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DYLG · Global X Dow 30 Covered Call & Growth ETF
Global X · Income desk
Open the live card on ETFIQOver the year to Sep 4, 2026, DYLG paid 9.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 7.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.3%. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) returned +18.6% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 3.0%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 59% of the distribution paid Aug 27, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterisation rather than a measure of erosion).
| Strategy | covered call |
|---|---|
| Benchmark | Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) |
| Pays | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualised (ETFIQ) | 3.0% |
| Expense ratio (prospectus XBRL) | 0.35% |
| Cash paid, trailing 12 months (ETFIQ) | 9.0% |
| Launched | Jul 26, 2023 |
| 3 months: paid / price / total / DIA / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 0.9% / +5.2% / +6.1% / +5.2% / +0.9 pts |
| 6 months: paid / price / total / DIA / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 2.1% / +9.7% / +11.9% / +13.2% / −1.3 pts |
| 1 year: paid / price / total / DIA / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 9.6% / +7.6% / +18.3% / +18.6% / −0.4 pts |
| 3 years: paid / price / total / DIA / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 30.8% / +13.2% / +50.9% / +61.5% / −10.7 pts |
| since launch: paid / price / total / DIA / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 30.7% / +11.4% / +49.0% / +58.0% / −9.1 pts |
| Return of capital, latest distribution (Global X 19a-1 estimate) | 58.8% |
Questions people ask
- How much has DYLG paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, DYLG paid 9.6% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price rose 7.6%.
- Is DYLG ahead of DIA?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, DYLG returned +18.3% against +18.6% for Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA), so a holder was about even with it by 0.4 points.
- How often does DYLG pay, and how much?
- DYLG pays monthly. The latest distribution annualises to 3.0% at its price on Sep 4, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the DYLG distribution return of capital?
- Global X estimates 59% of the distribution paid Aug 27, 2026 was return of capital. That is a tax characterisation from the fund's own 19a-1 notice, not a measure of erosion.
- What does DYLG cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year.
Where these figures came from
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