Which paid more, SPIN or XYLD?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SPIN paid 5.1% of its starting price in cash and XYLD paid 10.7%, so XYLD paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, SPIN or XYLD?

With every distribution reinvested, SPIN returned +9.3% and XYLD +15.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, SPIN or XYLD?

SPIN charges 0.25% a year and XYLD charges 0.60%, so SPIN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

SPIN vs XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLD paid 10.7% of its price in cash against SPIN’s 5.1%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $45m on Nov 3, 2026 for State Street US Equity Premium Income ETF, and $3.4bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF.

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At a glance

5.1%

SPIN cash paid, 1 year

10.7%

XYLD cash paid, 1 year

+9.3%

SPIN total return, 1 year

+15.9%

XYLD total return, 1 year

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. Total return, distributions reinvested. 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.

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 +15.9%. 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 +15.9%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SPIN costs 0.35 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.6 points; XYLD is far larger, $3.4bn against $47m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

SPIN vs XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	SPIN	XYLD
Paid and earned
Measure	SPIN	XYLD
Total return, 1 year	+9.3%	+15.9%
Price change, 1 year	rose 3.9%	rose 4.4%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	97% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment	93% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	SPIN	XYLD
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	SPIN	XYLD
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.60%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$47m	$3.4bn
Holdings
Measure	SPIN	XYLD
Holdings in common	58%

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

IQ Income Score84.1SPIN77.5XYLD

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

SPIN 84.1

XYLD 77.5

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

58%

By the books each fund has filed, SPIN 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 SPIN XYLD

NVIDIA CORP 9.22% 7.64%

APPLE INC 6.03% 7.13%

MICROSOFT CORP 7.47% 5.42%

AMAZON.COM INC 4.87% 4.18%

ALPHABET INC CL A 4.59% 3.28%

BROADCOM INC 3.37% 2.90%

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.93% 1.92%

JPMORGAN CHASE + CO 2.13% 1.48%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.50% 1.46%

ELI LILLY + CO 2.50% 1.43%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.94% 1.22%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B 1.17% 1.47%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in SPIN

ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.05%

MONGODB INC 0.52%

TETRA TECH INC 0.28%

SNOWFLAKE INC 0.24%

API GROUP CORP 0.23%

REPLIGEN CORP 0.20%

MASTEC INC 0.16%

CLOUDFLARE INC CLASS A 0.07%

Only in XYLD

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 0.72%

ABBVIE INC. 0.70%

INTEL CORPORATION 0.67%

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 0.59%

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0.59%

CATERPILLAR INC. 0.59%

CHEVRON CORPORATION 0.58%

THE COCA-COLA COMPANY 0.53%

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Side by side

SPIN State Street US Equity Premium Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly XYLD Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer State Street Global X

Strategy covered call covered call

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

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 5.5% 9.1%

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.60%

Cash paid, 1 year 5.1% 10.7%

Price change, 1 year +3.9% +4.4%

Total return, 1 year +9.3% +15.9%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%

Ahead or behind −5.5 pts +1.1 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 97% 93%

Age 2.2 years 13.4 years

Net assets, SPIN as of Nov 3, 2026 and XYLD as of Oct 12, 2026 $45m $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: SPIN vs XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	SPIN	XYLD	SPIN	XYLD	SPIN	XYLD
3 months	+0.8%	+2.4%	0.9%	2.2%	+0.9 pts	+2.6 pts
6 months	+6.0%	+7.9%	1.9%	5.1%	+1.0 pts	+2.9 pts
1 year	+9.3%	+15.9%	5.1%	10.7%	−5.5 pts	+1.1 pts
3 years	–	+48.4%	–	34.0%	–	−34.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: SPIN Sep 2024 · XYLD Jun 2013	+30.3%	+194.8%	16.0%	114.5%	−12.9 pts	−316.0 pts

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About each fund

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). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

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).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, SPIN or XYLD?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SPIN paid 5.1% of its starting price in cash and XYLD paid 10.7%, so XYLD paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, SPIN or XYLD?: With every distribution reinvested, SPIN returned +9.3% and XYLD +15.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, SPIN or XYLD?: SPIN charges 0.25% a year and XYLD charges 0.60%, so SPIN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

SPIN filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPIN prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SPIN 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

State Street 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

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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