Which is cheaper, DDDD or QYLD?

DDDD charges 1.01% a year and QYLD charges 0.60%, so QYLD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

DDDD vs QYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return

DDDD and QYLD both write options for income.

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Net assets: $7.8m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax U.S. Stocks Target Double Distribution ETF, and $8.5bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF.

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At a glance

3.4%

DDDD cash paid, since launch, Mar 12, 2026

12.3%

QYLD cash paid, 1 year

+17.1%

DDDD total return, since launch, Mar 12, 2026

+16.5%

QYLD total return, 1 year

DDDD · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 3.3 pts behind SCHD

DDDD

+17.1%

SCHD

+20.4%

3.3 pts behind SCHD

DDDD since launch: paid 3.4%, price +13.4%, total +17.1%, SCHD +20.4%, −3.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SCHD

+20.4%

DDDD

+17.1%

3.4% as cash

3.3 pts behind SCHD

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.3 pts behind SCHD

DDDD since launch: paid 3.4%, price +13.4%, total +17.1%, SCHD +20.4%, −3.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SCHD

+20.4%

DDDD

+17.1%

3.3 pts behind SCHD

3.4% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. DDDD since launch: paid 3.4%, price +13.4%, total +17.1%, SCHD +20.4%, −3.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QYLD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLD

+16.5%

QQQ

+12.3%

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLD over 1 year: paid 12.3%, price +3.3%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLD

+16.5%

12.3% of it arrived as cash

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLD over 1 year: paid 12.3%, price +3.3%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLD

+16.5%

12.3% cash

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

12.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +20.4%. QYLD over 1 year: paid 12.3%, price +3.3%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +20.4%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QYLD costs 0.41 points a year less; QYLD is far larger, $8.5bn against $7.3m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DDDD vs QYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	DDDD	QYLD
Paid and earned
Measure	DDDD	QYLD
Total return, 1 year	not published	+16.5%
Price change	rose 13.4% (since Mar 12, 2026)	rose 3.3% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	76% of the Oct 2, 2026 payment	99% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	DDDD	QYLD
Benchmark	US dividend stocks, measured through SCHD	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Measure	DDDD	QYLD
Expense ratio	1.01%	0.60%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$7.3m	$8.5bn
Holdings
Measure	DDDD	QYLD
Holdings in common	5%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DDDD and QYLD hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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5% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DDDD QYLD

Texas Instruments Inc 4.70% 1.17%

Amgen Inc 4.16% 0.97%

PepsiCo Inc 3.90% 0.89%

QUALCOMM Inc 3.92% 0.72%

Automatic Data Processing Inc 2.81% 0.50%

Comcast Corp 2.10% 0.40%

Fastenal Co 1.45% 0.26%

Paychex Inc 0.91% 0.19%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in DDDD

Procter & Gamble Co 4.37%

Home Depot Inc 4.29%

Coca-Cola Co 4.18%

Abbott Laboratories 4.02%

Chevron Corp 3.94%

UnitedHealth Group Inc 3.91%

ConocoPhillips 3.84%

Merck & Co Inc 3.82%

Only in QYLD

NVIDIA CORPORATION 8.20%

APPLE INC. 7.65%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.82%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.93%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4.32%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.62%

ALPHABET INC. 3.50%

ALPHABET INC. 3.28%

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Side by side

DDDD YieldMax U.S. Stocks Target Double Distribution ETF · Synthetic covered call on SCHD QYLD Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly

Issuer YieldMax Global X

Strategy synthetic covered call covered call

Benchmark US dividend stocks (SCHD) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)

Pays not established monthly

Payout rate, annualized 18.3% 12.2%

Expense ratio 1.01% 0.60%

Cash paid, 1 year 3.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) 12.3%

Price change, 1 year +13.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +3.3%

Total return, 1 year +17.1% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +16.5%

Benchmark return, 1 year +20.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +12.3%

Ahead or behind −3.3 pts (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +4.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 76% 99%

Age 237 days 12.9 years

Net assets, DDDD as of Nov 3, 2026 and QYLD as of Oct 12, 2026 $7.8m $8.5bn

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: DDDD vs QYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	DDDD	QYLD	DDDD	QYLD	DDDD	QYLD
3 months	+7.5%	+2.4%	1.6%	3.0%	−1.0 pts	+5.9 pts
6 months	+13.6%	+5.4%	3.3%	6.0%	−2.6 pts	+5.8 pts
1 year	–	+16.5%	–	12.3%	–	+4.2 pts
3 years	–	+52.7%	–	37.9%	–	−38.6 pts
Since launchNot the same days: DDDD Mar 2026 · QYLD Dec 2013	+17.1%	+194.8%	3.4%	117.5%	−3.3 pts	−610.5 pts

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About each fund

DDDD

Over the period from its first trade on Mar 12, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, DDDD paid 3.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 13.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.1%. US dividend stocks (SCHD) returned +20.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.3 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 18.3%, paid periodically. YieldMax estimates that 76% of the distribution paid Oct 2, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

QYLD

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLD paid 12.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.2%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, DDDD or QYLD?: DDDD charges 1.01% a year and QYLD charges 0.60%, so QYLD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

US dividend stocks (SCHD) →Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →DDDD on its own →QYLD on its own →DDDD dividend history →DDDD holdings →QYLD dividend history →QYLD holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

DDDD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DDDD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

DDDD 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

YieldMax page for DDDD ↗

QYLD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QYLD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

QYLD 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for QYLD ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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