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LJUL vs QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLG paid 16.7% of its price in cash against LJUL’s 5.2%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $9.0m on Nov 4, 2026 for Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - July, and $183m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF.

LJUL on its own →QYLG on its own →
At a glance
5.2%
LJUL cash paid, 1 year
16.7%
QYLG cash paid, 1 year
+5.3%
LJUL total return, 1 year
+14.4%
QYLG total return, 1 year
LJUL · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 9.5 pts behind VOO
LJUL
+5.3%
VOO
+14.8%

9.5 pts behind VOO

LJUL over 1 year: paid 5.2%, price 0.0%, total +5.3%, VOO +14.8%, −9.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

LJUL

+5.3%

5.2% of it arrived as cash

9.5 pts behind VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

9.5 pts behind VOO

LJUL over 1 year: paid 5.2%, price 0.0%, total +5.3%, VOO +14.8%, −9.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

LJUL

+5.3%

9.5 pts behind VOO

5.2% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. LJUL over 1 year: paid 5.2%, price 0.0%, total +5.3%, VOO +14.8%, −9.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
QYLG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.1 pts ahead of QQQ
QYLG
+14.4%
QQQ
+12.3%

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLG

+14.4%

16.7% of it arrived as cash

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLG

+14.4%

16.7% as cash

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

16.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QYLG costs 0.44 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.1 points; QYLG is far larger, $183m against $9.0m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

LJUL vs QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureLJULQYLG
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+5.3%+14.4%
Price change, 1 yearfell 0.0%fell 3.9%
Return of capital, issuer estimate40% of the Nov 2, 2026 payment93% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOONasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.79%0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026$9.0m$183m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · LJUL scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score57.8LJUL49.4QYLG

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, LJUL and QYLG hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first LJUL QYLG
Only in one fund ↓
Only in LJUL
Only in QYLG
NVIDIA CORPORATION 8.13%
APPLE INC. 7.59%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.78%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.89%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4.29%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.59%
ALPHABET INC. 3.47%
ALPHABET INC. 3.25%
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Side by side

LJUL Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - July · Buffer with income on VOO, paying monthly QYLG Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
Issuer Innovator Global X
Strategy buffer with income covered call
Benchmark Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 5.3% 7.1%
Expense ratio 0.79% 0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year 5.2% 16.7%
Price change, 1 year 0.0% −3.9%
Total return, 1 year +5.3% +14.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +12.3%
Ahead or behind −9.5 pts +2.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 40% 93%
Age 2.3 years 6.1 years
Net assets, LJUL as of Nov 4, 2026 and QYLG as of Oct 12, 2026 $9.0m $183m

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: LJUL vs QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowLJULQYLGLJULQYLGLJULQYLG
3 months+1.1%−0.8%1.3%1.6%+1.3 pts+2.6 pts
6 months+2.8%+2.5%2.6%4.0%−2.3 pts+2.8 pts
1 year+5.3%+14.4%5.2%16.7%−9.5 pts+2.1 pts
3 years–+72.0%–52.1%–−19.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: LJUL Jul 2024 · QYLG Sep 2020+14.0%+116.2%12.6%76.4%−30.5 pts−46.8 pts

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About each fund
LJUL

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, LJUL paid 5.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.3%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.3%, paid monthly. Innovator estimates that 40% 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.

QYLG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLG paid 16.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.4%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.1%, 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, LJUL or QYLG?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, LJUL paid 5.2% of its starting price in cash and QYLG paid 16.7%, so QYLG paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, LJUL or QYLG?
With every distribution reinvested, LJUL returned +5.3% and QYLG +14.4% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, LJUL or QYLG?
LJUL charges 0.79% a year and QYLG charges 0.35%, so QYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Sources and dates
LJUL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
LJUL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
LJUL 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
Innovator page for LJUL ↗
QYLG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
QYLG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
QYLG 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
Global X page for QYLG ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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