Which paid more, XYLD or YYY?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLD paid 10.7% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.4%, so YYY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, XYLD or YYY?

With every distribution reinvested, XYLD returned +15.9% and YYY +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, XYLD or YYY?

XYLD charges 0.60% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so XYLD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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XYLD vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YYY paid 12.4% of its price in cash against XYLD’s 10.7%, though XYLD returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $3.4bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF, and $674m on Nov 3, 2026 for Amplify CEF High Income ETF.

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At a glance

10.7%

XYLD cash paid, 1 year

12.4%

YYY cash paid, 1 year

+15.9%

XYLD total return, 1 year

+1.9%

YYY total return, 1 year

XYLD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.1 pts ahead of SPY

XYLD

+15.9%

SPY

+14.8%

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price +4.4%, total +15.9%, SPY +14.8%, +1.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLD

+15.9%

10.7% of it arrived as cash

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price +4.4%, total +15.9%, SPY +14.8%, +1.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLD

+15.9%

10.7% cash

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

10.7% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price +4.4%, total +15.9%, SPY +14.8%, +1.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YYY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

YYY

+1.9%

none

Not measured

YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YYY

+1.9%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YYY

+1.9%

12.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XYLD costs 2.63 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.0 points; XYLD is 5.2 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

XYLD vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	XYLD	YYY
Paid and earned
Measure	XYLD	YYY
Total return, 1 year	+15.9%	+1.9%
Price change, 1 year	rose 4.4%	fell 10.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	93% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment	18% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	XYLD	YYY
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	its own holdings
Cost and size
Measure	XYLD	YYY
Expense ratio	0.60%	3.23%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$3.4bn	$657m
Holdings
Measure	XYLD	YYY
Holdings in common	0%

Method

Risk and return

Jul 5, 2013 to Oct 30, 2026 · 695 weekly returns

XYLD YYY

Return

Total return edge XYLD +187.7% +80.3%

Annualized edge XYLD +8.2% +4.5%

Price return edge XYLD +2.1% −54.2%

Risk

Volatility edge XYLD 11.9% 14.4%

Max drawdown edge XYLD −32.6% −38.9%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge XYLD 0.57 0.25

Sortino edge XYLD 0.73 0.33

Calmar edge XYLD 0.25 0.12

Reading

From Jul 2013 to Oct 2026, XYLD returned more: +187.7% to +80.3%. XYLD swung less: 11.9% to 14.4%. XYLD fell less at its worst: −32.6% to −38.9%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: XYLD vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	XYLD	YYY	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+187.7%	+80.3%	XYLD	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+8.2%	+4.5%	XYLD	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+2.1%	−54.2%	XYLD	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	11.9%	14.4%	XYLD	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	9.2%	10.9%	XYLD	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−32.6%	−38.9%	XYLD	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.57	0.25	XYLD	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.73	0.33	XYLD	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.25	0.12	XYLD	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 695 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, XYLD and YYY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first XYLD YYY

Only in one fund ↓

Only in XYLD

NVIDIA CORPORATION 7.64%

APPLE INC. 7.13%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.42%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.18%

ALPHABET INC. 3.28%

BROADCOM INC. 2.90%

ALPHABET INC. 2.65%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.92%

Only in YYY

abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund 3.64%

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 3.31%

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund/Closed-end Fund 3.31%

BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust 3.30%

PIMCO High Income Fund 3.06%

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp 3.04%

Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund 2.70%

abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund 2.66%

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Side by side

XYLD Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly YYY Amplify CEF High Income ETF · Income from closed-end funds on its own holdings, paying monthly

Issuer Global X Amplify

Strategy covered call income from closed-end funds

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) YYY's own holdings (from its holdings of Nov 3, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 9.1% 13.8%

Expense ratio 0.60% 3.23%

Cash paid, 1 year 10.7% 12.4%

Price change, 1 year +4.4% −10.3%

Total return, 1 year +15.9% +1.9%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% not published

Ahead or behind +1.1 pts not available

Return of capital, latest estimate 93% 18%

Age 13.4 years 14.4 years

Net assets, XYLD as of Oct 12, 2026 and YYY as of Nov 3, 2026 $3.4bn $674m

As of Nov 4, 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

Window by window: XYLD vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	XYLD	YYY	XYLD	YYY	XYLD	YYY
3 months	+2.4%	−4.9%	2.2%	3.2%	+2.6 pts	not measured
6 months	+7.9%	−4.1%	5.1%	6.2%	+2.9 pts	not measured
1 year	+15.9%	+1.9%	10.7%	12.4%	+1.1 pts	not measured
3 years	+48.4%	+35.2%	34.0%	38.6%	−34.5 pts	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: XYLD Jun 2013 · YYY Jun 2012	+194.8%	+114.4%	114.5%	113.6%	−316.0 pts	not measured

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About each fund

XYLD

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLD paid 10.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 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.

YYY

No 1-year comparison: a quarter's holdings filing is missing from the year.

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YYY paid 12.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +1.9%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.8%, paid monthly. Amplify estimates that 18% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, XYLD or YYY?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLD paid 10.7% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.4%, so YYY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, XYLD or YYY?: With every distribution reinvested, XYLD returned +15.9% and YYY +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, XYLD or YYY?: XYLD charges 0.60% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so XYLD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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S&P 500 (SPY) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →XYLD on its own →YYY on its own →XYLD dividend history →XYLD holdings →YYY dividend history →YYY holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

XYLD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XYLD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XYLD 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for XYLD ↗

YYY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

YYY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

YYY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Amplify page for YYY ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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