Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
CVRD vs YQQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YQQQ paid 26.8% 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 $15m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Short N100 Option Income Strategy ETF.
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.YQQQ over 1 year: paid 26.8%, price −21.3%, total +6.6%, short QQQ −14.5%, +21.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
CVRD costs 0.21 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.1 points.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | CVRD | YQQQ |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +12.7% | +6.6% |
| Price change, 1 year | rose 4.3% | fell 21.3% |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | its own stocks | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) held short |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.90% | 1.11% |
| Net assets, CVRD as of Jun 30, 2026 and YQQQ as of Nov 3, 2026 | $32m | $15m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
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
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What they share
By the books each fund has filed, CVRD and YQQQ hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
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0% in common
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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 | CVRD | YQQQ | CVRD | YQQQ | CVRD | YQQQ |
| 3 months | +5.7% | +10.7% | 1.6% | 10.6% | −0.8 pts | +8.0 pts |
| 6 months | +5.8% | +9.0% | 3.2% | 15.9% | −3.8 pts | +11.1 pts |
| 1 year | +12.7% | +6.6% | 7.7% | 26.8% | −10.4 pts | +21.1 pts |
| 3 years | +26.9% | – | 27.7% | – | not measured | – |
| Since launchNot the same days: CVRD Aug 2023 · YQQQ Aug 2024 | +27.2% | −10.1% | 27.8% | 40.8% | not measured | +28.7 pts |
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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.
YQQQ
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YQQQ paid 26.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 21.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.6%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) held short returned −14.5% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 21.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 22.7%, paid weekly.
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