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OVLH vs QYLG: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year QYLG paid 17.4% of its price in cash against OVLH’s 0.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Overlay Shares Hedged Large Cap Equity ETF and Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF.

0.3%OVLH cash paid, 1 year
17.4%QYLG cash paid, 1 year
+9.1%OVLH total return, 1 year
+22.2%QYLG total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: QYLG scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

OVLH 61.5QYLG 71.13.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

OVLH7.5 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%OVLH+9.1%7.5 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%OVLH+9.1%7.5 pts behind SPY
QYLGAbout even with QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%QYLG+22.2%17.4% of it arrived as cashabout even with QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%QYLG+22.2%17.4% as cashabout even with QQQ

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, OVLH and QYLG hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in OVLHOnly in QYLG
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.00%NVIDIA CORP 8.44%
APPLE INC 7.73%
MICROSOFT CORP 5.77%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 4.99%
AMAZON.COM INC 4.31%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 3.97%
ALPHABET INC-CL A 3.23%
META PLATFORMS INC 3.11%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

OVLH and QYLG over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
OVLHQYLGOVLHQYLGOVLHQYLG
3 months+0.5%−0.1%0.0%2.1%−1.7 pts+2.4 pts
6 months+11.0%+19.6%0.0%4.6%−7.0 pts−4.7 pts
1 year+9.1%+22.2%0.3%17.4%−7.5 pts+0.5 pts
3 years+54.7%+76.2%1.7%51.1%−23.7 pts−22.0 pts
Since launch+73.7%+122.0%3.1%75.3%−45.2 pts−52.0 pts
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OVLH and QYLG on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
OVLH
Overlay Shares Hedged Large Cap Equity ETF
Put-selling overlay, hedged on SPY, paying annual
QYLG
Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerOverlay SharesGlobal X
Strategyput-selling overlay, hedgedcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysannualmonthly
Payout rate, annualized0.3%6.8%
Expense rationot published0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year0.3%17.4%
Price change, 1 year+8.8%+2.4%
Total return, 1 year+9.1%+22.2%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+21.8%
Ahead or behind−7.5 pts+0.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published96%
Age2072 days2187 days
Net assets$116m$175m

OVLH in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OVLH paid 0.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.3%, paid annual.

QYLG in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QYLG paid 17.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +22.2%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.8%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 96% of the distribution paid Aug 27, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, OVLH or QYLG?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OVLH paid 0.3% of its starting price in cash and QYLG paid 17.4%, 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 +9.1% and QYLG returned +22.2% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so QYLG returned more.

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Where these figures came from

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OVLH against QYLG, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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