGGY total return, 1 year
+17.2%XYLG total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: XYLG scores higher

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

EGGY 38.4XYLG 733.8, 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

EGGY1.2 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%EGGY+15.3%28.1% of it arrived as cash1.2 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%EGGY+15.3%28.1% as cash1.2 pts behind SPY
XYLG0.7 pts ahead of SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%XYLG+17.2%13.2% of it arrived as cash0.7 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%XYLG+17.2%13.2% as cash0.7 pts ahead of SPY

What they hold in common

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

Positions EGGY and XYLG both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingEGGYXYLG
Alphabet Inc4.68%3.12%
Micron Technology Inc7.95%1.75%
Eli Lilly & Co4.01%1.41%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc4.86%1.40%
Seagate Technology Holdings PL12.31%0.30%
Western Digital Corp4.26%0.24%
Vertiv Holdings Co5.60%0.14%
Bloom Energy Corp10.77%0.12%
Lumentum Holdings Inc6.86%0.12%
Coherent Corp5.81%0.09%
Teradyne Inc3.92%0.09%
Ciena Corp3.75%0.08%
Only in each
Only in EGGYOnly in XYLG
Astera Labs Inc 6.85%NVIDIA CORP 8.20%
Credo Technology Group Holding 4.79%APPLE INC 7.50%
TSMC 3.65%MICROSOFT CORP 5.59%
Celestica Inc 3.18%AMAZON.COM INC 3.81%
CoreWeave Inc 2.58%BROADCOM INC 2.59%
ALPHABET INC-CL C 2.48%
META PLATFORMS INC 2.24%
TESLA INC 1.57%

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

EGGY and XYLG over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
EGGYXYLGEGGYXYLGEGGYXYLG
3 months−15.1%+3.6%7.1%1.3%−17.3 pts+1.3 pts
6 months+27.6%+15.7%19.4%3.0%+9.6 pts−2.3 pts
1 year+15.3%+17.2%28.1%13.2%−1.2 pts+0.7 pts
3 yearsnot published+60.9%not published43.0%not published−17.5 pts
Since launch+42.3%+114.0%45.5%69.0%+11.8 pts−38.7 pts
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EGGY and XYLG on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
EGGY
NestYield Dynamic Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
XYLG
Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerNest EggGlobal X
Strategyoption incomecovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized34.8%4.4%
Expense ratio0.92%0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year28.1%13.2%
Price change, 1 year−16.2%+2.6%
Total return, 1 year+15.3%+17.2%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−1.2 pts+0.7 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published80%
Age630 days2188 days
Net assets$126m$65m

EGGY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, EGGY paid 28.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 16.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.3%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 34.8%, paid monthly.

XYLG in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, XYLG paid 13.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.2%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.7 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 4.4%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 80% 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, EGGY or XYLG?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, EGGY paid 28.1% of its starting price in cash and XYLG paid 13.2%, 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 XYLG?
With every distribution reinvested, EGGY returned +15.3% and XYLG returned +17.2% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so XYLG returned more.
Which is cheaper, EGGY or XYLG?
EGGY charges 0.92% a year and XYLG charges 0.35%, so XYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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EGGY against XYLG, 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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