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DOGG vs QDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QDTY paid 30.7% of its price in cash against DOGG’s 9.7%, though DOGG returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $96m for FT Vest DJIA Dogs 10 Target Income ETF and $37m for YieldMax Nasdaq 100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF.

At a glance
9.7%
DOGG cash paid, 1 year
30.7%
QDTY cash paid, 1 year
+26.9%
DOGG total return, 1 year
+10.1%
QDTY total return, 1 year
DOGG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 12 pts ahead of DIA
DOGG
+26.9%
DIA
+14.9%

12 pts ahead of DIA

DOGG over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price +16.1%, total +26.9%, DIA +14.9%, +12.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

DIA

+14.9%

DOGG

+26.9%

9.7% of it arrived as cash

12 pts ahead of DIA

Total return, distributions reinvested

12 pts ahead of DIA

DOGG over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price +16.1%, total +26.9%, DIA +14.9%, +12.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

DIA

+14.9%

DOGG

+26.9%

12 pts ahead of DIA

9.7% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. DOGG over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price +16.1%, total +26.9%, DIA +14.9%, +12.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
QDTY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.2 pts behind QQQ
QDTY
+10.1%
QQQ
+12.3%

2.2 pts behind QQQ

QDTY over 1 year: paid 30.7%, price −21.9%, total +10.1%, QQQ +12.3%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QDTY

+10.1%

30.7% of it arrived as cash

2.2 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.2 pts behind QQQ

QDTY over 1 year: paid 30.7%, price −21.9%, total +10.1%, QQQ +12.3%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QDTY

+10.1%

2.2 pts behind QQQ

30.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QDTY over 1 year: paid 30.7%, price −21.9%, total +10.1%, QQQ +12.3%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

DOGG costs 0.42 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.8 points; DOGG is 2.6 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DOGG vs QDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDOGGQDTY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+26.9%+10.1%
Price change, 1 yearrose 16.1%fell 21.9%
Return of capital, issuer estimate0% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment75% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkDow Jones Industrial Average, measured through DIANasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Against its benchmark, same daysahead by 12.0 ptsbehind by 2.2 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.75%1.17%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$96m$37m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · DOGG scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score94.9DOGG27.8QDTY

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

0%

By the books each fund has filed, DOGG and QDTY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DOGG QDTY
Only in one fund ↓
Only in DOGG
Verizon Communications Inc. 5.19%
The Coca-Cola Company 5.13%
McDonald's Corporation 5.12%
The Home Depot, Inc. 5.09%
The Procter & Gamble Company 5.08%
Amgen Inc. 5.05%
NIKE, Inc. (Class B) 5.01%
Merck & Co., Inc. 4.97%
Only in QDTY
NDX 12/18/2026 1001.26 C 95.10%
XND 12/18/2026 10.02 C 0.73%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 0.05%
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Side by side

DOGG FT Vest DJIA Dogs 10 Target Income ETF · Option income on DIA, paying monthly QDTY YieldMax Nasdaq 100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on QQQ, paying weekly
Strategy option income 0DTE covered call
Benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 8.4% 30.9%
Expense ratio 0.75% 1.17%
Cash paid, 1 year 9.7% 30.7%
Price change, 1 year +16.1% −21.9%
Total return, 1 year +26.9% +10.1%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.9% +12.3%
Ahead or behind +12.0 pts −2.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 0% 75%
Age 3.5 years 1.7 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $96m $37m

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: DOGG vs QDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowDOGGQDTYDOGGQDTYDOGGQDTY
3 months+7.3%−2.6%2.2%7.4%+8.8 pts+0.8 pts
6 months+13.7%+0.6%4.5%15.2%+6.2 pts+1.0 pts
1 year+26.9%+10.1%9.7%30.7%+12.1 pts−2.2 pts
3 years+55.7%–28.9%–−8.5 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: DOGG Apr 2023 · QDTY Feb 2025+57.4%+21.7%32.5%45.1%−9.6 pts−8.5 pts

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About each fund
DOGG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DOGG paid 9.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 16.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +26.9%. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) returned +14.9% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 12.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.4%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 0% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

QDTY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QDTY paid 30.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 21.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.1%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 30.9%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 75% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, DOGG or QDTY?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DOGG paid 9.7% of its starting price in cash and QDTY paid 30.7%, so QDTY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, DOGG or QDTY?
With every distribution reinvested, DOGG returned +26.9% and QDTY +10.1% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, DOGG or QDTY?
DOGG charges 0.75% a year and QDTY charges 1.17%, so DOGG 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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