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CAIQ vs TMGN: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Net assets: $286m on Jul 31, 2026 for Calamos Nasdaq Autocallable Income ETF, beside TappAlpha Cboe Magnificent 10 Growth & Daily Income ETF.

At a glance
16.8%
CAIQ cash paid, since launch, Nov 20, 2025
5.4%
TMGN cash paid, since launch, Jul 15, 2026
+13.0%
CAIQ total return, since launch, Nov 20, 2025
+5.2%
TMGN total return, since launch, Jul 15, 2026
CAIQ · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 5.7 pts behind QQQ
CAIQ
+13.0%
QQQ
+18.7%

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.
TMGN · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured
TMGN
+5.2%
none

Not measured

TMGN since launch: paid 5.4%, price −0.1%, total +5.2%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

TMGN

+5.2%

5.4% as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

TMGN since launch: paid 5.4%, price −0.1%, total +5.2%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

TMGN

+5.2%

5.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. TMGN since launch: paid 5.4%, price −0.1%, total +5.2%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

CAIQ costs 0.14 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

CAIQ vs TMGN: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureCAIQTMGN
Paid and earned
Price changefell 4.1% (since Nov 20, 2025)fell 0.1% (since Jul 15, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Nov 9, 2026 payment100% of the Oct 28, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkNasdaq-100, measured through QQQnot published
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.74%0.88%
Net assets$286mnot read by ETFIQ
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published

Method

Side by side

CAIQ Calamos Nasdaq Autocallable Income ETF · Autocallable on QQQ, paying monthly TMGN TappAlpha Cboe Magnificent 10 Growth & Daily Income ETF · Option income, paying monthly
Strategy autocallable option income
Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) none
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 19.6% 21.7%
Expense ratio 0.74% 0.88%
Cash paid, 1 year 16.8% (since launch, Nov 20, 2025) 5.4% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)
Price change, 1 year −4.1% (since launch, Nov 20, 2025) −0.1% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)
Total return, 1 year +13.0% (since launch, Nov 20, 2025) +5.2% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year +18.7% (since launch, Nov 20, 2025) not published
Ahead or behind −5.7 pts (since launch, Nov 20, 2025) not available
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 100%
Age 349 days 112 days
Net assets $286m not read by ETFIQ

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: CAIQ vs TMGN: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowCAIQTMGNCAIQTMGNCAIQTMGN
3 months−2.9%+3.6%4.5%5.3%+0.6 ptsnot measured
6 months−1.9%–8.6%–−1.6 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: CAIQ Nov 2025 · TMGN Jul 2026+13.0%+5.2%16.8%5.4%−5.7 ptsnot measured

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About each fund
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.

TMGN

Over the period from its first trade on Jul 15, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, TMGN paid 5.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.2%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 21.7%, paid monthly. TappAlpha estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 28, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, CAIQ or TMGN?
CAIQ charges 0.74% a year and TMGN charges 0.88%, so CAIQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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