Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
CAIQ vs QQQY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
CAIQ and QQQY both write options for income.
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Net assets: $286m on Jul 31, 2026 for Calamos Nasdaq Autocallable Income ETF, and $178m on Nov 3, 2026 for Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution ETF.
5.7 pts behind QQQ
CAIQ since launch: paid 16.8%, price −4.1%, total +13.0%, QQQ +18.7%, −5.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
QQQ
+18.7%
CAIQ
+13.0%
16.8% of it arrived as cash
5.7 pts behind QQQ
Total return, distributions reinvested
5.7 pts behind QQQ
CAIQ since launch: paid 16.8%, price −4.1%, total +13.0%, QQQ +18.7%, −5.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
QQQ
+18.7%
CAIQ
+13.0%
16.8% as cash
5.7 pts behind QQQ
16.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. CAIQ since launch: paid 16.8%, price −4.1%, total +13.0%, QQQ +18.7%, −5.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.1.3 pts ahead of QQQ
QQQY over 1 year: paid 29.9%, price −17.8%, total +13.6%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
QQQ
+12.3%
QQQY
+13.6%
29.9% of it arrived as cash
1.3 pts ahead of QQQ
Total return, distributions reinvested
1.3 pts ahead of QQQ
QQQY over 1 year: paid 29.9%, price −17.8%, total +13.6%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
QQQ
+12.3%
QQQY
+13.6%
29.9% as cash
1.3 pts ahead of QQQ
29.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QQQY over 1 year: paid 29.9%, price −17.8%, total +13.6%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
CAIQ costs 0.27 points a year less.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | CAIQ | QQQY |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | not published | +13.6% |
| Price change | fell 4.1% (since Nov 20, 2025) | fell 17.8% (1 year) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 100% of the Nov 9, 2026 payment | 81% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ | Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.74% | 1.01% |
| Net assets, CAIQ as of Jul 31, 2026 and QQQY as of Nov 3, 2026 | $286m | $178m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
Risk and return
Nov 28, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 48 weekly returnsFrom Nov 2025 to Oct 2026, QQQY returned more: +13.4% to +8.5%. CAIQ fell less at its worst: −8.1% to −10.0%.
Full scorecard
3 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | CAIQ | QQQY | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | ||||
| Total return | +8.5% | +13.4% | QQQY | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. |
| Price return | −6.4% | −15.0% | CAIQ | Price change alone, distributions left out. |
| Risk | ||||
| Max drawdown | −8.1% | −10.0% | CAIQ | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. |
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 48 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, CAIQ and QQQY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
half
0% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | CAIQ | QQQY | CAIQ | QQQY | CAIQ | QQQY |
| 3 months | −2.9% | −3.5% | 4.5% | 7.3% | +0.6 pts | −0.1 pts |
| 6 months | −1.9% | +0.4% | 8.6% | 15.4% | −1.6 pts | +0.7 pts |
| 1 year | – | +13.6% | – | 29.9% | – | +1.3 pts |
| 3 years | – | +51.9% | – | 88.2% | – | −39.4 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: CAIQ Nov 2025 · QQQY Sep 2023 | +13.0% | +49.8% | 16.8% | 88.1% | −5.7 pts | −37.0 pts |
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No client brief for this pair: ETFIQ prints no one-year total return for CAIQ.
CAIQ
Over the period from its first trade on Nov 20, 2025 to Nov 4, 2026, CAIQ paid 16.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 4.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.0%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +18.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.7 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 19.6%, paid monthly. Calamos estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Nov 9, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
QQQY
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQY paid 29.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 17.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.6%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.3 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 31.5%, paid weekly. Defiance estimates that 81% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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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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