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ULTY vs XYLG: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year ULTY paid 44.9% of its price in cash against XYLG’s 13.2%, though XYLG returned more with it reinvested.

YieldMax(R) Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF and Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF.

44.9%ULTY cash paid, 1 year
13.2%XYLG cash paid, 1 year
−7.8%ULTY total return, 1 year
+17.2%XYLG total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: XYLG scores higher

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

ULTY 3.8XYLG 733.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 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

ULTY24.3 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%ULTY−7.8%24.3 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%ULTY−7.8%24.3 pts behind SPY
XYLG0.7 pts ahead of SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%XYLG+17.2%13.2% of it arrived as cash0.7 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%XYLG+17.2%0.7 pts ahead of SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ULTY and XYLG hold 10% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ULTY and XYLG both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingULTYXYLG
Alphabet Inc4.39%3.12%
NVIDIA Corp2.36%8.20%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc5.23%1.40%
Palantir Technologies Inc4.27%0.62%
Caterpillar Inc3.07%0.57%
Lam Research Corp4.34%0.55%
Analog Devices Inc4.11%0.28%
Dell Technologies Inc2.95%0.26%
Marathon Petroleum Corp2.38%0.18%
Robinhood Markets Inc4.07%0.15%
Quanta Services Inc2.67%0.14%
Lumentum Holdings Inc4.75%0.12%
Only in each
Only in ULTYOnly in XYLG
MercadoLibre Inc 4.99%APPLE INC 7.50%
Strategy Inc 4.66%MICROSOFT CORP 5.59%
Space Exploration Technologies Corp 4.11%AMAZON.COM INC 3.81%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 4.07%BROADCOM INC 2.59%
VanEck Gold Miners ETF/USA 4.07%ALPHABET INC-CL C 2.48%
Figure Technology Solutions Inc 4.02%META PLATFORMS INC 2.24%
Shopify Inc 3.55%MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1.75%
TransMedics Group Inc 3.48%TESLA INC 1.57%

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 18, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

ULTY and XYLG over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
ULTYXYLGULTYXYLGULTYXYLG
3 months−1.1%+3.6%13.7%1.3%−3.3 pts+1.3 pts
6 months+14.0%+15.7%30.1%3.0%−4.0 pts−2.3 pts
1 year−7.8%+17.2%44.9%13.2%−24.3 pts+0.7 pts
3 yearsnot published+60.9%not published43.0%not published−17.5 pts
Since launch+10.7%+114.0%86.9%69.0%−44.1 pts−38.7 pts
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ULTY and XYLG on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ULTY
YieldMax(R) Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF
Synthetic covered call on SPY, paying weekly
XYLG
Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerYieldMaxGlobal X
Strategysynthetic covered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY)
Paysweeklymonthly
Payout rate, annualized59.8%4.4%
Expense ratio1.30%0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year44.9%13.2%
Price change, 1 year−54.1%+2.6%
Total return, 1 year−7.8%+17.2%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−24.3 pts+0.7 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate100%80%
Age932 days2188 days
Net assets$721m$65m

ULTY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, ULTY paid 44.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 54.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −7.8%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 24.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 59.8%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Sep 17, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

XYLG in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, XYLG paid 13.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.2%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.7 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 4.4%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 80% 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, ULTY or XYLG?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, ULTY paid 44.9% of its starting price in cash and XYLG paid 13.2%, so ULTY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, ULTY or XYLG?
With every distribution reinvested, ULTY returned −7.8% and XYLG returned +17.2% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so XYLG returned more.
Which is cheaper, ULTY or XYLG?
ULTY charges 1.30% a year and XYLG charges 0.35%, so XYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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ULTY against XYLG, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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