Data as of Oct 28, 2026.
ULTY vs XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ULTY paid 44.3% of its price in cash against XYLD’s 10.6%, though XYLD returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets: $627m on Oct 27, 2026 for YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF, and $3.4bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF.
4.1 pts ahead of its own holdings
ULTY over 1 year: paid 44.3%, price −55.2%, total −11.2%, its own holdings −15.3%, +4.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
its own holdings
−15.3%
ULTY
−11.2%
4.1 pts ahead of its own holdings
Total return, distributions reinvested
4.1 pts ahead of its own holdings
ULTY over 1 year: paid 44.3%, price −55.2%, total −11.2%, its own holdings −15.3%, +4.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
its own holdings
−15.3%
ULTY
−11.2%
44.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. ULTY over 1 year: paid 44.3%, price −55.2%, total −11.2%, its own holdings −15.3%, +4.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
Data to Oct 28, 2026.2.2 pts ahead of SPY
XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.6%, price +4.3%, total +15.8%, SPY +13.6%, +2.2 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
SPY
+13.6%
XYLD
+15.8%
10.6% of it arrived as cash
2.2 pts ahead of SPY
Total return, distributions reinvested
2.2 pts ahead of SPY
XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.6%, price +4.3%, total +15.8%, SPY +13.6%, +2.2 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
SPY
+13.6%
XYLD
+15.8%
2.2 pts ahead of SPY
10.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.6%, price +4.3%, total +15.8%, SPY +13.6%, +2.2 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
Data to Oct 28, 2026.Pair scorecard
XYLD costs 0.70 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 27.0 points; XYLD is 4.9 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | ULTY | XYLD |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | −11.2% | +15.8% |
| Price change, 1 year | fell 55.2% | rose 4.3% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 100% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment | 93% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | its own holdings | S&P 500, measured through SPY |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 1.30% | 0.60% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026 | $694m | $3.4bn |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 13% | |
How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed
A percentile among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 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 →
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026. Method
Risk and return
Mar 8, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026 · 137 weekly returnsXYLD returned more: +37.2% to −0.3%. XYLD swung less: 9.1% to 24.1%. XYLD fell less at its worst: −14.0% to −25.9%.
Full scorecard
9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | ULTY | XYLD | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | ||||
| Total return | −0.3% | +37.2% | XYLD | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. |
| Annualized | −0.1% | +12.7% | XYLD | Total return as a yearly rate. |
| Price return | −88.7% | +2.0% | XYLD | Price change alone, distributions left out. |
| Risk | ||||
| Volatility | 24.1% | 9.1% | XYLD | Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier. |
| Downside deviation | 18.4% | 6.4% | XYLD | Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate. |
| Max drawdown | −25.9% | −14.0% | XYLD | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. |
| Risk-adjusted | ||||
| Sharpe | −0.06 | 0.89 | XYLD | Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility. |
| Sortino | −0.08 | 1.26 | XYLD | Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation. |
| Calmar | 0.00 | 0.91 | XYLD | Annualized return divided by the max drawdown. |
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 137 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, ULTY and XYLD hold 13% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026.
half
13% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
As of Oct 28, 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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | ULTY | XYLD | ULTY | XYLD | ULTY | XYLD |
| 3 months | +4.2% | +5.0% | 15.4% | 2.3% | −9.8 pts | −1.1 pts |
| 6 months | +1.0% | +9.2% | 28.1% | 5.2% | −6.6 pts | +0.1 pts |
| 1 year | −11.2% | +15.8% | 44.3% | 10.6% | +4.1 pts | +2.2 pts |
| 3 years | – | +53.3% | – | 35.1% | – | −41.7 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: ULTY Feb 2024 · XYLD Jun 2013 | +4.4% | +195.1% | 87.8% | 114.5% | not measured | −320.2 pts |
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ULTY and XYLD are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?
- Income paid. ULTY paid 44.3% and XYLD 10.6% (cash paid over 1 year, as a share of its price at the start), a gap of 33.7 points.
- What each is measured against. ULTY is measured against its own holdings and XYLD against S&P 500 through SPY.
- Holdings in common. 13% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 28, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026).
Data as of Oct 28, 2026.
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ULTY
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ULTY paid 44.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 55.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −11.2%. ULTY's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Oct 26, 2026) returned −15.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.1 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 60.7%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 29, 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 Oct 28, 2026, XYLD paid 10.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.8%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +13.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.2 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 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).
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