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RYLD vs XYLD: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year RYLD paid 12.3% of its price in cash against XYLD’s 11.0% and the two finished level on total return.

Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF and Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF, side by side, income ETFs on ETFIQ.

12.3%RYLD cash paid, 1 year
11.0%XYLD cash paid, 1 year
+17.7%RYLD total return, 1 year
+17.5%XYLD total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: XYLD scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

RYLD 63.3XYLD 74.53.8, the lowest in this set96.3, the highest

A percentile among the 161 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

RYLD4.4 pts behind IWM · 1 year to Sep 14, 2026
IWM+22.1%RYLD+17.7%12.3% of it arrived as cash4.4 pts behind IWMTotal return, distributions reinvestedIWM+22.1%RYLD+17.7%12.3% cash4.4 pts behind IWM
XYLD0.8 pts behind ACWI · 1 year to Sep 14, 2026
ACWI+18.4%XYLD+17.5%11.0% of it arrived as cash0.8 pts behind ACWITotal return, distributions reinvestedACWI+18.4%XYLD+17.5%0.8 pts behind ACWI

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, RYLD and XYLD hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions RYLD and XYLD both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingRYLDXYLD
CASH0.04%0.12%
OTHER PAYABLE & RECEIVABLES-0.02%0.05%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in RYLDOnly in XYLD
GLOBAL X RUSSELL 2000 ETF 100.03%NVIDIA CORP 8.05%
CANADIAN DOLLAR 0.00%APPLE INC 7.43%
CARTESIAN THERAPEUTICS INC 0.00%MICROSOFT CORP 5.61%
INHIBRX INC 0.00%AMAZON.COM INC 3.83%
NOVARTIS AG - CVR 0.00%ALPHABET INC-CL A 3.02%
OMNIAB INC - 12.5 EARNOUT 0.00%BROADCOM INC 2.61%
OMNIAB INC - 15.00 EARNOUT 0.00%ALPHABET INC-CL C 2.41%
RUT US 09/18/26 C3005 -0.05%META PLATFORMS INC 2.17%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 11, 2026.

Performance, window by window

RYLD and XYLD over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
RYLDXYLDRYLDXYLDRYLDXYLD
3 months+3.4%+4.0%3.1%2.6%+5.7 pts+3.5 pts
6 months+11.6%+9.0%6.3%5.5%−4.5 pts−4.1 pts
1 year+17.7%+17.5%12.3%11.0%−4.4 pts−0.8 pts
3 years+30.3%+43.7%32.7%33.1%−32.2 pts−30.6 pts
Since launch+51.5%+190.1%67.2%112.9%−51.6 pts−131.0 pts
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RYLD and XYLD on the same fields, as of Sep 14, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
RYLD
Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF
Covered call on IWM, paying monthly
XYLD
Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF
Covered call on ACWI, paying monthly
IssuerGlobal XGlobal X
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkRussell 2000 (IWM)All-country world (ACWI)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized12.5%9.0%
Expense ratio0.60%0.60%
Cash paid, 1 year12.3%11.0%
Price change, 1 year+4.3%+5.5%
Total return, 1 year+17.7%+17.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+22.1%+18.4%
Ahead or behind−4.4 pts−0.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate100%93%
Age2702 days4830 days

RYLD in plain words

Over the year to Sep 14, 2026, RYLD paid 12.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.7%. Russell 2000 (IWM) returned +22.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.4 pts. At its price on Sep 14, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.5%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Aug 27, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

XYLD in plain words

Over the year to Sep 14, 2026, XYLD paid 11.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.5%. All-country world (ACWI) returned +18.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.8 pts. At its price on Sep 14, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.0%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 93% of the distribution paid Aug 27, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, RYLD or XYLD?
Over the year to Sep 14, 2026, RYLD paid 12.3% of its starting price in cash and XYLD paid 11.0%, so RYLD paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, RYLD or XYLD?
With every distribution reinvested, RYLD returned +17.7% and XYLD returned +17.5% over the year to Sep 14, 2026, so RYLD returned more.
Which is cheaper, RYLD or XYLD?
RYLD charges 0.60% a year and XYLD charges 0.60%, so RYLD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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RYLD against XYLD, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 14, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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