About this ETF
The Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF, identified by its ticker XYLD, endeavors to replicate the overall price and income returns, preceding any operational charges or costs, of the Cboe S&P 500 BuyWrite Index.
Description from the fund data provider · profile as of Aug 27, 2026.
Price Chart
Daily closing prices (price return, not total return). Comparison lines are normalized to percent change from the range start. Source: Financial Modeling Prep.
Performance
| 1M | 3M | 6M | YTD | 1Y | 3Y* | 5Y* | 10Y* | Incep.* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price return | +1.47% | +2.02% | +1.65% | +1.80% | +6.54% | +1.10% | -3.55% | -0.80% | +0.30% |
| Total return | +1.47% | +3.89% | +6.57% | +8.56% | +17.77% | +12.56% | +7.56% | +8.32% | +8.35% |
* Annualized. Total return uses the dividend-adjusted price series (distributions reinvested); price return uses unadjusted closes. Performance through Aug 25, 2026. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Fees
| Net expense ratio | 0.60% | Annual cost of a $10,000 investment | $60.00 |
Illustrative calculation only: expense ratio × $10,000. It excludes trading costs, bid/ask spreads, taxes and changes in investment value. Gross vs. net expense details and any fee waivers are in the prospectus.
Holdings
Holdings as of Aug 25, 2026 — portfolio reporting date from the data provider; holdings are not live positions. 507 rows in database.
| # | Holding | Ticker | Weight | Shares | Market Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORP | NVDA | 7.75% | 1.23M | $256.5M |
| 2 | APPLE INC | AAPL | 7.00% | 746.03K | $231.5M |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORP | MSFT | 5.56% | 377.30K | $183.9M |
| 4 | AMAZON.COM INC | AMZN | 3.94% | 497.12K | $130.3M |
| 5 | ALPHABET INC-CL A | GOOGL | 3.13% | 297.74K | $103.6M |
| 6 | BROADCOM INC | AVGO | 2.61% | 240.39K | $86.2M |
| 7 | ALPHABET INC-CL C | GOOG | 2.50% | 239.96K | $82.7M |
| 8 | META PLATFORMS INC | META | 1.88% | 111.47K | $62.3M |
| 9 | MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC | MU | 1.58% | 57.23K | $52.1M |
| 10 | ELI LILLY & CO | LLY | 1.51% | 40.14K | $50.1M |
| 11 | TESLA INC | TSLA | 1.51% | 142.88K | $49.9M |
| 12 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | JPM | 1.47% | 135.97K | $48.5M |
| 13 | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC-CL B | BRK-B | 1.42% | 93.03K | $46.9M |
| 14 | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES | AMD | 1.14% | 82.71K | $37.8M |
| 15 | EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP | XOM | 1.04% | 210.23K | $34.5M |
| 16 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | JNJ | 1.00% | 122.08K | $33.2M |
| 17 | VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES | V | 0.97% | 84.17K | $32.2M |
| 18 | CASH | — | 0.83% | 27.42M | $27.4M |
| 19 | MASTERCARD INC - A | MA | 0.74% | 40.89K | $24.5M |
| 20 | ABBVIE INC | ABBV | 0.72% | 89.54K | $23.7M |
| 21 | WALMART INC | WMT | 0.72% | 222.17K | $23.7M |
| 22 | CISCO SYSTEMS INC | CSCO | 0.67% | 200.15K | $22.1M |
| 23 | INTEL CORP | INTC | 0.66% | 250.28K | $21.8M |
| 24 | COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP | COST | 0.66% | 22.48K | $21.8M |
| 25 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | BAC | 0.62% | 330.74K | $20.6M |
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Sector Exposure
Geographic Exposure
Country weights as reported by the data provider. Developed/emerging/frontier labels follow the classification on the Methodology page. Currency hedged: No hedging indicated in the fund name.
Distributions
| Yield (TTM) | 10.47% | Paid (last 12 months) | $4.3287 |
| Frequency | Monthly | SEC yield | Not provided by our data source — see the issuer page |
| Last ex-date | Aug 24, 2026 | Last payment | $0.3110 (Aug 27, 2026) |
| Growth 1Y | -15.71% | Growth 3Y / 5Y (ann.) | -1.03% / -2.03% |
| Ex-date | Record | Pay date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2026 | Aug 24, 2026 | Aug 27, 2026 | $0.3110 |
| Jul 20, 2026 | Jul 20, 2026 | Jul 23, 2026 | $0.4088 |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Jun 22, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 | $0.3403 |
| May 18, 2026 | May 18, 2026 | May 21, 2026 | $0.4012 |
| Apr 20, 2026 | Apr 20, 2026 | Apr 23, 2026 | $0.3522 |
| Mar 23, 2026 | Mar 23, 2026 | Mar 26, 2026 | $0.3905 |
| Feb 23, 2026 | Feb 23, 2026 | Feb 26, 2026 | $0.3412 |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Jan 20, 2026 | Jan 23, 2026 | $0.3597 |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Dec 22, 2025 | Dec 30, 2025 | $0.3252 |
| Nov 24, 2025 | Nov 24, 2025 | Dec 02, 2025 | $0.4003 |
| Oct 20, 2025 | Oct 20, 2025 | Oct 27, 2025 | $0.3967 |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Sep 22, 2025 | Sep 29, 2025 | $0.3016 |
Trailing distribution yield = last 12 months of cash ÷ current price. It is NOT the SEC 30-day yield and distributions are not guaranteed to continue. The difference explained →
Risk Statistics
| Volatility 1Y / 3Y | 6.99% / 10.28% | Sharpe 1Y / 3Y | 2.06 / 0.926 |
| Max drawdown 1Y / 3Y | -5.28% / -15.51% | Sortino 1Y | 3.11 |
| Beta vs S&P 500 (3Y) | 0.592 | Correlation vs S&P 500 (1Y) | 0.875 |
| Downside deviation 1Y | 4.63% | Risk-free rate used | 3.72% (3M T-bill, FRED) |
Computed by ETF Explorer from daily dividend-adjusted closes; volatility and drawdown are annualized/period figures; S&P 500 exposure proxied by SPY. As of Aug 26, 2026. Formulas →
Liquidity
| Volume today | 302.25K | Average volume | 725.52K |
| AUM | $3.31B | Premium/Discount | +0.07% |
| Bid/Ask spread | Not provided by our data source. Check your broker's quote screen; spreads are widest at the open and close. | ||
Premium/discount compares the delayed market price with the last reported NAV — an indicative figure, not the official closing premium/discount. How ETF liquidity works →
Fund Flows (estimated)
| Period | Est. net flow | % of starting AUM | AUM start → end |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Day | -$27.5M | -0.83% | $3.33B → $3.30B |
| 1 Week | $26.0M | +0.79% | $3.30B → $3.30B |
ETF Explorer estimate: change in reported AUM minus the market-move effect, from our own daily snapshots. Not official issuer creation/redemption data.
Official Fund Resources
External links open the issuer's site or SEC EDGAR in a new tab. The prospectus and official documents are always the authoritative source — review them before investing.
Latest News for XYLD
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Guided help: AUM is fund size. The expense ratio is the yearly cost baked into returns. NAV is the value of what the fund owns per share; the market price can sit slightly above (premium) or below (discount) it. Total return assumes distributions were reinvested. Every dataset shows its own as-of date because holdings, assets and quotes update on different schedules.
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