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CONY vs QQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, CONY paid 32.2% of its price in cash against QQQI’s 13.7%, though QQQI returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $339m for YieldMax COIN Option Income Strategy ETF and $15.4bn for NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF.

At a glance
32.2%
CONY cash paid, 1 year
13.7%
QQQI cash paid, 1 year
−46.4%
CONY total return, 1 year
+11.9%
QQQI total return, 1 year
CONY · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 7.9 pts ahead of COIN
CONY
−46.4%
COIN
−54.3%

7.9 pts ahead of COIN

CONY over 1 year: paid 32.2%, price −73.9%, total −46.4%, COIN −54.3%, +7.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

COIN

−54.3%

CONY

−46.4%

7.9 pts ahead of COIN

Total return, distributions reinvested

7.9 pts ahead of COIN

CONY over 1 year: paid 32.2%, price −73.9%, total −46.4%, COIN −54.3%, +7.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

COIN

−54.3%

CONY

−46.4%

7.9 pts ahead of COIN

32.2% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. CONY over 1 year: paid 32.2%, price −73.9%, total −46.4%, COIN −54.3%, +7.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.
QQQI · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 3.3 pts behind QQQ
QQQI
+11.9%
QQQ
+15.2%

3.3 pts behind QQQ

QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.7%, price −2.8%, total +11.9%, QQQ +15.2%, −3.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

QQQ

+15.2%

QQQI

+11.9%

13.7% as cash

3.3 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.3 pts behind QQQ

QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.7%, price −2.8%, total +11.9%, QQQ +15.2%, −3.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

QQQ

+15.2%

QQQI

+11.9%

3.3 pts behind QQQ

13.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.7%, price −2.8%, total +11.9%, QQQ +15.2%, −3.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QQQI costs 0.36 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 58.3 points; QQQI is far larger, $15.4bn against $339m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

CONY vs QQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureCONYQQQI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year−46.4%+11.9%
Price change, 1 yearfell 73.9%fell 2.8%
Return of capital, issuer estimate21% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment100% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkCoinbase (COIN)Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.04%0.68%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$339m$15.4bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · QQQI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

CONY among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company

IQ Income Score16.9CONY49.1QQQI

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

CONY 16.9
0.7, the lowest in this set 99.3, the highest

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

QQQI 49.1
0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

A percentile among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company. QQQI 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

Feb 9, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026 · 141 weekly returns
CONY QQQI
Return
Total return edge QQQI −13.0% +52.7%
Annualized edge QQQI −5.0% +16.9%
Price return edge QQQI −91.6% +3.2%
Risk
Volatility edge QQQI 60.2% 16.0%
Max drawdown edge QQQI −60.8% −18.4%
Downside capture 97.3% 85.4%
Beta 0.74 0.79
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge QQQI 0.13 0.79
Sortino edge QQQI 0.21 1.16
Treynor 0.315 0.158
Calmar edge QQQI −0.08 0.92
Against the benchmark
Alpha −13.1% a year 0.0% a year
Alpha t-stat −1.62 0.01
Information ratio −1.04 −0.67
Tracking error 25.2% 4.8%

Each against its own benchmark: CONY against COIN, Aug 25, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026; QQQI against QQQ, Feb 9, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

QQQI returned more: +52.7% to −13.0%. QQQI swung less: 16.0% to 60.2%. QQQI fell less at its worst: −18.4% to −60.8%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: CONY vs QQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureCONYQQQIEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return−13.0%+52.7%QQQIPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized−5.0%+16.9%QQQITotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return−91.6%+3.2%QQQIPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility60.2%16.0%QQQISpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation38.9%10.8%QQQILike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−60.8%−18.4%QQQIDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture33.2%69.5%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture97.3%85.4%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.740.79Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.940.98Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.130.79QQQIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino0.211.16QQQIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.3150.158Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar−0.080.92QQQIAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkCOINQQQThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−13.1% a year0.0% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−1.620.01Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−29.1% to +2.8%−3.0% to +3.0%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−1.04−0.67Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error25.2%4.8%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 141 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, CONY and QQQI 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 CONY QQQI
Only in one fund ↓
Only in CONY
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 27.08%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 15.23%
COIN US 11/20/26 C170 3.18%
COIN US 12/18/26 C185 2.34%
COIN US 10/30/26 C180 0.50%
COIN US 10/30/26 C177.5 0.19%
COIN US 10/30/26 C182.5 0.13%
COIN US 10/30/26 C185 0.04%
Only in QQQI
NVIDIA Corp 7.99%
Apple Inc 7.74%
Microsoft Corp 6.10%
Micron Technology Inc 4.73%
Amazon.com Inc 4.24%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 4.04%
Tesla Inc 3.29%
Alphabet Inc 2.93%
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Side by side

CONY YieldMax COIN Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on COIN, paying weekly QQQI NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
Issuer YieldMax NEOS
Strategy synthetic covered call option income
Benchmark Coinbase (COIN) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays weekly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 58.5% 14.1%
Expense ratio 1.04% 0.68%
Cash paid, 1 year 32.2% 13.7%
Price change, 1 year −73.9% −2.8%
Total return, 1 year −46.4% +11.9%
Benchmark return, 1 year −54.3% +15.2%
Ahead or behind +7.9 pts −3.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 21% 100%
Age 3.2 years 2.7 years
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $339m $15.4bn

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: CONY vs QQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowCONYQQQICONYQQQICONYQQQI
3 months+4.5%+9.9%17.6%3.8%+3.1 pts+0.2 pts
6 months−5.0%+7.8%30.0%7.2%+5.7 pts−2.1 pts
1 year−46.4%+11.9%32.2%13.7%+7.9 pts−3.3 pts
3 years+33.8%–180.5%–−95.5 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: CONY Aug 2023 · QQQI Jan 2024+30.9%+60.7%172.2%41.2%−74.1 pts−12.4 pts

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

  1. Income paid. CONY paid 32.2% and QQQI 13.7% (cash paid over 1 year, as a share of its price at the start), a gap of 18.5 points.
  2. What each is measured against. CONY is measured against Coinbase (COIN) and QQQI against Nasdaq-100 through QQQ.
  3. Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 28, 2026).

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund
CONY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, CONY paid 32.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 73.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −46.4%. Coinbase (COIN) returned −54.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 7.9 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 58.5%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 21% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

QQQI

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, QQQI paid 13.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.9%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +15.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.3 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.1%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 23, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, CONY or QQQI?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, CONY paid 32.2% of its starting price in cash and QQQI paid 13.7%, so CONY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, CONY or QQQI?
With every distribution reinvested, CONY returned −46.4% and QQQI +11.9% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, CONY or QQQI?
CONY charges 1.04% a year and QQQI charges 0.68%, so QQQI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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