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DRKY vs TDAQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TDAQ paid 16.8% of its price in cash against DRKY’s 15.2%, though DRKY returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $20m on Nov 3, 2026 for VistaShares Target 15 DRUKMacro Distribution ETF, and $248m on Jun 30, 2026 for TappAlpha Innovation 100 Growth & Daily Income ETF.

At a glance
15.2%
DRKY cash paid, 1 year
16.8%
TDAQ cash paid, 1 year
+15.7%
DRKY total return, 1 year
+12.0%
TDAQ 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.
TDAQ · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with QQQ
TDAQ
+12.0%
QQQ
+12.3%

About even with QQQ

TDAQ over 1 year: paid 16.8%, price −5.7%, total +12.0%, QQQ +12.3%, −0.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

TDAQ

+12.0%

16.8% of it arrived as cash

about even with QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with QQQ

TDAQ over 1 year: paid 16.8%, price −5.7%, total +12.0%, QQQ +12.3%, −0.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

TDAQ

+12.0%

16.8% as cash

about even with QQQ

16.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. TDAQ over 1 year: paid 16.8%, price −5.7%, total +12.0%, QQQ +12.3%, −0.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

TDAQ costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.7 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DRKY vs TDAQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDRKYTDAQ
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+15.7%+12.0%
Price change, 1 yearfell 0.5%fell 5.7%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 27, 2026 payment98% of the Oct 21, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYNasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.95%0.68%
Net assets, DRKY as of Nov 3, 2026 and TDAQ as of Jun 30, 2026$20m$248m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · DRKY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score59DRKY44.6TDAQ

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

Risk and return

Oct 17, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 54 weekly returns
DRKY TDAQ
Return
Total return edge DRKY +21.3% +14.8%
Annualized edge DRKY +20.4% +14.2%
Price return edge DRKY +3.0% −4.7%
Risk
Volatility edge TDAQ 19.9% 17.8%
Max drawdown edge TDAQ −15.2% −9.2%
Downside capture 98.8% 96.6%
Beta 1.10 0.93
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge DRKY 0.84 0.62
Sortino edge DRKY 1.40 0.95
Treynor 0.152 0.136
Calmar edge TDAQ 1.34 1.55
Against the benchmark
Alpha +5.3% a year +0.7% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.36 0.27
Information ratio 0.43 −0.06
Tracking error 14.9% 3.2%

Each against its own benchmark: DRKY against SPY, Oct 17, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026; TDAQ against QQQ, Sep 12, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Oct 2025 to Oct 2026, DRKY returned more: +21.3% to +14.8%. TDAQ swung less: 17.8% to 19.9%. TDAQ fell less at its worst: −9.2% to −15.2%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: DRKY vs TDAQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDRKYTDAQEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+21.3%+14.8%DRKYPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+20.4%+14.2%DRKYTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+3.0%−4.7%DRKYPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility19.9%17.8%TDAQSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation11.9%11.6%TDAQ (slight)Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−15.2%−9.2%TDAQDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture117.1%93.0%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture98.8%96.6%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta1.100.93Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.440.97Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.840.62DRKYReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.400.95DRKYReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1520.136Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.341.55TDAQAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYQQQThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+5.3% a year+0.7% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.360.27Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−24.5% to +35.1%−4.7% to +6.2%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio0.43−0.06Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error14.9%3.2%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 54 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, DRKY and TDAQ hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DRKY TDAQ
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%
Amazon.com Inc 4.79%
CDW Corp 4.68%
Insmed Inc 4.38%
Fox Corp 4.35%
Only in TDAQ
Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF 99.56%
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Side by side

DRKY VistaShares Target 15 DRUKMacro Distribution ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly TDAQ TappAlpha Innovation 100 Growth & Daily Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
Strategy covered call option income
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 15.2% 18.2%
Expense ratio 0.95% 0.68%
Cash paid, 1 year 15.2% 16.8%
Price change, 1 year −0.5% −5.7%
Total return, 1 year +15.7% +12.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +12.3%
Ahead or behind +0.9 pts −0.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 98%
Age 1.1 years 1.2 years
Net assets, DRKY as of Nov 3, 2026 and TDAQ as of Jun 30, 2026 $20m $248m

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 TDAQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowDRKYTDAQDRKYTDAQDRKYTDAQ
3 months+6.3%−2.9%4.0%4.3%+6.4 pts+0.5 pts
6 months+6.2%−0.5%7.5%8.4%+1.1 pts−0.2 pts
1 year+15.7%+12.0%15.2%16.8%+0.9 pts−0.3 pts
Since launchNot the same days: DRKY Oct 2025 · TDAQ Sep 2025+20.0%+21.6%16.8%19.6%+4.8 pts+0.6 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.

TDAQ

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TDAQ paid 16.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 5.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +12.0%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 18.2%, paid monthly. TappAlpha estimates that 98% of the distribution paid Oct 21, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, DRKY or TDAQ?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DRKY paid 15.2% of its starting price in cash and TDAQ paid 16.8%, so TDAQ 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 TDAQ?
With every distribution reinvested, DRKY returned +15.7% and TDAQ +12.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, DRKY or TDAQ?
DRKY charges 0.95% a year and TDAQ charges 0.68%, so TDAQ 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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