Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
DRKY vs QLDY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QLDY paid 35.3% of its price in cash against DRKY’s 15.2%, though DRKY returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $20m for VistaShares Target 15 DRUKMacro Distribution ETF and $53m for Defiance Nasdaq 100 LightningSpread Income ETF.
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, 2026.3.2 pts behind QQQ
QLDY over 1 year: paid 35.3%, price −27.2%, total +9.1%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
QQQ
+12.3%
QLDY
+9.1%
35.3% of it arrived as cash
3.2 pts behind QQQ
Total return, distributions reinvested
3.2 pts behind QQQ
QLDY over 1 year: paid 35.3%, price −27.2%, total +9.1%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
QQQ
+12.3%
QLDY
+9.1%
35.3% cash
3.2 pts behind QQQ
35.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QLDY over 1 year: paid 35.3%, price −27.2%, total +9.1%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
DRKY costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.6 points; QLDY is 2.7 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | DRKY | QLDY |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +15.7% | +9.1% |
| Price change, 1 year | fell 0.5% | fell 27.2% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 100% of the Oct 27, 2026 payment | 0% of the Nov 2, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | S&P 500, measured through SPY | Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.95% | 1.04% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $20m | $53m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
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
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 →
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, DRKY and QLDY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 4, 2026.
half
0% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | DRKY | QLDY | DRKY | QLDY | DRKY | QLDY |
| 3 months | +6.3% | −4.5% | 4.0% | 9.5% | +6.4 pts | −1.1 pts |
| 6 months | +6.2% | −3.1% | 7.5% | 18.5% | +1.1 pts | −2.8 pts |
| 1 year | +15.7% | +9.1% | 15.2% | 35.3% | +0.9 pts | −3.2 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: DRKY Oct 2025 · QLDY Sep 2025 | +20.0% | +13.2% | 16.8% | 39.1% | +4.8 pts | −3.7 pts |
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.
QLDY
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QLDY paid 35.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 27.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.1%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 19.7%, paid weekly. Defiance estimates that 0% of the distribution paid Nov 2, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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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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