Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
QYLG vs SDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SDTY paid 24.9% of its price in cash against QYLG’s 16.7% and the two finished level on total return.
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Net assets: $183m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF, and $40m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF.
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. Total return, distributions reinvested. 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.About even with VOO
SDTY over 1 year: paid 24.9%, price −12.3%, total +14.7%, VOO +14.8%, −0.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
VOO
+14.8%
SDTY
+14.7%
24.9% of it arrived as cash
about even with VOO
Total return, distributions reinvested
About even with VOO
SDTY over 1 year: paid 24.9%, price −12.3%, total +14.7%, VOO +14.8%, −0.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
VOO
+14.8%
SDTY
+14.7%
24.9% as cash
about even with VOO
24.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SDTY over 1 year: paid 24.9%, price −12.3%, total +14.7%, VOO +14.8%, −0.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
QYLG costs 0.73 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.3 points; QYLG is 6.3 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | QYLG | SDTY |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +14.4% | +14.7% |
| Price change, 1 year | fell 3.9% | fell 12.3% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 93% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 1.08% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026 | $183m | $29m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
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
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 →
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, QYLG and SDTY 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 | QYLG | SDTY | QYLG | SDTY | QYLG | SDTY |
| 3 months | −0.8% | +1.2% | 1.6% | 5.4% | +2.6 pts | +1.4 pts |
| 6 months | +2.5% | +6.6% | 4.0% | 11.7% | +2.8 pts | +1.5 pts |
| 1 year | +14.4% | +14.7% | 16.7% | 24.9% | +2.1 pts | −0.1 pts |
| 3 years | +72.0% | – | 52.1% | – | −19.4 pts | – |
| Since launchNot the same days: QYLG Sep 2020 · SDTY Feb 2025 | +116.2% | +23.8% | 76.4% | 37.8% | −46.8 pts | −5.3 pts |
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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). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
SDTY
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SDTY paid 24.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 12.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.7%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 23.2%, paid weekly.
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