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CVRD vs QRMI: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year QRMI paid 11.8% of its price in cash against CVRD’s 7.4%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Madison Covered Call ETF and Global X NASDAQ 100 Risk Managed Income ETF.

7.4%CVRD cash paid, 1 year
11.8%QRMI cash paid, 1 year
+5.6%CVRD total return, 1 year
+8.5%QRMI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: CVRD scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

CVRD 35.5QRMI 28.43.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

CVRD11 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%CVRD+5.6%7.4% as cash11 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%CVRD+5.6%11 pts behind SPY
QRMI13.3 pts behind QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%QRMI+8.5%11.8% of it arrived as cash13.3 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%QRMI+8.5%13.3 pts behind QQQ

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CVRD and QRMI hold 19% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions CVRD and QRMI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingCVRDQRMI
Amazon.com Inc4.06%4.33%
Microsoft Corp3.88%5.81%
Broadcom Inc3.57%2.69%
Meta Platforms Inc2.66%3.13%
Palo Alto Networks Inc4.84%1.29%
QUALCOMM Inc2.04%0.81%
T-Mobile US Inc2.85%0.79%
PepsiCo Inc3.07%0.77%
Adobe Inc2.84%0.43%
Comcast Corp2.35%0.35%
Synopsys Inc2.53%0.33%
Honeywell International Inc1.48%0.28%
Only in each
Only in CVRDOnly in QRMI
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co 4.58%NVIDIA CORP 8.49%
Danaher Corp 4.32%APPLE INC 7.78%
Agilent Technologies Inc 3.98%MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 5.02%
Visa Inc 3.68%ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.00%
Union Pacific Corp 3.17%ALPHABET INC-CL A 3.25%
Blackrock Inc 3.03%TESLA INC 3.03%
American Tower Corp 2.99%ALPHABET INC-CL C 3.01%
Lowe's Cos Inc 2.99%SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN-CL A 2.86%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

CVRD and QRMI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
CVRDQRMICVRDQRMICVRDQRMI
3 months+4.0%+0.6%1.7%3.0%+1.7 pts+3.1 pts
6 months+5.7%+7.3%3.3%6.1%−12.3 pts−17.0 pts
1 year+5.6%+8.5%7.4%11.8%−11.0 pts−13.3 pts
3 years+19.5%+26.7%25.9%33.5%−58.9 pts−71.5 pts
Since launch+21.1%+10.4%26.3%40.8%−59.8 pts−89.1 pts
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CVRD and QRMI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
CVRD
Madison Covered Call ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying quarterly
QRMI
Global X NASDAQ 100 Risk Managed Income ETF
Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerMadisonGlobal X
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyNasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysquarterlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized6.5%12.0%
Expense ratio0.92%0.60%
Cash paid, 1 year7.4%11.8%
Price change, 1 year−2.2%−3.8%
Total return, 1 year+5.6%+8.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+21.8%
Ahead or behind−11.0 pts−13.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published100%
Age1123 days1849 days
Net assets$32m$15m

CVRD in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, CVRD paid 7.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.6%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 11.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.5%, paid quarterly.

QRMI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QRMI paid 11.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 13.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.0%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Aug 27, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, CVRD or QRMI?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, CVRD paid 7.4% of its starting price in cash and QRMI paid 11.8%, so QRMI 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 QRMI?
With every distribution reinvested, CVRD returned +5.6% and QRMI returned +8.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so QRMI returned more.
Which is cheaper, CVRD or QRMI?
CVRD charges 0.92% a year and QRMI charges 0.60%, so QRMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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CVRD against QRMI, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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