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PQOC QQQM \n Expense ratio 0.50% 0.15% \n Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $29m $110.4bn \n Total return, 1 year +12.1% +15.2% \n What","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, PQOC against QQQM, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/pqoc-vs-qqqm","a":{"ticker":"PQOC","name":"PGIM Nasdaq-100 Buffer 12 ETF - October","issuer":"PGIM","desk":"buffer","as_of":"2026-10-28","verdict":"Since Oct 1, 2026, PQOC lost 0.9%, against QQQ's \u22121.9% price return. 10.1% of its 12.0% buffer is left.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/pqoc","key_facts":[{"label":"Can still gain from today\u2019s fund price","value":"22.0%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":null},{"label":"Fall before the buffer from today\u2019s fund price","value":"0.0%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":null},{"label":"Protection left, index points","value":"10.1%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":null},{"label":"Days to reset","value":"337","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":null},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$30m","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"issuer page, as of Oct 28, 2026"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.50%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"issuer data, Oct 28, 2026"}]},"b":{"ticker":"QQQM","name":"Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF","issuer":"Invesco","desk":"core","as_of":"2026-10-28","verdict":"QQQM tracks the Nasdaq-100 and returned +15.2% over the past year.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/qqqm","key_facts":[{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"+15.2%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.15%","as_of":"2025-12-18","source":"485BPOS XBRL, Dec 18, 2025"},{"label":"Holdings","value":"105","as_of":"2026-10-27","source":"the issuer\u2019s daily holdings file"},{"label":"Below its high","value":"\u22124.5%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"ETFIQ"},{"label":"12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price","value":"0.5%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions"},{"label":"Last payment (paid quarterly), ex-date Sep 21, 2026","value":"$0.3127","as_of":"2026-09-21","source":"Tiingo end-of-day distributions"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$110.4bn","as_of":"2026-10-27","source":"issuer page, as of Oct 27, 2026"}]},"overlap_pct":null,"overlap_note":"ETFIQ does not publish a holdings overlap for this pair. Either the funds are not compared on holdings, or one book is incomplete.","full_text_at":"https://etfiq.com/compare/any/pqoc-vs-qqqm"}