Data as of Oct 28, 2026.
ACQQ vs QQQ: Differences, Returns & Fees
ACQQ and QQQ are measured over different days, and QQQ charges 0.18% to ACQQ's 0.72%.
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Net assets: $44m on Oct 28, 2026 for ProShares Nasdaq-100 Autocallable Income ETF, and $483.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1.
Pair scorecard
QQQ costs 0.54 points a year less; QQQ is far larger, $483.0bn against $43m.
| Measure | ACQQ | QQQ |
|---|---|---|
| Return | ||
| Total return, 1 year | not published | +15.2% |
| Cash paid, share of starting value, since Aug 14, 2026 | 2.0% | |
| Price change, since Aug 14, 2026 | fell 6.8% | |
| Latest payout, annualized | 25.6% | |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 94% of the Oct 7, 2026 payment | |
| Drawdown | ||
| Below its high | 4.5%, high on Oct 6, 2026 | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| What it tracks | Benchmark: Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ | Nasdaq-100 Index |
| Against its benchmark, same days | behind by 4.3 pts | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.72% | 0.18% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 | $43m | $483.0bn |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
| In the S&P 500, by weight | 96% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 46.7% | |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, ACQQ and QQQ hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.
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0% in common
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Side by side
ACQQ and QQQ on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
No client brief for this pair: ETFIQ prints no one-year total return for ACQQ.
ACQQ
Over the period from its first trade on Aug 14, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026, ACQQ paid 2.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 6.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −4.9%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned −0.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.3 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 25.6%, paid periodically. ProShares estimates that 94% of the distribution paid Oct 7, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
QQQ
QQQ tracks the Nasdaq-100. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.2% with distributions reinvested, against +15.2% for its benchmark, the Nasdaq-100 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 103 positions, with the top ten at 46.7%. It sat 4.5% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Are ACQQ and QQQ in the same category?
- ACQQ is an option-income ETF and QQQ is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
- Which is cheaper, ACQQ or QQQ?
- QQQ is cheaper, by 0.54 percentage points a year. That is about $54 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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How this is computed
Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.
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