Which is cheaper, ROCY or XYLD?

ROCY charges 0.35% a year and XYLD charges 0.60%, so ROCY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

ROCY vs XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return

ROCY and XYLD both write options for income.

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Net assets: $884m on Nov 3, 2026 for JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF, and $3.4bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF.

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At a glance

4.8%

ROCY cash paid, since launch, Mar 19, 2026

10.7%

XYLD cash paid, 1 year

+15.3%

ROCY total return, since launch, Mar 19, 2026

+15.9%

XYLD total return, 1 year

ROCY · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 1.8 pts behind SPY

ROCY

+15.3%

SPY

+17.1%

1.8 pts behind SPY

ROCY since launch: paid 4.8%, price +10.2%, total +15.3%, SPY +17.1%, −1.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+17.1%

ROCY

+15.3%

4.8% as cash

1.8 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.8 pts behind SPY

ROCY since launch: paid 4.8%, price +10.2%, total +15.3%, SPY +17.1%, −1.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+17.1%

ROCY

+15.3%

1.8 pts behind SPY

4.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. ROCY since launch: paid 4.8%, price +10.2%, total +15.3%, SPY +17.1%, −1.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XYLD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.1 pts ahead of SPY

XYLD

+15.9%

SPY

+14.8%

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price +4.4%, total +15.9%, SPY +14.8%, +1.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLD

+15.9%

10.7% of it arrived as cash

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price +4.4%, total +15.9%, SPY +14.8%, +1.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLD

+15.9%

10.7% cash

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

10.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +17.1%. XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price +4.4%, total +15.9%, SPY +14.8%, +1.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +17.1%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

ROCY costs 0.25 points a year less; XYLD is 4.2 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ROCY vs XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	ROCY	XYLD
Paid and earned
Measure	ROCY	XYLD
Total return, 1 year	not published	+15.9%
Price change	rose 10.2% (since Mar 19, 2026)	rose 4.4% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate		93% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	ROCY	XYLD
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	ROCY	XYLD
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.60%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$812m	$3.4bn
Holdings
Measure	ROCY	XYLD
Holdings in common	58%

Method

What they share

58%

By the books each fund has filed, ROCY and XYLD hold 58% 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

58% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ROCY XYLD

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 8.20% 7.64%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 7.31% 7.13%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 6.59% 5.42%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 4.16% 4.18%

ALPHABET INC-CL A 4.13% 3.28%

BROADCOM INC COMMON 2.17% 2.90%

META PLATFORMS INC COMMON 2.54% 1.92%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.11% 1.46%

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.64% 1.43%

TESLA INC COMMON STOCK 1.39% 1.38%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.34% 1.22%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.01% 1.01%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in ROCY

ASML HOLDING NV NY REG 0.44%

PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP CO 0.41%

BJ'S WHOLESALE CLUB 0.34%

FIRST CITIZENS 0.34%

AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS 0.33%

ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INC 0.31%

SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY SA 0.21%

SPY CALL USD 11/06/2026 0.00%

Only in XYLD

ALPHABET INC. 2.65%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.48%

VISA INC. 0.95%

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 0.72%

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0.63%

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0.59%

CATERPILLAR INC. 0.59%

CHEVRON CORPORATION 0.58%

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Side by side

ROCY JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly XYLD Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer JPMorgan Global X

Strategy covered call covered call

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 6.6% 9.1%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.60%

Cash paid, 1 year 4.8% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) 10.7%

Price change, 1 year +10.2% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) +4.4%

Total return, 1 year +15.3% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) +15.9%

Benchmark return, 1 year +17.1% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) +14.8%

Ahead or behind −1.8 pts (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) +1.1 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 93%

Age 230 days 13.4 years

Net assets, ROCY as of Nov 3, 2026 and XYLD as of Oct 12, 2026 $884m $3.4bn

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: ROCY vs XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	ROCY	XYLD	ROCY	XYLD	ROCY	XYLD
3 months	+1.1%	+2.4%	1.6%	2.2%	+1.2 pts	+2.6 pts
6 months	+6.5%	+7.9%	3.5%	5.1%	+1.5 pts	+2.9 pts
1 year	–	+15.9%	–	10.7%	–	+1.1 pts
3 years	–	+48.4%	–	34.0%	–	−34.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: ROCY Mar 2026 · XYLD Jun 2013	+15.3%	+194.8%	4.8%	114.5%	−1.9 pts	−316.0 pts

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About each fund

ROCY

Over the period from its first trade on Mar 19, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, ROCY paid 4.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 10.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +17.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.6%, paid monthly.

XYLD

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLD paid 10.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.1%, 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.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ROCY or XYLD?: ROCY charges 0.35% a year and XYLD charges 0.60%, so ROCY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

ROCY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ROCY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

XYLD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XYLD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XYLD 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for XYLD ↗

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How this is computed

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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