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AMZY vs QDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AMZY paid 34.3% of its price in cash against QDTE’s 34.2%, though QDTE returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $221m on Oct 27, 2026 for YieldMax AMZN Option Income Strategy ETF, and $919m on Oct 28, 2026 for Roundhill Nasdaq-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF.

At a glance
34.3%
AMZY cash paid, 1 year
34.2%
QDTE cash paid, 1 year
+7.2%
AMZY total return, 1 year
+16.5%
QDTE total return, 1 year
AMZY · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 3.9 pts behind AMZN
AMZY
+7.2%
AMZN
+11.1%

3.9 pts behind AMZN

AMZY over 1 year: paid 34.3%, price −28.9%, total +7.2%, AMZN +11.1%, −3.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

AMZN

+11.1%

AMZY

+7.2%

34.3% of it arrived as cash

3.9 pts behind AMZN

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.9 pts behind AMZN

AMZY over 1 year: paid 34.3%, price −28.9%, total +7.2%, AMZN +11.1%, −3.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

AMZN

+11.1%

AMZY

+7.2%

3.9 pts behind AMZN

34.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. AMZY over 1 year: paid 34.3%, price −28.9%, total +7.2%, AMZN +11.1%, −3.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.
QDTE · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 1.3 pts ahead of QQQ
QDTE
+16.5%
QQQ
+15.2%

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

QDTE over 1 year: paid 34.2%, price −21.6%, total +16.5%, QQQ +15.2%, +1.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

QQQ

+15.2%

QDTE

+16.5%

34.2% of it arrived as cash

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

QDTE over 1 year: paid 34.2%, price −21.6%, total +16.5%, QQQ +15.2%, +1.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

QQQ

+15.2%

QDTE

+16.5%

34.2% as cash

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

34.2% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QDTE over 1 year: paid 34.2%, price −21.6%, total +16.5%, QQQ +15.2%, +1.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QDTE costs 0.13 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.3 points; QDTE is 4.1 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AMZY vs QDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureAMZYQDTE
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+7.2%+16.5%
Price change, 1 yearfell 28.9%fell 21.6%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkAmazon (AMZN)Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.09%0.96%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$221m$916m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · AMZY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

AMZY among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company

IQ Income Score70.9AMZY35.1QDTE

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 74 income ETFs writing on a single company and 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

AMZY 70.9
0.7, the lowest in this set 99.3, the highest

QDTE among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company

QDTE 35.1
0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

A percentile among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company. QDTE is a percentile among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company, a different set, so the two marks are not on one scale. One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 28, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Mar 15, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026 · 136 weekly returns
AMZY QDTE
Return
Total return edge QDTE +37.3% +60.8%
Annualized edge QDTE +12.9% +19.9%
Price return edge QDTE −55.5% −38.8%
Risk
Volatility edge QDTE 25.6% 17.8%
Max drawdown edge QDTE (slight) −22.2% −20.5%
Downside capture 89.4% 91.4%
Beta 0.79 0.85
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge QDTE 0.43 0.87
Sortino edge QDTE 0.63 1.27
Treynor 0.189 0.182
Calmar edge QDTE 0.58 0.97
Against the benchmark
Alpha +0.8% a year +1.2% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.28 0.39
Information ratio −0.36 −0.23
Tracking error 8.1% 5.7%

Each against its own benchmark: AMZY against AMZN, Aug 4, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026; QDTE against QQQ, Mar 15, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

QDTE returned more: +60.8% to +37.3%. QDTE swung less: 17.8% to 25.6%. QDTE fell slightly less at its worst: −20.5% to −22.2%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: AMZY vs QDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureAMZYQDTEEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+37.3%+60.8%QDTEPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+12.9%+19.9%QDTETotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return−55.5%−38.8%QDTEPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility25.6%17.8%QDTESpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation17.4%12.2%QDTELike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−22.2%−20.5%QDTE (slight)Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture67.2%81.9%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture89.4%91.4%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.790.85Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.960.93Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.430.87QDTEReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino0.631.27QDTEReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1890.182Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.580.97QDTEAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkAMZNQQQThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+0.8% a year+1.2% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.280.39Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−4.7% to +6.3%−4.8% to +7.2%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.36−0.23Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error8.1%5.7%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 136 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, AMZY and QDTE hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 28, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AMZY QDTE
Only in one fund ↓
Only in AMZY
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 29.92%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 11.87%
AMZN US 11/20/26 C255 5.21%
AMZN US 10/30/26 C265 1.35%
AMZN US 10/30/26 C262.5 1.22%
AMZN US 10/30/26 C252.5 -2.04%
AMZN US 10/30/26 C255 -2.30%
2AMZN US 11/20/26 P255.01 FLX -5.06%
Only in QDTE
QQQ 11/19/2027 70.11 C 73.81%
QQQ 09/17/2027 70.69 C 17.75%
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Side by side

AMZY YieldMax AMZN Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on AMZN, paying weekly QDTE Roundhill Nasdaq-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on QQQ, paying weekly
Strategy synthetic covered call 0DTE covered call
Benchmark Amazon (AMZN) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays weekly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 26.6% 20.7%
Expense ratio 1.09% 0.96%
Cash paid, 1 year 34.3% 34.2%
Price change, 1 year −28.9% −21.6%
Total return, 1 year +7.2% +16.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year +11.1% +15.2%
Ahead or behind −3.9 pts +1.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 100%
Age 3.3 years 2.6 years
Net assets, AMZY as of Oct 27, 2026 and QDTE as of Oct 28, 2026 $221m $919m

As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

Window by window

Window by window: AMZY vs QDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowAMZYQDTEAMZYQDTEAMZYQDTE
3 months+12.3%+9.5%9.5%6.6%0.0 pts−0.3 pts
6 months−0.7%+10.2%17.8%14.9%+2.5 pts+0.3 pts
1 year+7.2%+16.5%34.3%34.2%−3.8 pts+1.3 pts
3 years+80.8%–104.5%–−18.5 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: AMZY Jul 2023 · QDTE Mar 2024+89.0%+61.4%109.0%75.3%−8.2 pts−3.8 pts

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AMZY and QDTE are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

  1. What each is measured against. AMZY is measured against Amazon (AMZN) and QDTE against Nasdaq-100 through QQQ.
  2. Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 28, 2026).
  3. One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 AMZY returned +7.2% and QDTE +16.5% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 9.3 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund
AMZY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AMZY paid 34.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 28.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.2%. Amazon (AMZN) returned +11.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.9 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 26.6%, paid weekly.

QDTE

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, QDTE paid 34.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 21.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +15.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.3 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 20.7%, paid weekly. Roundhill estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 23, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, AMZY or QDTE?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AMZY paid 34.3% of its starting price in cash and QDTE paid 34.2%, so AMZY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, AMZY or QDTE?
With every distribution reinvested, AMZY returned +7.2% and QDTE +16.5% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, AMZY or QDTE?
AMZY charges 1.09% a year and QDTE charges 0.96%, so QDTE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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