Which paid more, QYLG or SPIN?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLG paid 16.7% of its starting price in cash and SPIN paid 5.1%, 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, QYLG or SPIN?

With every distribution reinvested, QYLG returned +14.4% and SPIN +9.3% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, QYLG or SPIN?

QYLG charges 0.35% a year and SPIN charges 0.25%, so SPIN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

QYLG vs SPIN: 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 SPIN’s 5.1%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $183m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF, and $45m on Nov 3, 2026 for State Street US Equity Premium Income ETF.

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At a glance

16.7%

QYLG cash paid, 1 year

5.1%

SPIN cash paid, 1 year

+14.4%

QYLG total return, 1 year

+9.3%

SPIN total return, 1 year

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. 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.

SPIN · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 5.5 pts behind SPY

SPIN

+9.3%

SPY

+14.8%

5.5 pts behind SPY

SPIN over 1 year: paid 5.1%, price +3.9%, total +9.3%, SPY +14.8%, −5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SPIN

+9.3%

5.1% of it arrived as cash

5.5 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.5 pts behind SPY

SPIN over 1 year: paid 5.1%, price +3.9%, total +9.3%, SPY +14.8%, −5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SPIN

+9.3%

5.5 pts behind SPY

5.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SPIN over 1 year: paid 5.1%, price +3.9%, total +9.3%, SPY +14.8%, −5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SPIN costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.1 points; QYLG is 3.9 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QYLG vs SPIN: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QYLG	SPIN
Paid and earned
Measure	QYLG	SPIN
Total return, 1 year	+14.4%	+9.3%
Price change, 1 year	fell 3.9%	rose 3.9%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	93% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment	97% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	QYLG	SPIN
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	QYLG	SPIN
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.25%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$183m	$47m
Holdings
Measure	QYLG	SPIN
Holdings in common	50%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · SPIN scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score49.4QYLG84.1SPIN

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

QYLG 49.4

SPIN 84.1

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

50%

By the books each fund has filed, QYLG and SPIN hold 50% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

50% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QYLG SPIN

NVIDIA CORPORATION 8.13% 9.22%

APPLE INC. 7.59% 6.03%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.78% 7.47%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.89% 4.87%

ALPHABET INC. 3.47% 4.59%

BROADCOM INC. 3.09% 3.37%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 2.76% 2.93%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4.29% 2.50%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.59% 1.94%

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 1.86% 1.41%

LINDE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1.02% 1.06%

NETFLIX, INC. 1.40% 0.91%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in QYLG

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 2.11%

INTEL CORPORATION 2.09%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. 1.25%

KLA CORPORATION 1.10%

AMGEN INC. 0.96%

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0.96%

WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION 0.87%

SANDISK CORPORATION 0.83%

Only in SPIN

ELI LILLY + CO 2.50%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.28%

JPMORGAN CHASE + CO 2.13%

JOHNSON + JOHNSON 1.87%

VISA INC CLASS A SHARES 1.73%

AMPHENOL CORP CL A 1.41%

HOME DEPOT INC 1.39%

EMERSON ELECTRIC CO 1.30%

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Side by side

QYLG Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly SPIN State Street US Equity Premium Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer Global X State Street

Strategy covered call covered call

Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 7.1% 5.5%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.25%

Cash paid, 1 year 16.7% 5.1%

Price change, 1 year −3.9% +3.9%

Total return, 1 year +14.4% +9.3%

Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +14.8%

Ahead or behind +2.1 pts −5.5 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 93% 97%

Age 6.1 years 2.2 years

Net assets, QYLG as of Oct 12, 2026 and SPIN as of Nov 3, 2026 $183m $45m

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: QYLG vs SPIN: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	QYLG	SPIN	QYLG	SPIN	QYLG	SPIN
3 months	−0.8%	+0.8%	1.6%	0.9%	+2.6 pts	+0.9 pts
6 months	+2.5%	+6.0%	4.0%	1.9%	+2.8 pts	+1.0 pts
1 year	+14.4%	+9.3%	16.7%	5.1%	+2.1 pts	−5.5 pts
3 years	+72.0%	–	52.1%	–	−19.4 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: QYLG Sep 2020 · SPIN Sep 2024	+116.2%	+30.3%	76.4%	16.0%	−46.8 pts	−12.9 pts

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About each fund

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.

SPIN

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SPIN paid 5.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.5%, paid monthly. State Street estimates that 97% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, QYLG or SPIN?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLG paid 16.7% of its starting price in cash and SPIN paid 5.1%, 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, QYLG or SPIN?: With every distribution reinvested, QYLG returned +14.4% and SPIN +9.3% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, QYLG or SPIN?: QYLG charges 0.35% a year and SPIN charges 0.25%, so SPIN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

QYLG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QYLG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

QYLG 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for QYLG ↗

SPIN filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPIN prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SPIN 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

State Street website ↗

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How this is computed

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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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