Which returned more over the last year, DGRO or QQQI?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +17.4% and QQQI returned +16.9%, so DGRO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, DGRO or QQQI?

DGRO charges 0.08% a year and QQQI charges 0.68%, so DGRO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Are DGRO and QQQI the same kind of fund?

No. DGRO is an index ETF and QQQI is an option-income ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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DGRO vs QQQI: how they differ

Over the year DGRO and QQQI finished level, +17.4% against +16.9%, and DGRO charges 0.08% against 0.68%.

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF and NEOS Nasdaq-100(R) High Income ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DGRO and QQQI hold 21% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions DGRO and QQQI both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	DGRO	QQQI
APPLE INC	2.94%	6.63%
MICROSOFT CORP	2.92%	4.38%
BROADCOM INC	3.25%	2.82%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC	1.73%	1.97%
WALMART INC	0.95%	2.36%
AMGEN INC	1.11%	0.85%
QUALCOMM INC	1.10%	0.84%
PEPSICO INC	1.70%	0.81%
GILEAD SCIENCES INC	0.78%	0.69%
LINDE PLC	0.65%	1.05%
ANALOG DEVICES INC	0.54%	0.85%
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP	0.52%	1.77%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in DGRO	Only in QQQI
JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 3.05%	NVIDIA Corp 7.66%
EXXON MOBIL CORP 2.91%	Micron Technology Inc 5.61%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.64%	Advanced Micro Devices Inc 4.12%
ABBVIE INC 2.53%	Amazon.com Inc 4.05%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 2.32%	Tesla Inc 3.35%
PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (THE) 2.08%	Alphabet Inc 3.32%
PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 1.94%	Alphabet Inc 3.07%
HOME DEPOT INC (THE) 1.90%	Intel Corp 2.99%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

DGRO and QQQI on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF	QQQI NEOS Nasdaq-100(R) High Income ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Income ETF
Issuer	iShares	NEOS
What it is	Core Dividend Growth	covered call, vs QQQ
Total return, 1 year	+17.4%	+16.9%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+23.0%
Gap to the S&P 500	−0.1 pts	−6.1 pts
Cash paid, 1 year	not an income fund	14.2%
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.68%
Holdings	394	not filed

DGRO in plain words

DGRO is an index equity fund tracking the Core Dividend Growth. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 394 positions, with the top ten at 26.6%.

QQQI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, QQQI paid 14.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.9%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +23.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.1 pts. At its price on Sep 11, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.3%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 98% of the distribution paid Jun 18, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DGRO or QQQI?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +17.4% and QQQI returned +16.9%, so DGRO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, DGRO or QQQI?: DGRO charges 0.08% a year and QQQI charges 0.68%, so DGRO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Are DGRO and QQQI the same kind of fund?: No. DGRO is an index ETF and QQQI is an option-income ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

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