VAIE vs XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
VAIE and XYLD both write options for income. Net assets: $67m on Oct 19, 2026 for VegaShares US Equity Autocallable Income ETF, and $3.4bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF.
XYLD costs 0.14 points a year less.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| VAIE | XYLD | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.74% | 0.60% |
| Net assets, VAIE as of Oct 19, 2026 and XYLD as of Oct 12, 2026 | $67m | $3.4bn |
| Total return, 1 year | not published | +16.0% |
| Benchmark | not published | S&P 500, measured through SPY |
| Holdings in common | not published | |
| Price change | fell 3.6% (since May 12, 2026) | rose 4.5% (1 year) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 93% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment | |
Not measured
VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
VAIE
+3.3%
6.8% as cash
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
VAIE
+3.3%
6.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
About even with SPY
XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price +4.5%, total +16.0%, SPY +15.8%, +0.2 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
SPY
+15.8%
XYLD
+16.0%
10.7% of it arrived as cash
about even with SPY
Total return, distributions reinvested
About even with SPY
XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price +4.5%, total +16.0%, SPY +15.8%, +0.2 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
SPY
+15.8%
XYLD
+16.0%
10.7% cash
about even with SPY
10.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price +4.5%, total +16.0%, SPY +15.8%, +0.2 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | VAIE | XYLD | VAIE | XYLD | VAIE | XYLD |
| 3 months | +2.5% | +3.3% | 4.1% | 2.2% | not measured | +0.3 pts |
| 6 months | – | +9.6% | – | 5.2% | – | −0.2 pts |
| 1 year | – | +16.0% | – | 10.7% | – | +0.2 pts |
| 3 years | – | +50.5% | – | 35.2% | – | −38.8 pts |
| Since launch Not the same days: VAIE May 2026 · XYLD Jun 2013 | +3.3% | +193.6% | 6.8% | 114.5% | not measured | −319.1 pts |
Source: ETFIQ. – means no data for this window, usually because the fund is younger than it. Open this comparison in the app →
On the same fields
As of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid is what the fund distributed over the window, as a share of its price at the start. Payout rate is its latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.
About VAIE
Over the period from its first trade on May 12, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026, VAIE paid 6.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.3%. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 16.8%, paid weekly.
About XYLD
Over the year to Oct 20, 2026, XYLD paid 10.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.0%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +15.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Oct 20, 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
ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.
How this is computed
Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.
Cite this pageCitation, APA and Markdown
ETFIQ, VAIE against XYLD, data as of Oct 20, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/vaie-vs-xyld
ETFIQ. (Oct 20, 2026). VAIE against XYLD. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/compare/income/vaie-vs-xyld
[VAIE against XYLD (ETFIQ, Oct 20, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/compare/income/vaie-vs-xyld)
Free to use with attribution for figures ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms.