Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
MLPD vs SOXY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SOXY paid 17.1% of its price in cash against MLPD’s 14.1%, and returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets: $26m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered Call ETF, and $61m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Target 12 Semiconductor Option Income ETF.
Not measured
MLPD over 1 year: paid 14.1%, price +0.6%, total +15.4%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
MLPD
+15.4%
14.1% of it arrived as cash
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
MLPD over 1 year: paid 14.1%, price +0.6%, total +15.4%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
MLPD
+15.4%
14.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. MLPD over 1 year: paid 14.1%, price +0.6%, total +15.4%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.28.7 pts ahead of SPY
SOXY over 1 year: paid 17.1%, price +26.0%, total +43.5%, SPY +14.8%, +28.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPY
+14.8%
SOXY
+43.5%
17.1% of it arrived as cash
28.7 pts ahead of SPY
Total return, distributions reinvested
28.7 pts ahead of SPY
SOXY over 1 year: paid 17.1%, price +26.0%, total +43.5%, SPY +14.8%, +28.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPY
+14.8%
SOXY
+43.5%
28.7 pts ahead of SPY
17.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +43.5%. SOXY over 1 year: paid 17.1%, price +26.0%, total +43.5%, SPY +14.8%, +28.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Both charts share one scale, 0 to +43.5%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
MLPD costs 0.46 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 28.1 points; SOXY is 2.6 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | MLPD | SOXY |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +15.4% | +43.5% |
| Price change, 1 year | rose 0.6% | rose 26.0% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 100% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | not published | S&P 500, measured through SPY |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.60% | 1.06% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026 | $26m | $67m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
Risk and return
Dec 13, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 98 weekly returnsFrom Dec 2024 to Oct 2026, SOXY returned more: +96.9% to +22.0%. MLPD swung less: 11.3% to 32.9%. MLPD fell less at its worst: −9.7% to −28.3%.
Full scorecard
9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | MLPD | SOXY | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | ||||
| Total return | +22.0% | +96.9% | SOXY | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. |
| Annualized | +11.1% | +43.3% | SOXY | Total return as a yearly rate. |
| Price return | −4.3% | +58.0% | SOXY | Price change alone, distributions left out. |
| Risk | ||||
| Volatility | 11.3% | 32.9% | MLPD | Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier. |
| Downside deviation | 9.1% | 21.5% | MLPD | Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate. |
| Max drawdown | −9.7% | −28.3% | MLPD | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. |
| Risk-adjusted | ||||
| Sharpe | 0.64 | 1.14 | SOXY | Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility. |
| Sortino | 0.79 | 1.74 | SOXY | Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation. |
| Calmar | 1.15 | 1.53 | SOXY | Annualized return divided by the max drawdown. |
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 98 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, MLPD and SOXY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
half
0% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | MLPD | SOXY | MLPD | SOXY | MLPD | SOXY |
| 3 months | +3.6% | −14.3% | 3.1% | 2.9% | not measured | −14.1 pts |
| 6 months | +3.4% | −9.9% | 6.0% | 6.3% | not measured | −14.9 pts |
| 1 year | +15.4% | +43.5% | 14.1% | 17.1% | not measured | +28.7 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: MLPD May 2024 · SOXY Dec 2024 | +32.7% | +90.3% | 30.2% | 30.4% | not measured | +60.4 pts |
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MLPD
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, MLPD paid 14.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.4%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.2%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
SOXY
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SOXY paid 17.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 26.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +43.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 28.7 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.3%, paid monthly.
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How this is computed
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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