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KHPI vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLG paid 12.7% of its price in cash against KHPI’s 9.0%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $401m on Jun 30, 2026 for Kensington Hedged Premium Income ETF, and $72m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF.

At a glance
9.0%
KHPI cash paid, 1 year
12.7%
XYLG cash paid, 1 year
+9.5%
KHPI total return, 1 year
+15.6%
XYLG total return, 1 year
KHPI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 5.3 pts behind SPY
KHPI
+9.5%
SPY
+14.8%

5.3 pts behind SPY

KHPI over 1 year: paid 9.0%, price +0.1%, total +9.5%, SPY +14.8%, −5.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

KHPI

+9.5%

9.0% of it arrived as cash

5.3 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.3 pts behind SPY

KHPI over 1 year: paid 9.0%, price +0.1%, total +9.5%, SPY +14.8%, −5.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

KHPI

+9.5%

9.0% cash

5.3 pts behind SPY

9.0% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. KHPI over 1 year: paid 9.0%, price +0.1%, total +9.5%, SPY +14.8%, −5.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
XYLG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.8 pts ahead of SPY
XYLG
+15.6%
SPY
+14.8%

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

XYLG over 1 year: paid 12.7%, price +1.5%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLG

+15.6%

12.7% of it arrived as cash

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

XYLG over 1 year: paid 12.7%, price +1.5%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLG

+15.6%

12.7% as cash

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

12.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +15.6%. XYLG over 1 year: paid 12.7%, price +1.5%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +15.6%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XYLG costs 0.63 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.1 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

KHPI vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureKHPIXYLG
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+9.5%+15.6%
Price change, 1 yearrose 0.1%rose 1.5%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Nov 2, 2026 payment80% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.98%0.35%
Net assets, KHPI as of Jun 30, 2026 and XYLG as of Oct 12, 2026$401m$72m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · XYLG scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score62KHPI70.4XYLG

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

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, KHPI and XYLG hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first KHPI XYLG
Only in one fund ↓
Only in KHPI
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.06%
Only in XYLG
NVIDIA CORPORATION 7.60%
APPLE INC. 7.09%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.39%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.15%
ALPHABET INC. 3.26%
BROADCOM INC. 2.88%
ALPHABET INC. 2.63%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.91%
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Side by side

KHPI Kensington Hedged Premium Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly XYLG Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
Issuer Kensington Global X
Strategy covered call covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 9.1% 4.4%
Expense ratio 0.98% 0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year 9.0% 12.7%
Price change, 1 year +0.1% +1.5%
Total return, 1 year +9.5% +15.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −5.3 pts +0.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 80%
Age 2.2 years 6.1 years
Net assets, KHPI as of Jun 30, 2026 and XYLG as of Oct 12, 2026 $401m $72m

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: KHPI vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowKHPIXYLGKHPIXYLGKHPIXYLG
3 months+0.8%+1.4%2.2%1.1%+0.9 pts+1.5 pts
6 months+4.6%+6.7%4.5%2.5%−0.5 pts+1.7 pts
1 year+9.5%+15.6%9.0%12.7%−5.3 pts+0.8 pts
3 years–+65.6%–44.3%–−17.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: KHPI Sep 2024 · XYLG Sep 2020+26.2%+116.0%19.9%69.8%−17.0 pts−38.4 pts

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About each fund
KHPI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, KHPI paid 9.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.3 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.1%, paid monthly. Kensington estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Nov 2, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

XYLG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLG paid 12.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 4.4%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 80% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, KHPI or XYLG?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, KHPI paid 9.0% of its starting price in cash and XYLG paid 12.7%, so XYLG paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, KHPI or XYLG?
With every distribution reinvested, KHPI returned +9.5% and XYLG +15.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, KHPI or XYLG?
KHPI charges 0.98% a year and XYLG charges 0.35%, so XYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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