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QQQY vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQY paid 29.9% of its price in cash against XYLG’s 12.7%, though XYLG returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $178m on Nov 3, 2026 for Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution ETF, and $72m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF.

QQQY on its own →XYLG on its own →
At a glance
29.9%
QQQY cash paid, 1 year
12.7%
XYLG cash paid, 1 year
+13.6%
QQQY total return, 1 year
+15.6%
XYLG total return, 1 year
QQQY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.3 pts ahead of QQQ
QQQY
+13.6%
QQQ
+12.3%

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

QQQY over 1 year: paid 29.9%, price −17.8%, total +13.6%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QQQY

+13.6%

29.9% of it arrived as cash

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

QQQY over 1 year: paid 29.9%, price −17.8%, total +13.6%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QQQY

+13.6%

29.9% as cash

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

29.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. QQQY over 1 year: paid 29.9%, price −17.8%, total +13.6%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.3 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, with zero at the line. XYLG over 1 year: paid 12.7%, price +1.5%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XYLG costs 0.66 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.0 points; QQQY is 2.7 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QQQY vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureQQQYXYLG
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+13.6%+15.6%
Price change, 1 yearfell 17.8%rose 1.5%
Return of capital, issuer estimate81% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment80% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkNasdaq-100, measured through QQQS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.01%0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026$193m$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 Score33.8QQQY70.4XYLG

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, QQQY and XYLG hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QQQY XYLG
Only in one fund ↓
Only in QQQY
Ndx 12/18/2026 1000.34 C 98.45%
Ndx 11/05/2026 28516.79 C 0.38%
Ndx 11/05/2026 28437.17 C -0.51%
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

QQQY Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying weekly XYLG Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
Issuer Defiance Global X
Strategy option income covered call
Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays weekly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 31.5% 4.4%
Expense ratio 1.01% 0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year 29.9% 12.7%
Price change, 1 year −17.8% +1.5%
Total return, 1 year +13.6% +15.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +14.8%
Ahead or behind +1.3 pts +0.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 81% 80%
Age 3.1 years 6.1 years
Net assets, QQQY as of Nov 3, 2026 and XYLG as of Oct 12, 2026 $178m $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: QQQY vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowQQQYXYLGQQQYXYLGQQQYXYLG
3 months−3.5%+1.4%7.3%1.1%−0.1 pts+1.5 pts
6 months+0.4%+6.7%15.4%2.5%+0.7 pts+1.7 pts
1 year+13.6%+15.6%29.9%12.7%+1.3 pts+0.8 pts
3 years+51.9%+65.6%88.2%44.3%−39.4 pts−17.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: QQQY Sep 2023 · XYLG Sep 2020+49.8%+116.0%88.1%69.8%−37.0 pts−38.4 pts

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About each fund
QQQY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQY paid 29.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 17.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.6%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.3 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 31.5%, paid weekly. Defiance estimates that 81% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 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, QQQY or XYLG?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQY paid 29.9% of its starting price in cash and XYLG paid 12.7%, so QQQY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, QQQY or XYLG?
With every distribution reinvested, QQQY returned +13.6% and XYLG +15.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, QQQY or XYLG?
QQQY charges 1.01% a year and XYLG charges 0.35%, so XYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where to next
Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →S&P 500 (SPY) →QQQY on its own →XYLG on its own →QQQY dividend history →QQQY holdings →XYLG dividend history →XYLG holdings →Method →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
QQQY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
QQQY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
QQQY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
Defiance page for QQQY ↗
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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