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Income ETFs

BALQ vs DDDD: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $43m for iShares Nasdaq Premium Income Active ETF and $7.8m for YieldMax U.S. Stocks Target Double Distribution ETF.

BALQ on its own →DDDD on its own →
At a glance
10.0%
BALQ cash paid, since launch, Dec 3, 2025
3.4%
DDDD cash paid, since launch, Mar 12, 2026
+15.6%
BALQ total return, since launch, Dec 3, 2025
+17.1%
DDDD total return, since launch, Mar 12, 2026
BALQ · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 4.1 pts ahead of QQQ
BALQ
+15.6%
QQQ
+11.5%

4.1 pts ahead of QQQ

BALQ since launch: paid 10.0%, price +5.1%, total +15.6%, QQQ +11.5%, +4.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+11.5%

BALQ

+15.6%

10.0% of it arrived as cash

4.1 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.1 pts ahead of QQQ

BALQ since launch: paid 10.0%, price +5.1%, total +15.6%, QQQ +11.5%, +4.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+11.5%

BALQ

+15.6%

4.1 pts ahead of QQQ

10.0% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. BALQ since launch: paid 10.0%, price +5.1%, total +15.6%, QQQ +11.5%, +4.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
DDDD · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 3.3 pts behind SCHD
DDDD
+17.1%
SCHD
+20.4%

3.3 pts behind SCHD

DDDD since launch: paid 3.4%, price +13.4%, total +17.1%, SCHD +20.4%, −3.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SCHD

+20.4%

DDDD

+17.1%

3.4% as cash

3.3 pts behind SCHD

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.3 pts behind SCHD

DDDD since launch: paid 3.4%, price +13.4%, total +17.1%, SCHD +20.4%, −3.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SCHD

+20.4%

DDDD

+17.1%

3.3 pts behind SCHD

3.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +20.4%. DDDD since launch: paid 3.4%, price +13.4%, total +17.1%, SCHD +20.4%, −3.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +20.4%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

BALQ costs 0.66 points a year less; BALQ is 5.5 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

BALQ vs DDDD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureBALQDDDD
Paid and earned
Price changerose 5.1% (since Dec 3, 2025)rose 13.4% (since Mar 12, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate97% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment76% of the Oct 2, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkNasdaq-100, measured through QQQUS dividend stocks, measured through SCHD
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.35%1.01%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$43m$7.8m
Holdings
Holdings in common5%

Method

What they share

5%

By the books each fund has filed, BALQ and DDDD hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

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5% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BALQ DDDD
QUALCOMM 1.18% 3.92%
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 0.74% 3.57%
LOCKHEED MARTIN 0.65% 2.87%
MERCK & CO INC 0.57% 3.82%
ABBOTT LABORATORIES 0.48% 4.02%
PROCTER & GAMBLE 0.43% 4.37%
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC CLASS B 0.43% 2.03%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP 0.22% 3.91%
ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND 0.20% 0.81%
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON HOLDING CLASS 0.17% 0.25%
BEST BUY 0.10% 0.47%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in BALQ
NVIDIA 8.33%
APPLE 7.82%
MICROSOFT 7.46%
AMAZON.COM INC 5.04%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.74%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.10%
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 3.46%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 3.09%
Only in DDDD
Texas Instruments Inc 4.70%
Home Depot Inc 4.29%
Coca-Cola Co 4.18%
Amgen Inc 4.16%
Chevron Corp 3.94%
PepsiCo Inc 3.90%
ConocoPhillips 3.84%
Accenture PLC 3.77%
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Side by side

BALQ iShares Nasdaq Premium Income Active ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly DDDD YieldMax U.S. Stocks Target Double Distribution ETF · Synthetic covered call on SCHD
Issuer iShares YieldMax
Strategy covered call synthetic covered call
Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) US dividend stocks (SCHD)
Pays monthly not established
Payout rate, annualized 8.5% 18.3%
Expense ratio 0.35% 1.01%
Cash paid, 1 year 10.0% (since launch, Dec 3, 2025) 3.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026)
Price change, 1 year +5.1% (since launch, Dec 3, 2025) +13.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026)
Total return, 1 year +15.6% (since launch, Dec 3, 2025) +17.1% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year +11.5% (since launch, Dec 3, 2025) +20.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026)
Ahead or behind +4.1 pts (since launch, Dec 3, 2025) −3.3 pts (since launch, Mar 12, 2026)
Return of capital, latest estimate 97% 76%
Age 336 days 237 days
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $43m $7.8m

As of Nov 4, 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: BALQ vs DDDD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowBALQDDDDBALQDDDDBALQDDDD
3 months−3.8%+7.5%2.1%1.6%−0.3 pts−1.0 pts
6 months+1.3%+13.6%5.2%3.3%+1.7 pts−2.6 pts
Since launchNot the same days: BALQ Dec 2025 · DDDD Mar 2026+15.6%+17.1%10.0%3.4%+4.1 pts−3.3 pts

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About each fund
BALQ

Over the period from its first trade on Dec 3, 2025 to Nov 4, 2026, BALQ paid 10.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.6%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +11.5% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.5%, paid monthly. iShares estimates that 97% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

DDDD

Over the period from its first trade on Mar 12, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, DDDD paid 3.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 13.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.1%. US dividend stocks (SCHD) returned +20.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.3 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 18.3%, paid periodically. YieldMax estimates that 76% of the distribution paid Oct 2, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, BALQ or DDDD?
BALQ charges 0.35% a year and DDDD charges 1.01%, so BALQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where to next
Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →US dividend stocks (SCHD) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →BALQ on its own →DDDD on its own →BALQ dividend history →BALQ holdings →DDDD dividend history →DDDD holdings →Method →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
BALQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
BALQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
BALQ 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
iShares page for BALQ ↗
DDDD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
DDDD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
DDDD 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
YieldMax page for DDDD ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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