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LJUL 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 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 $72m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF.

LJUL on its own →XYLG on its own →
At a glance
5.2%
LJUL cash paid, 1 year
12.7%
XYLG cash paid, 1 year
+5.3%
LJUL total return, 1 year
+15.6%
XYLG 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.
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 0.44 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.3 points; XYLG is 8.0 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

LJUL vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureLJULXYLG
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+5.3%+15.6%
Price change, 1 yearfell 0.0%rose 1.5%
Return of capital, issuer estimate40% of the Nov 2, 2026 payment80% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOOS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.79%0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026$9.0m$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 Score57.8LJUL70.4XYLG

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, LJUL and XYLG 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 XYLG
Only in one fund ↓
Only in LJUL
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

LJUL Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - July · Buffer with income on VOO, paying monthly XYLG Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
Issuer Innovator Global X
Strategy buffer with income covered call
Benchmark Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 5.3% 4.4%
Expense ratio 0.79% 0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year 5.2% 12.7%
Price change, 1 year 0.0% +1.5%
Total return, 1 year +5.3% +15.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −9.5 pts +0.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 40% 80%
Age 2.3 years 6.1 years
Net assets, LJUL as of Nov 4, 2026 and XYLG as of Oct 12, 2026 $9.0m $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: LJUL vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowLJULXYLGLJULXYLGLJULXYLG
3 months+1.1%+1.4%1.3%1.1%+1.3 pts+1.5 pts
6 months+2.8%+6.7%2.6%2.5%−2.3 pts+1.7 pts
1 year+5.3%+15.6%5.2%12.7%−9.5 pts+0.8 pts
3 years–+65.6%–44.3%–−17.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: LJUL Jul 2024 · XYLG Sep 2020+14.0%+116.0%12.6%69.8%−30.5 pts−38.4 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.

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, LJUL or XYLG?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, LJUL paid 5.2% 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, LJUL or XYLG?
With every distribution reinvested, LJUL returned +5.3% and XYLG +15.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, LJUL or XYLG?
LJUL charges 0.79% a year and XYLG charges 0.35%, so XYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) →S&P 500 (SPY) →LJUL on its own →XYLG on its own →LJUL dividend history →XYLG dividend history →XYLG holdings →Method →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
LJUL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
LJUL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
LJUL 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
Innovator page for LJUL ↗
XYLG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
XYLG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
XYLG 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
Global X page for XYLG ↗

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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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