Which paid more, QYLG or SPUT?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLG paid 16.7% of its starting price in cash and SPUT paid 4.8%, 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 SPUT?

With every distribution reinvested, QYLG returned +14.4% and SPUT +10.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, QYLG or SPUT?

QYLG charges 0.35% a year and SPUT charges 0.79%, so QYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

QYLG vs SPUT: 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 SPUT’s 4.8%, 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 $17m on Nov 4, 2026 for Innovator Equity Premium Income - Daily PutWrite ETF.

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At a glance

16.7%

QYLG cash paid, 1 year

4.8%

SPUT cash paid, 1 year

+14.4%

QYLG total return, 1 year

+10.7%

SPUT 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.

SPUT · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.1 pts behind SPY

SPUT

+10.7%

SPY

+14.8%

4.1 pts behind SPY

SPUT over 1 year: paid 4.8%, price +5.7%, total +10.7%, SPY +14.8%, −4.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SPUT

+10.7%

4.8% of it arrived as cash

4.1 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.1 pts behind SPY

SPUT over 1 year: paid 4.8%, price +5.7%, total +10.7%, SPY +14.8%, −4.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SPUT

+10.7%

4.1 pts behind SPY

4.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SPUT over 1 year: paid 4.8%, price +5.7%, total +10.7%, SPY +14.8%, −4.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QYLG costs 0.44 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.7 points; QYLG is 10.8 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QYLG vs SPUT: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QYLG	SPUT
Paid and earned
Measure	QYLG	SPUT
Total return, 1 year	+14.4%	+10.7%
Price change, 1 year	fell 3.9%	rose 5.7%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	93% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment	58% of the Nov 2, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	QYLG	SPUT
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	QYLG	SPUT
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.79%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$183m	$17m
Holdings
Measure	QYLG	SPUT
Holdings in common	27%

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

IQ Income Score49.4QYLG88.9SPUT

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

SPUT 88.9

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

27%

By the books each fund has filed, QYLG and SPUT hold 27% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

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27% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QYLG SPUT

NVIDIA CORPORATION 8.13% 3.71%

APPLE INC. 7.59% 3.50%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.78% 2.70%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.89% 2.06%

ALPHABET INC. 3.47% 1.64%

BROADCOM INC. 3.09% 1.43%

ALPHABET INC. 3.25% 1.43%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 2.76% 0.97%

TESLA, INC. 2.60% 0.82%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4.29% 0.74%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.59% 0.61%

WALMART INC. 2.50% 0.38%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in QYLG

LINDE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1.02%

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0.96%

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.89%

ASML Holding N.V. 0.69%

SHOPIFY INC. 0.66%

ARM Holdings PLC 0.47%

MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0.45%

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATION 0.35%

Only in SPUT

Eli Lilly & Co 0.77%

JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.75%

Berkshire Hathaway Inc 0.56%

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 0.51%

Johnson & Johnson 0.49%

Visa Inc 0.49%

Mastercard Inc 0.36%

AbbVie Inc 0.35%

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Side by side

QYLG Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly SPUT Innovator Equity Premium Income - Daily PutWrite ETF · Sells puts on the S&P 500, paying monthly

Issuer Global X Innovator

Strategy covered call put-selling overlay

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

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 7.1% 3.6%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.79%

Cash paid, 1 year 16.7% 4.8%

Price change, 1 year −3.9% +5.7%

Total return, 1 year +14.4% +10.7%

Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +14.8%

Ahead or behind +2.1 pts −4.1 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 93% 58%

Age 6.1 years 1.6 years

Net assets, QYLG as of Oct 12, 2026 and SPUT as of Nov 4, 2026 $183m $17m

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 SPUT: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	QYLG	SPUT	QYLG	SPUT	QYLG	SPUT
3 months	−0.8%	+0.9%	1.6%	1.0%	+2.6 pts	+1.0 pts
6 months	+2.5%	+3.4%	4.0%	1.9%	+2.8 pts	−1.6 pts
1 year	+14.4%	+10.7%	16.7%	4.8%	+2.1 pts	−4.0 pts
3 years	+72.0%	–	52.1%	–	−19.4 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: QYLG Sep 2020 · SPUT Mar 2025	+116.2%	+23.3%	76.4%	9.1%	−46.8 pts	−15.6 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.

SPUT

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SPUT paid 4.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 3.6%, paid monthly. Innovator estimates that 58% of the distribution paid Nov 2, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, QYLG or SPUT?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLG paid 16.7% of its starting price in cash and SPUT paid 4.8%, 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 SPUT?: With every distribution reinvested, QYLG returned +14.4% and SPUT +10.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, QYLG or SPUT?: QYLG charges 0.35% a year and SPUT charges 0.79%, so QYLG 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 ↗

SPUT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPUT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SPUT 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Innovator page for SPUT ↗

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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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