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CVRD vs QQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQI paid 13.9% of its price in cash against CVRD’s 7.7%, though CVRD returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $32m on Jun 30, 2026 for Madison Covered Call ETF, and $15.5bn on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF.

At a glance
7.7%
CVRD cash paid, 1 year
13.9%
QQQI cash paid, 1 year
+12.7%
CVRD total return, 1 year
+8.9%
QQQI total return, 1 year
CVRD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 10.4 pts behind its own stocks
CVRD
+12.7%
Own
+23.1%

10.4 pts behind its own stocks

CVRD over 1 year: paid 7.7%, price +4.3%, total +12.7%, its own stocks +23.1%, −10.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own stocks

+23.1%

CVRD

+12.7%

7.7% of it arrived as cash

10.4 pts behind its own stocks

Total return, distributions reinvested

10.4 pts behind its own stocks

CVRD over 1 year: paid 7.7%, price +4.3%, total +12.7%, its own stocks +23.1%, −10.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own stocks

+23.1%

CVRD

+12.7%

10.4 pts behind its own stocks

7.7% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. CVRD over 1 year: paid 7.7%, price +4.3%, total +12.7%, its own stocks +23.1%, −10.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
QQQI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 3.4 pts behind QQQ
QQQI
+8.9%
QQQ
+12.3%

3.4 pts behind QQQ

QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.9%, price −5.4%, total +8.9%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QQQI

+8.9%

13.9% of it arrived as cash

3.4 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.4 pts behind QQQ

QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.9%, price −5.4%, total +8.9%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QQQI

+8.9%

3.4 pts behind QQQ

13.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.9%, price −5.4%, total +8.9%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QQQI costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.8 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

CVRD vs QQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureCVRDQQQI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+12.7%+8.9%
Price change, 1 yearrose 4.3%fell 5.4%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Benchmarkits own stocksNasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.90%0.68%
Net assets, CVRD as of Jun 30, 2026 and QQQI as of Oct 28, 2026$32m$15.5bn
Holdings
Holdings in common19%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · CVRD scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score80.5CVRD42.2QQQI

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

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 →

Method

What they share

19%

By the books each fund has filed, CVRD and QQQI hold 19% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

19% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first CVRD QQQI
Amazon.com Inc 4.03% 4.40%
Microsoft Corp 3.85% 6.31%
Meta Platforms Inc 2.64% 3.00%
Broadcom Inc 3.55% 2.57%
Palo Alto Networks Inc 4.80% 1.31%
PepsiCo Inc 3.05% 0.84%
QUALCOMM Inc 2.02% 0.78%
T-Mobile US Inc 2.83% 0.75%
Adobe Inc 2.82% 0.45%
Synopsys Inc 2.51% 0.40%
Comcast Corp 2.33% 0.38%
Honeywell International Inc 1.47% 0.32%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in CVRD
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co 4.54%
Danaher Corp 4.29%
Agilent Technologies Inc 3.95%
Visa Inc 3.65%
Union Pacific Corp 3.15%
Blackrock Inc 3.01%
American Tower Corp 2.97%
Lowe's Cos Inc 2.97%
Only in QQQI
NVIDIA Corp 8.08%
Apple Inc 7.88%
Micron Technology Inc 4.34%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.56%
Tesla Inc 3.42%
Walmart Inc 2.74%
Alphabet Inc 2.66%
Alphabet Inc 2.48%
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Side by side

CVRD Madison Covered Call ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying quarterly QQQI NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
Issuer Madison NEOS
Strategy covered call option income
Benchmark CVRD's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays quarterly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 6.3% 14.7%
Expense ratio 0.90% 0.68%
Cash paid, 1 year 7.7% 13.9%
Price change, 1 year +4.3% −5.4%
Total return, 1 year +12.7% +8.9%
Benchmark return, 1 year +23.1% +12.3%
Ahead or behind −10.4 pts −3.4 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 100%
Age 3.2 years 2.8 years
Net assets, CVRD as of Jun 30, 2026 and QQQI as of Oct 28, 2026 $32m $15.5bn

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: CVRD vs QQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowCVRDQQQICVRDQQQICVRDQQQI
3 months+5.7%−2.2%1.6%3.5%−0.8 pts+1.3 pts
6 months+5.8%−0.2%3.2%6.9%−3.8 pts+0.1 pts
1 year+12.7%+8.9%7.7%13.9%−10.4 pts−3.4 pts
3 years+26.9%–27.7%–not measured–
Since launchNot the same days: CVRD Aug 2023 · QQQI Jan 2024+27.2%+53.8%27.8%41.2%not measured−11.2 pts

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About each fund
CVRD

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, CVRD paid 7.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +12.7%. CVRD's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026) returned +23.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.3%, paid quarterly.

QQQI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQI paid 13.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 5.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.9%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.7%, paid monthly. NEOS 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, CVRD or QQQI?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, CVRD paid 7.7% of its starting price in cash and QQQI paid 13.9%, so QQQI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, CVRD or QQQI?
With every distribution reinvested, CVRD returned +12.7% and QQQI +8.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, CVRD or QQQI?
CVRD charges 0.90% a year and QQQI charges 0.68%, so QQQI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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