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RNTY vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RNTY paid 13.0% of its price in cash against XYLG’s 12.7%, though XYLG returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $4.8m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Target 12 Real Estate Option Income ETF, and $72m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF.

At a glance
13.0%
RNTY cash paid, 1 year
12.7%
XYLG cash paid, 1 year
+10.7%
RNTY total return, 1 year
+15.6%
XYLG total return, 1 year
RNTY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.2 pts behind its own stocks
RNTY
+10.7%
Own
+12.9%

2.2 pts behind its own stocks

RNTY over 1 year: paid 13.0%, price −2.9%, total +10.7%, its own stocks +12.9%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own stocks

+12.9%

RNTY

+10.7%

13.0% of it arrived as cash

2.2 pts behind its own stocks

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.2 pts behind its own stocks

RNTY over 1 year: paid 13.0%, price −2.9%, total +10.7%, its own stocks +12.9%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own stocks

+12.9%

RNTY

+10.7%

13.0% as cash

2.2 pts behind its own stocks

13.0% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. RNTY over 1 year: paid 13.0%, price −2.9%, total +10.7%, its own stocks +12.9%, −2.2 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 0.64 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.9 points; XYLG is 12.4 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

RNTY vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureRNTYXYLG
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+10.7%+15.6%
Price change, 1 yearfell 2.9%rose 1.5%
Return of capital, issuer estimate92% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment80% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Benchmarkits own stocksS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.99%0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026$5.8m$72m
Holdings
Holdings in common2%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · XYLG scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score47RNTY70.4XYLG

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

Risk and return

Apr 25, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 79 weekly returns
RNTY XYLG
Return
Total return edge XYLG +10.2% +32.9%
Annualized edge XYLG +6.6% +20.6%
Price return edge XYLG −7.1% +13.5%
Risk
Volatility edge XYLG 10.6% 8.7%
Max drawdown edge XYLG −7.7% −6.3%
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge XYLG 0.28 1.74
Sortino edge XYLG 0.41 3.03
Calmar edge XYLG 0.86 3.27
Reading

From Apr 2025 to Oct 2026, XYLG returned more: +32.9% to +10.2%. XYLG swung less: 8.7% to 10.6%. XYLG fell less at its worst: −6.3% to −7.7%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: RNTY vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureRNTYXYLGEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+10.2%+32.9%XYLGPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+6.6%+20.6%XYLGTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return−7.1%+13.5%XYLGPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility10.6%8.7%XYLGSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation7.3%5.0%XYLGLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−7.7%−6.3%XYLGDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.281.74XYLGReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino0.413.03XYLGReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar0.863.27XYLGAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 79 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

2%

By the books each fund has filed, RNTY and XYLG hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first RNTY XYLG
Welltower Inc 6.86% 0.26%
Prologis Inc 6.25% 0.21%
Equinix Inc 5.24% 0.16%
AMERICAN TOWER CORP 4.68% 0.13%
Simon Property Group Inc 5.63% 0.12%
Digital Realty Trust Inc 5.81% 0.10%
Realty Income Corp 4.35% 0.10%
Public Storage 4.30% 0.08%
CBRE Group Inc 4.19% 0.07%
Iron Mountain Inc 4.03% 0.06%
Crown Castle Inc 3.77% 0.05%
Extra Space Storage Inc 4.33% 0.04%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in RNTY
Howard Hughes Holdings Inc 4.98%
St Joe Co 4.65%
Sun Communities Inc 2.78%
Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc 2.67%
EXR US 11/20/26 C145 0.42%
PSA US 11/20/26 C300 0.36%
AMT US 11/20/26 C170 0.31%
SPG US 11/20/26 C220 0.24%
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

RNTY YieldMax Target 12 Real Estate Option Income ETF · Synthetic covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly XYLG Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
Strategy synthetic covered call covered call
Benchmark RNTY's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 11.9% 4.4%
Expense ratio 0.99% 0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year 13.0% 12.7%
Price change, 1 year −2.9% +1.5%
Total return, 1 year +10.7% +15.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year +12.9% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −2.2 pts +0.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 92% 80%
Age 1.5 years 6.1 years
Net assets, RNTY as of Nov 3, 2026 and XYLG as of Oct 12, 2026 $4.8m $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: RNTY vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowRNTYXYLGRNTYXYLGRNTYXYLG
3 months−0.2%+1.4%2.9%1.1%−0.2 pts+1.5 pts
6 months+1.7%+6.7%5.8%2.5%+0.9 pts+1.7 pts
1 year+10.7%+15.6%13.0%12.7%−2.2 pts+0.8 pts
3 years–+65.6%–44.3%–−17.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: RNTY Apr 2025 · XYLG Sep 2020+13.7%+116.0%17.7%69.8%not measured−38.4 pts

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About each fund
RNTY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RNTY paid 13.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.7%. RNTY's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026) returned +12.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.9%, paid monthly. YieldMax estimates that 92% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 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, RNTY or XYLG?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RNTY paid 13.0% of its starting price in cash and XYLG paid 12.7%, so RNTY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, RNTY or XYLG?
With every distribution reinvested, RNTY returned +10.7% and XYLG +15.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, RNTY or XYLG?
RNTY charges 0.99% a year and XYLG charges 0.35%, so XYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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