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OVQ vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

Return, fees and overlap, side by side.

Return gap
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Fee gap
0.62 pts
A year: OVQ 0.97%, XYLG 0.35%, per filings dated Feb 26, 2026 and Oct 20, 2026
Overlap
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Net flow
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Pair scorecard

XYLG costs 0.62 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

OVQ vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureOVQXYLG
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 yearnot published+13.0%
Price changefell 2.9% (since Oct 23, 2026)fell 0.7% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate80% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Benchmarknot publishedS&P 500, measured through SPY
Against its benchmark, same daysahead by 1.0 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.97%0.35%
Net assetsnot read by ETFIQ$73m
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published

Method

Key numbers
0.0%
OVQ cash paid, since launch, Oct 23, 2026
12.6%
XYLG cash paid, 1 year
−2.9%
OVQ total return, since launch, Oct 23, 2026
+13.0%
XYLG total return, 1 year
OVQ · since launch to Nov 12, 2026 Not measured
OVQ
−2.9%
none

Not measured

OVQ since launch: paid 0.0%, price −2.9%, total −2.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

OVQ

−2.9%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

OVQ since launch: paid 0.0%, price −2.9%, total −2.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

OVQ

−2.9%

0.0% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. OVQ since launch: paid 0.0%, price −2.9%, total −2.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Data to Nov 12, 2026.
XYLG · 1 year to Nov 12, 2026 1 pt ahead of SPY
XYLG
+13.0%
SPY
+12.0%

1 pt ahead of SPY

XYLG over 1 year: paid 12.6%, price −0.7%, total +13.0%, SPY +12.0%, +1.0 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

SPY

+12.0%

XYLG

+13.0%

12.6% of it arrived as cash

1 pt ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1 pt ahead of SPY

XYLG over 1 year: paid 12.6%, price −0.7%, total +13.0%, SPY +12.0%, +1.0 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

SPY

+12.0%

XYLG

+13.0%

12.6% as cash

1 pt ahead of SPY

12.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XYLG over 1 year: paid 12.6%, price −0.7%, total +13.0%, SPY +12.0%, +1.0 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Side by side

OVQ Overlay Shares Nasdaq 100 Income ETF · Put-selling overlay XYLG Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
Strategy put-selling overlay covered call
Benchmark not set S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays not established monthly
Payout rate, annualized not published 4.5%
Expense ratio 0.97% 0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year 0.0% (since launch, Oct 23, 2026) 12.6%
Price change, 1 year −2.9% (since launch, Oct 23, 2026) −0.7%
Total return, 1 year −2.9% (since launch, Oct 23, 2026) +13.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year not published +12.0%
Ahead or behind not available +1.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 80%
Age 20 days 6.1 years
Net assets not read by ETFIQ $73m

As of Nov 12, 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: OVQ vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowOVQXYLGOVQXYLGOVQXYLG
3 months–−0.5%–1.1%–+2.0 pts
6 months–+4.2%–2.5%–+2.5 pts
1 year–+13.0%–12.6%–+1.0 pts
3 years–+62.2%–43.9%–−16.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: OVQ Oct 2026 · XYLG Sep 2020−2.9%+113.5%0.0%69.8%not measured−37.7 pts

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About each fund
OVQ

Over the period from its first trade on Oct 23, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026, OVQ paid 0.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −2.9%.

XYLG

Over the year to Nov 12, 2026, XYLG paid 12.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.0%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +12.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.0 pts. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 4.5%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 80% 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.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, OVQ or XYLG?
OVQ charges 0.97% a year and XYLG charges 0.35%, so XYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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