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DOGG vs QYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLD paid 12.3% of its price in cash against DOGG’s 9.7%, though DOGG returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $96m on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest DJIA Dogs 10 Target Income ETF, and $8.5bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF.

At a glance
9.7%
DOGG cash paid, 1 year
12.3%
QYLD cash paid, 1 year
+26.9%
DOGG total return, 1 year
+16.5%
QYLD 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.
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%

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

12.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +26.9%. 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 +26.9%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QYLD costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.4 points; QYLD is far larger, $8.5bn against $87m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DOGG vs QYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDOGGQYLD
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+26.9%+16.5%
Price change, 1 yearrose 16.1%rose 3.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate0% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment99% of the Sep 24, 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 4.2 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.75%0.60%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026$87m$8.5bn
Holdings
Holdings in common1%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · DOGG scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score94.9DOGG72.8QYLD

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

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Method

What they share

1%

By the books each fund has filed, DOGG and QYLD hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DOGG QYLD
Amgen Inc. 5.05% 0.97%
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%
NIKE, Inc. (Class B) 5.01%
Merck & Co., Inc. 4.97%
Chevron Corporation 4.91%
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

DOGG FT Vest DJIA Dogs 10 Target Income ETF · Option income on DIA, paying monthly QYLD Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
Strategy option income covered call
Benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 8.4% 12.2%
Expense ratio 0.75% 0.60%
Cash paid, 1 year 9.7% 12.3%
Price change, 1 year +16.1% +3.3%
Total return, 1 year +26.9% +16.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.9% +12.3%
Ahead or behind +12.0 pts +4.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 0% 99%
Age 3.5 years 12.9 years
Net assets, DOGG as of Nov 3, 2026 and QYLD as of Oct 12, 2026 $96m $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: DOGG vs QYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowDOGGQYLDDOGGQYLDDOGGQYLD
3 months+7.3%+2.4%2.2%3.0%+8.8 pts+5.9 pts
6 months+13.7%+5.4%4.5%6.0%+6.2 pts+5.8 pts
1 year+26.9%+16.5%9.7%12.3%+12.1 pts+4.2 pts
3 years+55.7%+52.7%28.9%37.9%−8.5 pts−38.6 pts
Since launchNot the same days: DOGG Apr 2023 · QYLD Dec 2013+57.4%+194.8%32.5%117.5%−9.6 pts−610.5 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.

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 paid more, DOGG or QYLD?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DOGG paid 9.7% of its starting price in cash and QYLD paid 12.3%, so QYLD 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 QYLD?
With every distribution reinvested, DOGG returned +26.9% and QYLD +16.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, DOGG or QYLD?
DOGG charges 0.75% a year and QYLD charges 0.60%, so QYLD 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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