Data as of .
XIMR vs XYLD: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year XYLD paid 11.0% of its price in cash against XIMR’s 6.7%, and returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: XYLD scores higher
Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?
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
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, XIMR and XYLD hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in XIMR | Only in XYLD |
|---|---|
| 2027-03-19 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust C 0.06 114.57% | NVIDIA CORP 8.24% |
| 2027-03-19 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust P 648.56 1.15% | APPLE INC 7.55% |
| US Dollar 0.78% | MICROSOFT CORP 5.61% |
| U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 10/01/2026 0.60% | AMAZON.COM INC 3.83% |
| U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 10/29/2026 0.60% | ALPHABET INC-CL A 3.13% |
| U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 01/21/2027 0.59% | BROADCOM INC 2.62% |
| U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 02/18/2027 0.59% | ALPHABET INC-CL C 2.49% |
| U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 03/18/2027 0.59% | META PLATFORMS INC 2.26% |
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.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XIMR | XYLD | XIMR | XYLD | XIMR | XYLD | |
| 3 months | +1.5% | +4.5% | 1.8% | 2.6% | −0.8 pts | +2.3 pts |
| 6 months | +5.0% | +12.4% | 3.1% | 5.6% | −13.1 pts | −5.6 pts |
| 1 year | +7.5% | +17.9% | 6.7% | 11.0% | −9.1 pts | +1.4 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +44.5% | not published | 32.5% | not published | −33.9 pts |
| Since launch | +19.2% | +191.5% | 16.2% | 112.9% | −32.9 pts | −315.3 pts |
| XIMR FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - March Buffer with income on SPY, paying monthly | XYLD Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | Global X |
| Strategy | buffer with income | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 7.3% | 8.9% |
| Expense ratio | 0.85% | 0.60% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 6.7% | 11.0% |
| Price change, 1 year | +0.5% | +5.9% |
| Total return, 1 year | +7.5% | +17.9% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | −9.1 pts | +1.4 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | 93% |
| Age | 913 days | 4834 days |
| Net assets | $27m | $3.4bn |
XIMR in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, XIMR paid 6.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.3%, paid monthly.
XYLD in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 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%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.4 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.9%, 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, XIMR or XYLD?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, XIMR paid 6.7% of its starting price in cash and XYLD paid 11.0%, 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, XIMR or XYLD?
- With every distribution reinvested, XIMR returned +7.5% and XYLD returned +17.9% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so XYLD returned more.
- Which is cheaper, XIMR or XYLD?
- XIMR charges 0.85% 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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Cite this page. ETFIQ, XIMR against XYLD, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/ximr-vs-xyld Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.