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

Over the year XDTE paid 26.9% of its price in cash against XYLD’s 11.0%, though XYLD returned more with it reinvested.

Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF and Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF, side by side, income ETFs on ETFIQ.

26.9%XDTE cash paid, 1 year
11.0%XYLD cash paid, 1 year
+16.6%XDTE total return, 1 year
+17.9%XYLD total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: XYLD scores higher

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

XDTE 46.3XYLD 72.13.2, the lowest in this set96.9, 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

XDTE0.9 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
SPY+17.5%XDTE+16.6%26.9% of it arrived as cash0.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+17.5%XDTE+16.6%26.9% as cash0.9 pts behind SPY
XYLD1.2 pts behind ACWI · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
ACWI+19.1%XYLD+17.9%11.0% of it arrived as cash1.2 pts behind ACWITotal return, distributions reinvestedACWI+19.1%XYLD+17.9%11.0% cash1.2 pts behind ACWI

What they hold in common

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

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in XDTEOnly in XYLD
SPX 03/19/2027 678.8 C 67.54%NVIDIA CORP 8.01%
SPX 06/11/2027 678.8 C 25.09%APPLE INC 7.39%
Roundhill Weekly T-Bill ETF 7.36%MICROSOFT CORP 5.58%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.81%
ALPHABET INC-CL A 3.01%
BROADCOM INC 2.60%
ALPHABET INC-CL C 2.40%
META PLATFORMS INC 2.16%

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

XDTE and XYLD over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
XDTEXYLDXDTEXYLDXDTEXYLD
3 months+3.9%+5.0%5.1%2.6%+0.6 pts+1.9 pts
6 months+13.4%+10.5%10.5%5.5%−2.6 pts−5.1 pts
1 year+16.6%+17.9%26.9%11.0%−0.9 pts−1.2 pts
3 yearsnot published+43.2%not published32.9%not published−32.8 pts
Since launch+45.7%+190.8%59.3%112.9%−7.2 pts−133.7 pts
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XDTE and XYLD on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
XDTE
Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF
0DTE covered call on SPY, paying weekly
XYLD
Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF
Covered call on ACWI, paying monthly
IssuerRoundhillGlobal X
Strategy0DTE covered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)All-country world (ACWI)
Paysweeklymonthly
Payout rate, annualized17.6%9.0%
Expense ratio0.97%0.60%
Cash paid, 1 year26.9%11.0%
Price change, 1 year−12.8%+5.9%
Total return, 1 year+16.6%+17.9%
Benchmark return, 1 year+17.5%+19.1%
Ahead or behind−0.9 pts−1.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published93%
Age918 days4827 days

XDTE in plain words

Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, XDTE paid 26.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 12.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +17.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.9 pts. At its price on Sep 11, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 17.6%, paid weekly.

XYLD in plain words

Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, XYLD paid 11.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.9%. All-country world (ACWI) returned +19.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.2 pts. At its price on Sep 11, 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, XDTE or XYLD?
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, XDTE paid 26.9% of its starting price in cash and XYLD paid 11.0%, so XDTE paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, XDTE or XYLD?
With every distribution reinvested, XDTE returned +16.6% and XYLD returned +17.9% over the year to Sep 11, 2026, so XYLD returned more.
Which is cheaper, XDTE or XYLD?
XDTE charges 0.97% a year and XYLD charges 0.60%, so XYLD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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XDTE against XYLD, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 11, 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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