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DIVO vs QQQI: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year QQQI paid 14.2% of its price in cash against DIVO’s 6.8%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Amplify CWP Enhanced Dividend Income ETF and NEOS Nasdaq-100(R) High Income ETF, side by side, income ETFs on ETFIQ.

6.8%DIVO cash paid, 1 year
14.2%QQQI cash paid, 1 year
+16.3%DIVO total return, 1 year
+16.9%QQQI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: DIVO scores higher

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

DIVO 75.8QQQI 553.2, the lowest in this set96.9, the highest

A percentile among the 161 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

DIVO1.2 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
SPY+17.5%DIVO+16.3%6.8% as cash1.2 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+17.5%DIVO+16.3%1.2 pts behind SPY
QQQI6.1 pts behind QQQ · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
QQQ+23.0%QQQI+16.9%14.2% of it arrived as cash6.1 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+23.0%QQQI+16.9%14.2% cash6.1 pts behind QQQ

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DIVO and QQQI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in DIVOOnly in QQQI
Microsoft Corp 6.27%NVIDIA Corp 7.66%
Apple Inc 5.60%Apple Inc 6.63%
Caterpillar Inc 5.24%Micron Technology Inc 5.61%
Visa Inc 5.14%Microsoft Corp 4.38%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 4.96%Advanced Micro Devices Inc 4.12%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 4.95%Amazon.com Inc 4.05%
Chevron Corp 4.90%Tesla Inc 3.35%
Amgen Inc 4.61%Alphabet Inc 3.32%

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 14, 2026.

Performance, window by window

DIVO and QQQI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
DIVOQQQIDIVOQQQIDIVOQQQI
3 months+4.1%+0.7%1.2%3.5%+0.8 pts+1.4 pts
6 months+8.2%+13.7%2.5%7.5%−7.8 pts−7.0 pts
1 year+16.3%+16.9%6.8%14.2%−1.2 pts−6.1 pts
3 years+56.8%not published19.0%not published−21.1 ptsnot published
Since launch+221.3%+58.2%72.4%38.6%−74.2 pts−12.1 pts
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DIVO and QQQI on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
DIVO
Amplify CWP Enhanced Dividend Income ETF
Dividend stocks with call overlay on SPY, paying monthly
QQQI
NEOS Nasdaq-100(R) High Income ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerAmplifyNEOS
Strategydividend stocks with call overlaycovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized4.9%14.3%
Expense ratio0.56%0.68%
Cash paid, 1 year6.8%14.2%
Price change, 1 year+8.9%+1.5%
Total return, 1 year+16.3%+16.9%
Benchmark return, 1 year+17.5%+23.0%
Ahead or behind−1.2 pts−6.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published98%
Age3558 days955 days

DIVO in plain words

Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, DIVO paid 6.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +17.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.2 pts. At its price on Sep 11, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 4.9%, paid monthly.

QQQI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, QQQI paid 14.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.9%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +23.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.1 pts. At its price on Sep 11, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.3%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 98% of the distribution paid Jun 18, 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, DIVO or QQQI?
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, DIVO paid 6.8% of its starting price in cash and QQQI paid 14.2%, 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, DIVO or QQQI?
With every distribution reinvested, DIVO returned +16.3% and QQQI returned +16.9% over the year to Sep 11, 2026, so QQQI returned more.
Which is cheaper, DIVO or QQQI?
DIVO charges 0.56% a year and QQQI charges 0.68%, so DIVO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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DIVO against QQQI, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 11, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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