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DRKY vs IQQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DRKY paid 15.2% of its price in cash against IQQQ’s 6.8%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $20m on Nov 3, 2026 for VistaShares Target 15 DRUKMacro Distribution ETF, and $380m on Nov 4, 2026 for ProShares Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF.

DRKY on its own →IQQQ on its own →
At a glance
15.2%
DRKY cash paid, 1 year
6.8%
IQQQ cash paid, 1 year
+15.7%
DRKY total return, 1 year
+7.4%
IQQQ total return, 1 year
DRKY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.9 pts ahead of SPY
DRKY
+15.7%
SPY
+14.8%

0.9 pts ahead of SPY

DRKY over 1 year: paid 15.2%, price −0.5%, total +15.7%, SPY +14.8%, +0.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

DRKY

+15.7%

15.2% of it arrived as cash

0.9 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.9 pts ahead of SPY

DRKY over 1 year: paid 15.2%, price −0.5%, total +15.7%, SPY +14.8%, +0.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

DRKY

+15.7%

15.2% as cash

0.9 pts ahead of SPY

15.2% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. DRKY over 1 year: paid 15.2%, price −0.5%, total +15.7%, SPY +14.8%, +0.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
IQQQ · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.9 pts behind QQQ
IQQQ
+7.4%
QQQ
+12.3%

4.9 pts behind QQQ

IQQQ over 1 year: paid 6.8%, price +0.5%, total +7.4%, QQQ +12.3%, −4.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

IQQQ

+7.4%

6.8% of it arrived as cash

4.9 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.9 pts behind QQQ

IQQQ over 1 year: paid 6.8%, price +0.5%, total +7.4%, QQQ +12.3%, −4.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

IQQQ

+7.4%

4.9 pts behind QQQ

6.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. IQQQ over 1 year: paid 6.8%, price +0.5%, total +7.4%, QQQ +12.3%, −4.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

IQQQ costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.3 points; IQQQ is 18.8 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DRKY vs IQQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDRKYIQQQ
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+15.7%+7.4%
Price change, 1 yearfell 0.5%rose 0.5%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 27, 2026 payment93% of the Nov 6, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYNasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.95%0.55%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$20m$376m
Holdings
Holdings in common10%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · IQQQ scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score59DRKY64.4IQQQ

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

10%

By the books each fund has filed, DRKY and IQQQ hold 10% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

10% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DRKY IQQQ
Amazon.com Inc 4.79% 3.80%
Alphabet Inc 3.80% 2.69%
Tesla Inc 2.26% 2.50%
Sandisk Corp 2.09% 0.87%
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 3.03% 0.70%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in DRKY
Natera Inc 27.89%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.64%
STMicroelectronics NV 7.05%
BBB Foods Inc 5.63%
CDW Corp 4.68%
Insmed Inc 4.38%
Fox Corp 4.35%
United Airlines Holdings Inc 4.11%
Only in IQQQ
NVIDIA Corp. 7.26%
Apple, Inc. 6.32%
Microsoft Corp. 5.12%
Micron Technology, Inc. 4.06%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 2.88%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.49%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.39%
Meta Platforms, Inc. 2.30%
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Side by side

DRKY VistaShares Target 15 DRUKMacro Distribution ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly IQQQ ProShares Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
Issuer VistaShares ProShares
Strategy covered call option income
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 15.2% 6.1%
Expense ratio 0.95% 0.55%
Cash paid, 1 year 15.2% 6.8%
Price change, 1 year −0.5% +0.5%
Total return, 1 year +15.7% +7.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +12.3%
Ahead or behind +0.9 pts −4.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 93%
Age 1.1 years 2.6 years
Net assets, DRKY as of Nov 3, 2026 and IQQQ as of Nov 4, 2026 $20m $380m

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: DRKY vs IQQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowDRKYIQQQDRKYIQQQDRKYIQQQ
3 months+6.3%−4.4%4.0%1.5%+6.4 pts−0.9 pts
6 months+6.2%−2.6%7.5%3.4%+1.1 pts−2.3 pts
1 year+15.7%+7.4%15.2%6.8%+0.9 pts−4.9 pts
Since launchNot the same days: DRKY Oct 2025 · IQQQ Mar 2024+20.0%+44.2%16.8%25.6%+4.8 pts−13.8 pts

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About each fund
DRKY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DRKY paid 15.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.9 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.2%, paid monthly. VistaShares estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 27, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

IQQQ

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IQQQ paid 6.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.4%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.9 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.1%, paid monthly. ProShares estimates that 93% of the distribution paid Nov 6, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, DRKY or IQQQ?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DRKY paid 15.2% of its starting price in cash and IQQQ paid 6.8%, so DRKY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, DRKY or IQQQ?
With every distribution reinvested, DRKY returned +15.7% and IQQQ +7.4% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, DRKY or IQQQ?
DRKY charges 0.95% a year and IQQQ charges 0.55%, so IQQQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Sources and dates
DRKY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
DRKY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
DRKY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
VistaShares page for DRKY ↗
IQQQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
IQQQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
IQQQ 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
ProShares page for IQQQ ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

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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