Which paid more, XYLG or YYY?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLG paid 12.7% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.4%, so XYLG paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

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

With every distribution reinvested, XYLG returned +15.6% and YYY +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, XYLG or YYY?

XYLG charges 0.35% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so XYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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XYLG vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLG paid 12.7% of its price in cash against YYY’s 12.4%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $72m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF, and $674m on Nov 3, 2026 for Amplify CEF High Income ETF.

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At a glance

12.7%

XYLG cash paid, 1 year

12.4%

YYY cash paid, 1 year

+15.6%

XYLG total return, 1 year

+1.9%

YYY total return, 1 year

XYLG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.8 pts ahead of SPY

XYLG

+15.6%

SPY

+14.8%

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

XYLG over 1 year: paid 12.7%, price +1.5%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLG

+15.6%

12.7% of it arrived as cash

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

XYLG over 1 year: paid 12.7%, price +1.5%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLG

+15.6%

12.7% as cash

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

12.7% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. XYLG over 1 year: paid 12.7%, price +1.5%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 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

XYLG costs 2.88 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.7 points; YYY is 9.1 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

XYLG vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	XYLG	YYY
Paid and earned
Measure	XYLG	YYY
Total return, 1 year	+15.6%	+1.9%
Price change, 1 year	rose 1.5%	fell 10.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	80% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment	18% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	XYLG	YYY
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	its own holdings
Cost and size
Measure	XYLG	YYY
Expense ratio	0.35%	3.23%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$72m	$657m
Holdings
Measure	XYLG	YYY
Holdings in common	0%

Method

What they share

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

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0 half 100%

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first XYLG YYY

Only in one fund ↓

Only in XYLG

NVIDIA CORPORATION 7.60%

APPLE INC. 7.09%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.39%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.15%

ALPHABET INC. 3.26%

BROADCOM INC. 2.88%

ALPHABET INC. 2.63%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.91%

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

XYLG Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth 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 4.4% 13.8%

Expense ratio 0.35% 3.23%

Cash paid, 1 year 12.7% 12.4%

Price change, 1 year +1.5% −10.3%

Total return, 1 year +15.6% +1.9%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% not published

Ahead or behind +0.8 pts not available

Return of capital, latest estimate 80% 18%

Age 6.1 years 14.4 years

Net assets, XYLG as of Oct 12, 2026 and YYY as of Nov 3, 2026 $72m $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: XYLG vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	XYLG	YYY	XYLG	YYY	XYLG	YYY
3 months	+1.4%	−4.9%	1.1%	3.2%	+1.5 pts	not measured
6 months	+6.7%	−4.1%	2.5%	6.2%	+1.7 pts	not measured
1 year	+15.6%	+1.9%	12.7%	12.4%	+0.8 pts	not measured
3 years	+65.6%	+35.2%	44.3%	38.6%	−17.4 pts	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: XYLG Sep 2020 · YYY Jun 2012	+116.0%	+114.4%	69.8%	113.6%	−38.4 pts	not measured

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About each fund

XYLG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLG paid 12.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 4.4%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 80% 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, XYLG or YYY?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLG paid 12.7% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.4%, so XYLG paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, XYLG or YYY?: With every distribution reinvested, XYLG returned +15.6% and YYY +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, XYLG or YYY?: XYLG charges 0.35% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so XYLG 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 →XYLG on its own →YYY on its own →XYLG dividend history →XYLG holdings →YYY dividend history →YYY holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

XYLG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XYLG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XYLG 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for XYLG ↗

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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