Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF (QYLD)

NASDAQ: QYLD · Real-Time Price · USD
16.38
0.00 (0.03%)
May 5, 2025, 1:51 PM EDT - Market open
0.03%
Assets $8.27B
Expense Ratio 0.61%
PE Ratio 29.70
Shares Out 503.19M
Dividend (ttm) $2.25
Dividend Yield 13.76%
Ex-Dividend Date Apr 21, 2025
Payout Ratio 408.73%
1-Year Return -6.80%
Volume 2,792,858
Open 16.36
Previous Close 16.37
Day's Range 16.36 - 16.38
52-Week Low 14.48
52-Week High 18.89
Beta 0.65
Holdings 103
Inception Date Dec 12, 2013

About QYLD

Fund Home Page

The Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF (QYLD) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Cboe NASDAQ-100 BuyWrite V2 index. The fund tracks an index that holds Nasdaq 100 stocks and sells call options on those stocks to collect the premiums. QYLD was launched on Dec 12, 2013 and is issued by Global X.

Asset Class Equity
Category Derivative Income
Region North America
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol QYLD
ETF Provider Global X
Index Tracked Cboe NASDAQ-100 BuyWrite V2 Index

Top 10 Holdings

54.27% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Apple Inc. AAPL 9.59%
Microsoft Corporation MSFT 9.46%
NVIDIA Corporation NVDA 8.15%
Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN 6.03%
Broadcom Inc. AVGO 4.58%
Meta Platforms, Inc. META 3.75%
Netflix, Inc. NFLX 3.57%
Costco Wholesale Corporation COST 3.27%
Tesla, Inc. TSLA 3.05%
Alphabet Inc. GOOGL 2.82%
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Dividends

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Apr 21, 2025 $0.1598 Apr 28, 2025
Mar 24, 2025 $0.1703 Mar 31, 2025
Feb 24, 2025 $0.165 Mar 3, 2025
Jan 21, 2025 $0.1877 Jan 28, 2025
Dec 30, 2024 $0.33863 Jan 7, 2025
Nov 18, 2024 $0.1804 Nov 25, 2024
Full Dividend History

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