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OVLH 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 OVLH’s 0.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $109m on Aug 31, 2026 for Overlay Shares Hedged Large Cap Equity ETF, and $183m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF.

At a glance
0.3%
OVLH cash paid, 1 year
16.7%
QYLG cash paid, 1 year
+7.0%
OVLH total return, 1 year
+14.4%
QYLG total return, 1 year
OVLH · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 7.8 pts behind VOO
OVLH
+7.0%
VOO
+14.8%

7.8 pts behind VOO

OVLH over 1 year: paid 0.3%, price +6.7%, total +7.0%, VOO +14.8%, −7.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

OVLH

+7.0%

7.8 pts behind VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

7.8 pts behind VOO

OVLH over 1 year: paid 0.3%, price +6.7%, total +7.0%, VOO +14.8%, −7.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

OVLH

+7.0%

7.8 pts behind VOO

0.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. OVLH over 1 year: paid 0.3%, price +6.7%, total +7.0%, VOO +14.8%, −7.8 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 0.45 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.4 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

OVLH vs QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureOVLHQYLG
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+7.0%+14.4%
Price change, 1 yearrose 6.7%fell 3.9%
Return of capital, issuer estimate38% of the Dec 29, 2023 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 ratio0.80%0.35%
Net assets, OVLH as of Aug 31, 2026 and QYLG as of Oct 12, 2026$109m$183m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · OVLH scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score99.7OVLH49.4QYLG

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

Risk and return

Jan 22, 2021 to Oct 30, 2026 · 301 weekly returns
OVLH QYLG
Return
Total return edge QYLG +69.2% +86.2%
Annualized edge QYLG +9.5% +11.3%
Price return edge OVLH +64.8% −5.7%
Risk
Volatility edge OVLH 10.8% 16.2%
Max drawdown edge OVLH −19.6% −29.9%
Downside capture 79.7% 84.8%
Beta 0.67 0.76
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge OVLH (slight) 0.58 0.53
Sortino edge OVLH 0.87 0.78
Treynor 0.094 0.136
Calmar edge OVLH 0.48 0.38
Against the benchmark
Alpha −1.0% a year −0.8% a year
Alpha t-stat −0.85 −0.60
Information ratio −0.78 −0.72
Tracking error 6.0% 6.1%

Each against its own benchmark: OVLH against VOO, Jan 22, 2021 to Oct 30, 2026; QYLG against QQQ, Oct 2, 2020 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Jan 2021 to Oct 2026, QYLG returned more: +86.2% to +69.2%. OVLH swung less: 10.8% to 16.2%. OVLH fell less at its worst: −19.6% to −29.9%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: OVLH vs QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureOVLHQYLGEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+69.2%+86.2%QYLGPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+9.5%+11.3%QYLGTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+64.8%−5.7%OVLHPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility10.8%16.2%OVLHSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation7.2%11.1%OVLHLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−19.6%−29.9%OVLHDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture61.5%63.8%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture79.7%84.8%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.670.76Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.930.96Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.580.53OVLH (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino0.870.78OVLHReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.0940.136Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.480.38OVLHAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkVOOQQQThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−1.0% a year−0.8% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−0.85−0.60Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−3.5% to +1.4%−3.6% to +1.9%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.78−0.72Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error6.0%6.1%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 301 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, OVLH and QYLG hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first OVLH QYLG
Only in one fund ↓
Only in OVLH
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 97.79%
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

OVLH Overlay Shares Hedged Large Cap Equity ETF · Put-selling overlay, hedged on VOO, paying annually QYLG Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
Strategy put-selling overlay, hedged covered call
Benchmark Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays annual monthly
Payout rate, annualized 0.3% 7.1%
Expense ratio 0.80% 0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year 0.3% 16.7%
Price change, 1 year +6.7% −3.9%
Total return, 1 year +7.0% +14.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +12.3%
Ahead or behind −7.8 pts +2.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 38% 93%
Age 5.8 years 6.1 years
Net assets, OVLH as of Aug 31, 2026 and QYLG as of Oct 12, 2026 $109m $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: OVLH vs QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowOVLHQYLGOVLHQYLGOVLHQYLG
3 months−1.4%−0.8%0.0%1.6%−1.3 pts+2.6 pts
6 months+1.6%+2.5%0.0%4.0%−3.5 pts+2.8 pts
1 year+7.0%+14.4%0.3%16.7%−7.8 pts+2.1 pts
3 years+58.6%+72.0%1.7%52.1%−24.8 pts−19.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: OVLH Jan 2021 · QYLG Sep 2020+73.9%+116.2%3.2%76.4%−47.2 pts−46.8 pts

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About each fund
OVLH

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OVLH paid 0.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.0%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.3%, paid annually. Overlay Shares estimates that 38% of the distribution paid Dec 29, 2023 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, OVLH or QYLG?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OVLH paid 0.3% 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, OVLH or QYLG?
With every distribution reinvested, OVLH returned +7.0% and QYLG +14.4% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, OVLH or QYLG?
OVLH charges 0.80% a year and QYLG charges 0.35%, so QYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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