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MSTY vs QDTE
YieldMax(R) MSTR Option Income Strategy ETF and Roundhill Innovation-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF, side by side on the income desk.
Open the live comparison on ETFIQ| MSTY YieldMax(R) MSTR Option Income Strategy ETF | QDTE Roundhill Innovation-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | YieldMax | Roundhill |
| Strategy | synthetic covered call | 0DTE covered call |
| Benchmark | MicroStrategy (MSTR) | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) |
| Pays | weekly | weekly |
| Payout rate, annualised | 68.2% | 25.1% |
| Expense ratio | not published | 0.96% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 35.0% | 37.4% |
| Price change, 1 year | −79.0% | −17.0% |
| Total return, 1 year | −50.8% | +24.7% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | −56.4% | +25.6% |
| Ahead or behind | +5.7 pts | −0.9 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | 99% | not published |
| Age | 925 days | 911 days |
MSTY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, MSTY paid 35.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 79.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −50.8%. MicroStrategy (MSTR) returned −56.4% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.7 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 68.2%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Sep 4, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterisation rather than a measure of erosion).
QDTE in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, QDTE paid 37.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 17.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +24.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +25.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.9 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 25.1%, paid weekly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, MSTY or QDTE?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, MSTY paid 35.0% of its starting price in cash and QDTE paid 37.4%, so QDTE paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
- Which returned more once distributions are counted, MSTY or QDTE?
- With every distribution reinvested, MSTY returned −50.8% and QDTE returned +24.7% over the year to Sep 4, 2026, so QDTE returned more.
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