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DOGG vs QQQY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQY paid 29.9% 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 $178m for Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution ETF.

At a glance
9.7%
DOGG cash paid, 1 year
29.9%
QQQY cash paid, 1 year
+26.9%
DOGG total return, 1 year
+13.6%
QQQY 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.
QQQY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.3 pts ahead of QQQ
QQQY
+13.6%
QQQ
+12.3%

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

QQQY over 1 year: paid 29.9%, price −17.8%, total +13.6%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QQQY

+13.6%

29.9% of it arrived as cash

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

QQQY over 1 year: paid 29.9%, price −17.8%, total +13.6%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QQQY

+13.6%

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

29.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QQQY over 1 year: paid 29.9%, price −17.8%, total +13.6%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

DOGG costs 0.26 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.3 points; QQQY is 1.9 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DOGG vs QQQY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDOGGQQQY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+26.9%+13.6%
Price change, 1 yearrose 16.1%fell 17.8%
Return of capital, issuer estimate0% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment81% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkDow Jones Industrial Average, measured through DIANasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Against its benchmark, same daysahead by 12.0 ptsahead by 1.3 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.75%1.01%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$96m$178m
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 Score94.9DOGG33.8QQQY

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

Risk and return

Sep 22, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026 · 162 weekly returns
DOGG QQQY
Return
Total return edge Tie +54.0% +54.5%
Annualized edge Tie +14.9% +15.0%
Price return edge DOGG +16.4% −65.0%
Risk
Volatility edge DOGG 12.8% 14.9%
Max drawdown edge DOGG −9.0% −18.3%
Downside capture 71.3% 85.5%
Beta 0.65 0.71
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge DOGG 0.80 0.71
Sortino edge DOGG 1.17 1.01
Treynor 0.140 0.148
Calmar edge DOGG 1.65 0.82
Against the benchmark
Alpha +2.5% a year −3.0% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.46 −1.01
Information ratio −0.09 −1.11
Tracking error 11.1% 7.6%

Each against its own benchmark: DOGG against DIA, May 5, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026; QQQY against QQQ, Sep 22, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Sep 2023 to Oct 2026, DOGG and QQQY returned about the same: +54.0% and +54.5%. DOGG swung less: 12.8% to 14.9%. DOGG fell less at its worst: −9.0% to −18.3%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: DOGG vs QQQY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDOGGQQQYEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+54.0%+54.5%TiePrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+14.9%+15.0%TieTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+16.4%−65.0%DOGGPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility12.8%14.9%DOGGSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation8.8%10.5%DOGGLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−9.0%−18.3%DOGGDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture65.5%61.4%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture71.3%85.5%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.650.71Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.390.88Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.800.71DOGGReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.171.01DOGGReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1400.148Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.650.82DOGGAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkDIAQQQThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+2.5% a year−3.0% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.46−1.01Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−8.4% to +13.4%−9.0% to +2.9%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.09−1.11Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error11.1%7.6%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 162 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, DOGG and QQQY 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 QQQY
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 QQQY
Ndx 12/18/2026 1000.34 C 98.45%
Ndx 11/05/2026 28516.79 C 0.38%
Ndx 11/05/2026 28437.17 C -0.51%
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Side by side

DOGG FT Vest DJIA Dogs 10 Target Income ETF · Option income on DIA, paying monthly QQQY Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying weekly
Strategy option income option income
Benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 8.4% 31.5%
Expense ratio 0.75% 1.01%
Cash paid, 1 year 9.7% 29.9%
Price change, 1 year +16.1% −17.8%
Total return, 1 year +26.9% +13.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.9% +12.3%
Ahead or behind +12.0 pts +1.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 0% 81%
Age 3.5 years 3.1 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $96m $178m

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 QQQY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowDOGGQQQYDOGGQQQYDOGGQQQY
3 months+7.3%−3.5%2.2%7.3%+8.8 pts−0.1 pts
6 months+13.7%+0.4%4.5%15.4%+6.2 pts+0.7 pts
1 year+26.9%+13.6%9.7%29.9%+12.1 pts+1.3 pts
3 years+55.7%+51.9%28.9%88.2%−8.5 pts−39.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: DOGG Apr 2023 · QQQY Sep 2023+57.4%+49.8%32.5%88.1%−9.6 pts−37.0 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.

QQQY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQY paid 29.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 17.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.6%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.3 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 31.5%, paid weekly. Defiance estimates that 81% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, DOGG or QQQY?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DOGG paid 9.7% of its starting price in cash and QQQY paid 29.9%, so QQQY 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 QQQY?
With every distribution reinvested, DOGG returned +26.9% and QQQY +13.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, DOGG or QQQY?
DOGG charges 0.75% a year and QQQY charges 1.01%, 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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